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Show ORDINANCE AN 6RDINANCE providing TOR THE LICENSING OF PLACES OF BUSINESS FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR ON THE PREMISES AND PROVIDING PROVID-ING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA-TION. VIOLA-TION. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF IRON, STATE OF UTAH, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. It shall be unlawful lor any "place of business" as herein defined knowingly to per-mit per-mit or allow customers, guests, or any other person to possess liquor upon which the seal has been broken, or to consume "liquor" "liq-uor" as defined In Title 32, Laws of Utah, 1953, at said place of business without first obtaining obtain-ing a license therefor. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume "Liquor" in an unlicensed unli-censed place of business, as provided pro-vided herein. Section 2. "Place of business" as used in this ordinance shall be deemed to Include cafes, restaurants, res-taurants, public dining rooms, cafeterias, taverns, cabarets, and any other place where the general gen-eral public is Invited or admitted admit-ted for business purposes. Multiple Mul-tiple dining facilities located in one building and owned or leased leas-ed and operated by one license applicant shall be deemed to be only one "place of business' as Tierein defined. Prerrlses owned or leased and operated by nonprofit non-profit corporations bonded, regulated regu-lated and operated in compliance compli-ance with the provisions of Title 16, Chapter 6, Utah Code Annotated, Annota-ted, 1953, are not "places of business" bus-iness" and shall be exempt from this chapter. Occupied hotel and motel rooms are not open to the public and shall be exempt from this ordinance. Section 3. It shall be unlawful lor any person to store any "liquor" "li-quor" In or on places of business busi-ness licensed by this ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any licensee, li-censee, or any operator or employee em-ployee of a licensee, to hold, store, or possess "liquor" on premises licensed by this ordinance. ordi-nance. Persons other than tlie licensee, li-censee, or other than the operator operat-or or employee of the licensee, may, with the consent of the owner, operator or employee of either, possess and consume "liquor" "li-quor" on the licensed premises. Section 4. Each application for n annual license provided for by this ordinance, for which the fee shall be $50.00, shall be accompanied ac-companied by a cashier's check In the amount of $50.00, which annual fee shall be deposted In the County Treasury If the license li-cense is granted, and returned to the applicant if denied. Application Appli-cation for this annual license shall be upon a form furnished by the County, signed under oath by the applicant, and addressed ad-dressed to the County Commission. Commis-sion. The form shall require Information In-formation showing applicant's age, citizenship, moral character and reputation, and conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving involv-ing moral turpitude, d any. If applicant be a partnership or association or a corporation the same information shall be obtained ob-tained with respect to each partner, part-ner, or association member or corporate director or corporate officer. Each licensee must be over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and a citizen of the United States. No license shall be granted to any applicant who has been convicted convict-ed of a felony or misdemeanor Involving moral turpitude. If applicant ap-plicant be a partnership, association associa-tion or corporation, each partner, association member, or corporate director or corporate officer shall meet all of the foregoing qualifications. quali-fications. Section 5. The County Sheriff shall examine all applications and investigate all applicants for licenses under this ordinance. Following such examination and Investigation the recommendations recommenda-tions of the County Sheriff shall be made In writing to the County Coun-ty Commission, who shall be the licensing authority. The County Sheriff shall be permlted to have access to all premises licensed or applying for licenses under this ordinance, and shall make periodic period-ic Inspections jf said premises and report its findings to the ed premises and during business hours a minimum of one candle power light measured at a level of 5 feet above the floor. Section 8. Any person convicted convict-ed of violating any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding exceed-ing $299.00 or by Imprisonment In ihe Cuunty jail for a period not longer than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment imprison-ment ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 10th day of August, 1959. Clarence E. Miller, chairman Iron County Commission. Commissioner Clarence Miller Mil-ler voting "Aye" Commissioner Earl Bunn voting vot-ing "Aye" Commissioner Myron F. Hig-bee Hig-bee voting "Aye". Attest: W. Clair Rowlef. County Clerk State of Utah, County of Iron, ss: I, W. Clair Rowley, duly acting and qualified County Clerk of Iron County, State of Utah, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance Or-dinance adopted and approved by the County Commissioners of Iron County, Utah, on the 10th day of August, 1959, as the same now appears and of record in my said office. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed af-fixed the official seal of Iron County, Utah, this 10th day of August, 1959. W. Clair Rowley, Iron County Clerk (Aug. 13, 1959). |