HomeMy WebLinkAbout1608 ORDINANCE NO. 1608
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
SAID ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCEN0. 1590
WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY REWROTE CHAPTER 3 OF THE
SANFORD CITY CODE PERTAINING TO ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES; TO ADD SECTION 3-23 MAKING IT IL-
LEGAL TO CONSUME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PUBLIC
PLACES, ON SIDEWALKS, OR ON STREETS OF THE
CITY; TO ADD SECTION 3-24 MAKING IT ILLEGAL
TO ENGAGE IN LEWD, LACIVIOUS BEHAVIOR IN ESTAB-
LISHMENTS SERVING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE
CITY; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, SEVERABILITY,
CONFLICTS, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Chapter 3 - AlcOholic Beverages of the
Sanford City Code be and the same is hereby amended by adding
the following sections:
Sec. 3-23. Consumption of alcoholic beverages in
public places, sidewalks or streets.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to consume
in the city any alcoholic beverage while on or in any public
place, sidewalk or street as hereinafter defined, except on
occasions when the consumption of alcoholic beverages is author-
ized by permit of the city commission.
(b) The term "public place" shall mean any place
to which the general public is invited or has the right to
resort including parks, streets, sidewalks, cemeteries, beaches,
lakes and school yards, or open spaces adjacent thereto.
(c) The wor~ "sidewalk" shall mean any portion of a
street between the curbline and the adjacent property line in-
tended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
(d) The wor~ "street'l shall be construed to embrace
streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts,
and all other public highways in the city.
Sec. 3-24. Lewd, lascivious behavior in establishments
serving alcoholic beverages; penalty.
(a) Authority. This section is enacted under the home
rule power of the City of Sanford, Florida, in the interest of
public health, peace, safety, morals, and general welfare of
the citizens of Sanford, Florida.
(b) Prohibitions, It shall be unlawful for any person
maintaining, owning or operating a commercial establishment
located within the corporate limits of Sanford, Florida, at which
alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the
premises:
(1) To suffer or permit any female person
while on the premises of said commercial establishment, to expose
to the public view, the area of the human female breast at or
below the areola thereof.
(2) To suffer or permit any female person
while on the premises of said commercial establishment, to employ
any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance
of or simulate such portions of the human female breast as des-
cribed in subsection (1) above.
(3) To suffer or permit any person, while
on the premises of said commercial establishment, to expose to
public view, his or her genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus, or
anal cleft or cleavage.
(4) To suffer or permit any person, while
on the premises of said commercial establishment, to employ any
device or covering which is intended to give the appearance of
or simulate the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus, anal cleft
or cleavage.
It shall be unlawful for any female person, while on
the premises of a commercial establishment located within the
corporate limits of Sanford, Florida, at which alcoholic beverages
are offered for sale for consumption on the premises, to expose
to public view that area of the human breast at or below the
areola thereof or to employ any device or covering which is
intended to give the appearance or simulate such areas of the
female breast as described herein.
It shall be unlawful for any person, while on the
premises of a commercial establishment located within the corporate
limits of Sanford, Florida, at which alcoholic beverages are of-
fered for sale for consumption on the premises, to expose to
public view his or her genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus or
anal cleft or cleavage, or to employ any device or covering
which is intended to give the appearance of or simulate the
genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus or anal cleft or cleavage.
(c) Penalties. Violation of this section constitutes
a misdemeanor, and any person who violates any subsection hereof
shall be prosecuted and punished in accordance with the laws of
the State of Florida. In addition to criminal prosecution, the
city commission may bring suit to restrain, enjoin or otherwise
prevent the violati6n of this action in the Circuit Court of
Seminole County, Florida.
SECTION 2: If any section or a portion of a section
of this ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitu-
tional, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity,
force or effect of any other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of July ,
A.D., 1982.
MAYOR
ATTEST: \
As t~e~/~{ty C~~~ o~the
City of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of
the foregoing Ordinance No. 1608, PASSED and ADOPTED by the
City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 26th
day of July, 1982, was POSTED at the front door of the City
Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 27th day of
July, 1982.
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