1398 ORDINANCE NO. 1398
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 3-4 OF CHAPTER 3, ENTITLED
"ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES" OF THE SANFORD CITY
CODE; SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR THE 500
FOOT REQUIREMENT TO BE WAIVED AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AFTER
NOTICE TO AFFECTED PARTIES AND PUBLIC HEARING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Section 3-4 of Chapter 3, entitled "Alcoholic
Beverages" of the Sanford City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3-4. NUMBER OF LICENSES LIMITED.
Permits and licenses to vendors of intoxicating liquors,
except wine and beer° shall not be granted in excess of one (1) permit and
license to each fifteen hundred (1,500) persons in the City according to the
last census thereof~ s~ate or federal, as the case may be. Permits and
licenses to vendors of intoxicating liquors~ including beer and wine for
consumption on the premises, shall not be issued to any vendor whose place
of business would be located within five hundred (500) feet of an existing
place of business of any other vendor of such intoxicating liquors unless
waived in the discretion of the City Commission. In the event such vendor
applies for a permit and license and it is determined that the vendor's place
of business will be within five hundred (500) feet of any other vendor of
intoxicating liquors, notice shall be given to any affected vendors within
the five hundred (500) foot area by certified mail of a public hearing to be
held before the City Commission to determine whether or not such permit
and license should be issued, said notice to be given by certified mail at
least ten (10) days prior to said public hearing. The applicant shall pay a
fee for the expense of conducting said public hearing in an amount to be
determined from time to time by the City Commission.
The location of all such places of business and permits
granted prior to October 10o 1977o shall in no way be affected by this
section and are hereby approved; provided further, that any regularly
established hotel or motel is the City having twenty-five (25) or more
rooms shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of October ·
A.D. 1977.
Mayor
Attest:
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As the City Commission of 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. 1398, PASSED and ADOPTED by the
City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 10th
day of October, 1977, was POSTED at the front door of the
City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the llth day
of October, 19~7.
City of Sanford, Florida