Resolution 6900 RESOLUTION NO. 6900
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, that it is deemed to be to the best interest
of said City to secure the passage, at the 1949 Session of the
State Legislature, of a bill entitled:
"AIT ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 24710, LAWS OF FLORIDA,
ACTS OF 1947, ENTITLED: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND
EMPOWERING THE CITY OF MIAyrI BEACH, IN DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, BY ORDINANCE OF ITS CITY COUNCIL, TO LIMIT
THE NUMBER R OF LICENSES GRANTED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING BEVERAGES
WITHIN ITS CORPORATE LIMITS BY VENDORS OPjEi` ATING
PLACES OF BUSINESS WHERE BEVERAGES CONTAINING ALCOHOL
OF MORE THAN FOURTEEN PER CENTUM BY WEIGHT ARE SOLD
TO ONE SUCH LICENSE FOR EACH FIFTEEN HUNDRED PERSONS
IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ACCORDING TO THE LAST
PRECEDING FEDERAL CENSUS AND PROVIDING THAT ANY SUCH
LICENSES ISSUED TO OR HELD BY OPERATORS OF RAILROADS,
SLEEPING CARS, STEAMSHIPS, BUSES AND AIRPLANES, IN-
CORPORATT) CLUBS, INCLUDING SOCIAL CLUBS, CATERERS
AT HORSE AND DOG RACING PLANTS, AS DEFINED IN THE
BEVERAGE LAW OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, HOTELS HAVING
ONE HUNDRED OR MORE GUEST ROOMS AND BONA FIDE RESTAURANTS
WITH A SEATING CAPACITY FOR SIX HUNDRED OR MORE PATRONS
AND IN WHICH THE ROOFED-IN FLOOR AREA WHEREIN FOOD IS
SERVED TO GUESTS CONTAINS NOT LESS THAN FORTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED NOR
COUNTED IN ARRIVING AT THE NUMBER OF SUCH LICENSES
TO BE ISSUED BY SAID CITY BY VIRTUE OF ANY ORDINANCE
ADOPTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND PROVIDING THAT
NO SUCH LIMITATION BY ORDINANCE SHALL AFFECT OR PREVENT
THE RENEWAL OR TRANSFER OF SUCH LICENSES AS I,:AY BE IN
EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF" ; SO AS TO DEFINE
A SERVICE BAR AND EXCLUDE THE LICENSING OF SUCH FROM
THE POPULATION LIMITATIONS THEREIN 'ROVIDED; TO REDUCE
THE SEATING CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RESTAURANTS TO
480 OR MORE PATRONS; .EXCLUDING LICENSES FOR THE SALE
OF BEER OR OF WINES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT
FROM THIS ACT; PROVIDING THAT NO ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT SHALL
AFFECT TEE RENEWAL OR TRANSFER OF LICENSES TO VENDORS
ISSUED OR IN EFFECT ON MAY 1, 1949; PROVIDING THAT
SUB-SECTION 4 OF SECTION 561.20, FLORIDA STATUTES, 1941,
SHALL NOT APPLY TO, NOR LIMIT, THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
TO VENDORS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH; ENACTING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING THAT
THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON BECOMING A LAW."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution and of said
Bill be furnished to the Honorable R. B. Gautier, Jr. , the Honorable
William C. Lantaff, the Honorable George Okell, and he Honorable
Grant Stockdale, Members of the Florida Legislature from Dade County,
and that they each be respectfully requested to see that said Bill
be introduced and passed at said Session.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of May, A. D. 1949.
Attest: (2 ' -44/or-e- Mayor
C ty Clerk
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
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