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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 12, Page 236, No Ordinance Number23V F-AP,vik_N'DED AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND FUR9HER REGULATING 7IiE GRANTING OF LICENSES FORS SELLING, DISPENSING AND DEALING IN ALCOHOLIC AND MALT BEVERAGES IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY; PRESCRIBING THE ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE; LIMITING THE NUMBER OF LICENSES 7.0 BE ISSUED AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS REGULATING THE NUMBER; PRESCRIBING THE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A CLAUSE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT UIERE171TH BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY (F PADUCAH, KENTUC SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or partnership to hold in the City of Paducah, Kentucky, an alcoholic or malt beverage license of any kind if such person or all of the members of such partnership firm are not citizens of the United States, or have not been bona fide residents of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for at least one year next preceding the date on which the application for such license is made. It shall be unlawful for any corporation to hold in the City of Paducah, Kentucky, an alcoholic or malt beverage license if as much as 25a of the capital stock of such corporation is owned by any person or persons who have not been bona residents of the State of Kentucky for at least one year next preceding the date on which the application for such license is made. ce,•,'++�� SECTION 2. mere shall not be issued for the privilege of selling in the AM � - ED -- ys iu b„ ity of Paducah of spirituous or vinous liquors at retail by the glass for consum q tion on the premises more than one such license for every 2500 of the inhabitants of McCracken County, Kentucky, according to the enumeration of the population vv thereof as now established by the 1950 census of the United States, or according to such enumeration of the population as may hereafter be fixed by ordinance upon the recommendation of the Paducah Association of Commerce. SECTION 3. There shall not be issued for the privilege of selling in the City of Paducah of spirituous or vinous liquors at retail by the package for con- sumption off the licensed premises more than one such license for every 1500 of thi population of McCracken County as fixed and determined under Section 2 of this ordinance. SEC TION 4. The rights and privileges of those now holding licenses for the sale of spirituous or vinous liquors, either for consumption by the glass on the premises or in packages for consumption off of the premises, and the rights abd privileges of those to whom such licenses are transferred with the approval of the City Alcoholic Beverage flfiministrator and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the State of Kentucky, shall not be affected by the provisions of this ordinanc but in the euent any license shall hereafter be revoked, surrendered or not re no new license shall be issued if the number of licenses shall then exceed the limits as to the number as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinance. f ide SFJ 237 SECTION 5. Any person who, by himself or acting through another, shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall upon conviction be fined not less than Fifty (;'50.00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred (:?;100.00) Dollars, or con- fined in the City Jail not less than ton (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or both so fined and imprisoned; provided, that in case the offender be a corpor- ation, joint stock company, association or fiduciary, then the principal officer and/or the officer or officers responsible for such violation may be punished by such imprisonment. SECTION 6. If any section, part of section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions hereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. SECTION T. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTIONS. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. c Passed by the board of Commissioners January 16, 1951 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, January 16, 1951.