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BILL NO. f& _.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI , AMENDING THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, 1978, BY REPEALING SECTION 5-13
RELATING TO CONSENT OF ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS, BY REPEALING
SECTION 5-14 RELATING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS, BY REPEALING
SECTION 5-15 RELATING TO BOARD OF LIQUOR CONTROL TO APPROVE AP-
PLICATION AND ENACTING NEW SECTIONS 5-13, 5-14, AND 5-15 RELATING
TO THE SAME IN LIEU THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI , AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1. The Code of the City of Jefferson is hereby
amended by repealing Section 5-13 and enacting a new Section
® 5-13 in lieu thereof to read as follows :
Section 5-13. Consent of adjoining property owners
required:
No license, as required by this division of the Code,
for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption
on the premises where sold, shall be issued until the
applicant therefor shall file with the License Inspector
a statement waiving any objection to the establishment
of the business for which such license is sought.
In a C-3 Central Commercial zoned district the statement
shall be signed by a majority of the property owners
owning real property within a two hundred (2001 ) foot
distance of the property lines of the property on which
the liquor business is to be located.
In all other zones of the City, the statement shall be
signed by a majority of the property owners owning real
�® property within a four hundred (4001 ) foot distance of
the property lines of the property on which the liquor
business is to be located.
Such requirements of a signed statement may be waived
when the same type of license applied for has been
issued or is in effect for the same premises within
the preceeding three months.
Section 2. The Code of the City of Jefferson is hereby
amended by repealing Section 5-14 and enacting a new Section 5-14
in lieu thereof to read as follows :
Section 5-14. Residence Requirements.
No license authorizing the retail sale of intoxicating
liquor for consumption on the premises where sold,
shall be issued unless the person or managing officer
of a corporation applying for such license shall have
been a person of good moral character and a qualified
• legal voter and a taxpaying citizen of the city.
Section 3. The Code of the City of Jefferson is hereby
amended by repealing Section 5-15 and enacting a new Section 5-15
in lieu thereof to read as follows:
Section 5-15, Board of liquor control to approve appli-
cation; appeal from board's decision to City Council:
All applications for license provided for in this divi-
sion and all petitions so filed with such applications
shall be referred by the License Inspector to a board to
be known as the Board of Liquor Control, which board
shall be composed of the persons holding the office
of City Attorney, Chief of Police, and Director of
Planning, respectively. The License Inspector shall
issue no license without the written approval of a
majority of such Board of Liquor Control. It shall
be the duty of such Board of Liquor Control to determine
whether or not the application for license complies
with the provisions of this article. Until such
application is approved in writing by such Board of
Liquor Control, the License Inspector shall have no :authorit
to issue such licenses; provided, that any applicant
for a license whose application may be acted upon ad-
versely by the Board of Liquor Control, or any other
citizen who may deem the board's finding improper
may, within ten days after such action by the Board
of Liquor Control, file a petition with the City
Council appealing from the action of the Board of
Liquor Control. The council shall have final authority
in such matter, and shall have the right to reverse
as it deems proper the action of the Board of Liquor
Control.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.
Passed ��7�� Approved /4' _ 2-.o - 9-0
P s i d t of the Coun 1 ayor
Attest :
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