Ordinance 251ORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE A1.6EN'DING SECTIONS 340 AND 341 OF T111B MUNICIPAL
CODE OF THE CITY OF GILR OY, PROVIDING FOR LICENSING THE BUSINESS
OF SELLING INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THE CI YY OF GILROY AND ALSO
PROVIDING FOR RXGULATING THE BUSINESS OF SELLING INTOXICATING}
LIQUORS IN SAID CITY.
The Mayor and tuit ion �;,yjncil of tjla City of Gilroy do
ordain as follows:—
Section 1.
That Section 340 of the MI- Micipal Code of the City of
Gilroy be amended to read as follows:—
Section 340. Every person, firm or corporation who engages
in or carries on, within the City of Gilroy, the business of
selling, dispensing, or giving away distilled, fermented, malt,
vinous or other apirituous liquors or wines, or intoxicating
liquors of arty kind, must first obtain a license from the City
of Gilroy, as prescribed in this section, and make therefor the
payments as in this section prescribed, as follows, to-- wit: --
(a.) Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in the busi-
ness of selling, dispensing or giving away distilled, fermented,
malt, vinous or other spirituous liquors, or wines, or intoxi-
cating liquors of any kind in the City of Gilroy, in either
wholesale or retail quantities, or in any manner whatsoever,
except as hereinafter ?provided in paragraph (b) shall be desig-
nated as a "Retail liquor Dealer", and shall pay a license fee
of Six hundred ($600.) Dollars per year
(b) Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the busi-
ness of manufacturing beer, wine or brandy, in the City of IQilroy,
and selling the same in quantities not less than five (5) gallons,
ar , �A no case to be eonswred on the premises, shall be designated
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as a "manufacturing liquor dealer ", and shall pay a license fee
of one hundred (4100.) per year.
(a) Every proprietor, manager or owner of a restaurant,
hotel, inn, or lunch eoitnter, there distilled, fermented, malt,
vinous or other spirituous liquors or 11!ine.s, or intoxicating
liquors of any kind are furnished to be drunk on the premises,
with meals, and where no bar, buffet or sideboard ilk, maintained,
shall be designa red as a tl retail liquor dealer ", and shall pay
a license fee as designated in paragraph (a) of this section,
(d) A separate license under this section must be obtained
by each branch extablishment or separate place of business, and
such license shall authorize the party named therein as licensee,
to run or conduct but one place of business.
(e) The yearly license herein provided for shall be due
and payable to the City Marshal of the City of Gilroy, on January
10th of each year, in advance; the license term shall begin on
the 10th day of January, and end on the 9th day of January of
the suecedd.ing year, and for any license issued during said term,
the licensee shall pay for the whole year term.
(f) No license issued hereunder shall be assignable or
transferable, or shall authorize arly person or persons, firm or
corporation, other than the licensee named therein, to do business,
or to authorize business to be done at any time, place or building,
other_ than the time, place or building soeeified in the said
license, unless the consent of the Mayor and Common Council for
said assignment and transfer of license, or change of place of
business, be first obtained. Every license issued under the
provisions of this section shall speoify, by name, the person
or persons, firm or corporation to ,.ehom it is issued, and the
Place and building in which the business for which it is issued
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is to be carried on, and also the date of its issuance, the term
for which it is issued, and a description of the business to be
carried on thereunder. The said license must at all times
be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the place of business
authorized to be conducted or maintained thereby, and shall not
be a validlieense for any purpose unless kept posted.
(g) Every license *ssued under this section shall be signed
by the City Clerk and oountersigned by the Mayor, and a license
book shall be kept 17l the City Clerk, hound in book form with
marginal stubs, upon which he shall enter briefly the facts con-
tained in every license at the time of issuance.
(h) No license shall be required, under this section, of
any regularly licensed druggist for any wines or spirituous
liquors which he (sells upon the prescription of any regularly
licensed physician, provided all such prescriptions be first
received by said druggist and recorded in a book which roust be
kept by him for that purpose, and no such prescription shall bb
filled more than once.
Section 2.
That Section 341 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Gilroy be amended to read as follows: --
Section 841. All persons engaged in the sale of intoxi --
eating liquors in any form whatsoever under and by virtue of
Section 340 of the Municipal Code of the City of Gilroy, or under
the provisions of any Ordinance of the City of Gilroy are hereby
expressly prohibited from selling the same, or serving the same
with or without meals or food of any kind, or permitting the same
to be on table where meals or food of any kind is served,
whether said. liquor be sold, by the proprietor of such place where
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meals or food of any kind is served or not, between the hours
of one o'clock A.M. and six o'clock A.M. of any day; from sellire
or giving away any intoxicating liquor in any form whatsoever to
any person already intoximated, or under tha age of majority;
from permitting any minor to visit or frequent the place where
intoxicating liquor is sold; from permitting any breach of the
Peace, disorderly conduct, playing, of musical inatruments, or
any games prohibited by law; from selling or giving away intoxi --
eating liquor in any form whatsoever to any female person, nor
to permit any female person to visit or frequent such place of
business, unless said female is the licensee. Provided, how-
ever, that ri- ataurants, hotels, inns, or lunch counters having
a retail liquor license, may sell, give away or serve intoxieatirt
liquors to female persons who have reached the age of majority,
the same to be served in the public dining room of said. places,
but nothing herein contained shall permit intoxicating liquors
in any from whatsoever to be served to any person or persons in
any side room, back room, upper —roam or other apartment in the
same or any building connected with said last nemed places, and
no private rooms or boxes shall be maintained to be used by
patrons in any restaurant or saloon having a retail liquor licenses
Section 3. Any person violating or wilfully non— comply-
ing with any of the provi pions of this or of any ordinance of
this Cite, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
upon conviction thereof, be rninished by a fine not exceeding
One hundred Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Prison not
exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4, All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
confliet with any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
revealed,
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Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force on and after its passage and approval.
Passed and adopted on the (9� day of January A.D. 19139
by the following vote.
Ayes, Councilmen ��, SLI�O'
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Noes, Councilmen 9lw ,
Absent, Councilmen
Approved th:d ! day of J: MIRTy A.D. 1913.
Mayor.