Ordinance 80-2242ORDINANCE NO. 80-2242
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH; REPEALING ARTICLE
I, SECTIONS 18-1 THROUGH 18-37 REGARDING INTOXI-
CATING LIQUOR REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR DEFINI-
TIONS; PROVIDING FOR PERMIT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
HOURS OF SALE; PROVIDING FOR SALES NEAR CHURCHES,
SCHOOLS AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISH-
MENTS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1:
repealed.
SECTION 2:
That Chapter 18, Article I, Sections 18-1 through
18-37 of the Miami Beach Code be and are hereby
That Chapter 18 is hereby amended by the addition
of a new section 18-1 to read as follows:
Sec. 18-1. Definitions
The following words and phrases, when used herein, shall
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings re-
spectively ascribed to them as follows:
BEER - An alcoholic fermented beverage made from malt
and hops.
BLOCK - That portion of a street between two intersecting
streets.
LIQUOR - All distilled or rectified spirits, brandy, whiskey,
rum, gin, cordials or similar distilled alcoholic beverages,
including all dilutions and mixtures of one or more of the
foregoing.
PRIVATE CLUB - Buildings and facilities or premises
used or operated by an organization or association for
some common purpose, such as, but not limited to, a
fraternal, social, educational or recreational purpose,
but not including clubs organized primarily for profit
or to render a service which is customarily carried on
as a business. Such organizations and associations
shall be incorporated under the Laws of Florida as a
non-profit corporation and such corporation's major
purpose shall not be for the purpose of serving alco-
holic beverages to its members or others.
RESTAURANT - An establishment where refreshments or meals
may be procured by the public and where the chief busi-
ness is the furnishing of eatables to be consumed on the
premises.
RETAIL VENDOR - Any person selling, offering for sale
or keeping with the intention of selling to the consum-
er, liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages.
VENDOR - Any person selling or dealing in liquor, wines,
beer or any other alcoholic beverages.
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WHOLESALE VENDOR - Any person who sells or offers to sell,
consigns or offers to consign, any liquor, wine, beer or
any other alcoholic beverages for resale or in large
quantities which are beyond the needs of an ordinary
consumer.
WINE - The product of the normal alcoholic fermentation
of the juice of fresh, sound, ripe fruit, with the usual
cellar treatment and necessary additions to correct de-
fects due to climatic saccharine and seasonal conditions,
including champagne, sparkling and fortified wine of an
alcoholic content not to exceed twenty-four per centum
by volume. No other product shall be called "wine" un-
less designated by appropriate prefixes descriptive of
the fruit or other product from which same was predomi-
nantly produced or as artificial or imitation wine.
SECTION 3: That Chapter 18, of the Miami Beach Code is hereby
amended by the addition of the following new
Section 18-2 to read as follows:
Sec. 18-2 Licenses
No vendor shall sell or distribute any alcoholic
beverages without securing a license as described
in Chapter 20, Section 20-17.
SECTION 4: That Chapter 18, of the Miami Beach Code is hereby
amended by the addition of a new Section 18-3 to
read as follows:
Sec. 18-3 Hours of Sale
No alcoholic beverages shall be sold or served within
the City of Miami Beach except at such hours and on
such days and by such vendors as set forth below:
(a) ESTABLISHMENT FOR PACKAGE SALES ONLY. Vendors
holding a license from the state beverage department
for the sale of liquor and other alcoholic beverages
for consumption off the premises only, shall make no
sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, and shall make
no sale of alcoholic beverages during week days except
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; provided,
however, that vendors operating stores primarily for
the sale of products other than alcoholic beverages may
make sales of beer and wine in sealed containers for
consumption off the premises during the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on any day of the week.
(b) ESTABLISHMENTS FOR ON -PREMISES CONSUMPTION SALES.
Vendors having a license from the state beverage depart-
ment for the sale of alcoholic beverages for consump-
tion on the premises shall make no sales of such alco-
holic beverages on any day except between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. of the following day.
Provided that, vendors (as described above) having
secured an extra -hour license, issued by the City of
Miami Beach shall make no sales of such alcoholic
beverages on any day except between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day.
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Every such vendor shall close and keep closed his place
of business and not allow any customer to remain therein
during the hours that sales are not permitted. Private
clubs serving, selling or dispensing liquor, beer or
wine shall be governed by the foregoing hours of sale.
Sec. 18-4. Location of Establishments
(a) No liquor shall be sold within three hundred feet
from any church property, nor within three hundred feet
from any public school property, nor within three hun-
dred feet from any property upon which there is maintained
a private school operated for the instruction of minors
in the common branches of learning, except such places of
business as are already established. Distances under this
subsection shall be measured by following the shortest
route of ordinary pedestrian travel along the public through -
fare from the main entrance of such place of business to the
nearest point of the property used for public worship pur-
poses, and in the case of a school, to the nearest point of
the school facilities.
(b) Except for hotels containing fifty (50) or more guest
rooms, or in bonafide restaurants, no premises shall be
used for the sale of any alcoholic beverages, to be
consumed on the premises where the structure or place
of business intended for such use is located less than
three hundred (300) feet from a place of business having
an existing, unabandoned, legally established alcoholic
beverage use which permits consumption on the premises.
The three hundred feet distance requirement shall be
measured by following a straight line from the nearest
portion of the structure of the place of business.
(c) No beer or wine shall be sold within three hundred feet
from any property used for public worship purposes, nor
within three hundred feet from any public school property,
nor within three hundred feet from any property upon which
there is maintained a private school operated for the ins-
truction of minors in the common branches of learning, pro-
vided that, bonafide restaurant establishments serving
meals as their principal business may be located within
one hundred and fifty feet of the aforementioned uses, ex-
cept for restaurants fronting on Lincoln Road or Lincoln
Road Mall where no beer or wine shall be sold within one hun-
dred feet from any property used for public worship, and
except such places of business as are already established;
provided, that nothing in this subsection shall apply to
or affect the sale of beer or wine where such beverages
are sold only in sealed containers for consumption off
the premises. Distances under this subsection shall be
measured by following the shortest route of ordinary
pedestrian travel along the public thoroughfare from
the main entrance of such place of business to the nearest
point of the property used for public worship purposes,
and in the case of a school, to the nearest point of the
school facilities.
SECTION 5: That Chapter 18, of the Miami Beach Code is hereby
amended by the addition of a new Section 18-5 to
read as follows:
Sec. 18-50. Penalty.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided
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by section 1-8. In addition thereto, the license held
by such person may be revoked, in the discretion of the
city council.
SECTION 6: Severability. If any section, sub -section, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is, for
any reason, held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the valid-
ity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 7:
pealed.
SECTION 8:
ATTEST:
Repealer. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby re -
This Ordinance shall become effective upon its
passage in accordance with law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of December , 1980.
1st Reading - October 28, 1980
2nd Reading - December 17, 1980
12/10/80 LTA/mp
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