Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-27
CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION
ENACTS THE NEW LIQUOR ORDINANCE
Creates Two Glasses of eSaura mt Licenses Fixes Hotel Permits
at $3.50 Month"; Prohibits New Saloons in Broadway and
Hill Street. Changes Closing me and ShOrtenS All Permits

resentatives of the liquor dealers asked
that action be delayed a week so they
would have time to consider the pro-
visions of the ordinance, but the coun-
ell would not grant this request, on
the ground that plenty of time had
been allowed for discussion during the
many sessions the council and its COM
mittees have held on the matter.
AS soon as the ordinance was passed
by the council it was presented to
Mayor Alexander, who had been called
in from the mountains, where he has
been passing his vacation, for the pur-
pose. He signed it at once, and 1t will
be published Thursday morning. The
ordinance bears the emergency clause
and will be effective as soon as 1t is
published.
AS new classifcations are made in
the liquor ordinance changes had to
be made in tho license ordinance to
conform to them.
The monthly license fees are as fol-
lows:
THE NEW CHARGES
Retail, 500; wholesale, s75; malt bot
Ting establishment, $100; wholesale
drug store liquor establishment, SIS;
restaurant of the No. l class, $100; res
taurant of the No. 2 class, $50 a month;
social clubs, S25; hotels, $3.50; breweries,
$100, and wineries, $40.
A number of important changes are
made in the new ordinance from the
difference in classification. Restaurants
of the No. 1 class can sell in any guam
tity, while the No restaurant can
sell only in original packages of not
less than one-twentieth of a gallon,
which is a commercial half pint. The
hours for closing wholesale houses are
more restricted, and at the same time
a wholesale house can sell a CONNER
cial pint, while now it is restricted to
quart.
All retail, restaurant and hotel IL
censes expire at midnight June 80, but
If the holder can show previous good
record and conform to the speciflCa-
tions of the ordinance the police COM
mission must regrant the permit to the
holder.
The present requirement of two-thirds
of the frontage in a block before the
commission can issue a permit is re-
placed by sort Of block system of
local option. Some Of the more i'm
portant provisions of the ordinance
follow:
THE ORDINANCE
A retail liquor establishment, a whole
sale liquor establishment, a wholesale
drug store liquor establishment, a res
taurant liquor establishment of the No.
1 class, a restaurant liquor establish
ment of the No. 2 class, a social club
liquor establishment, a hotel liquor es-
tablishment, q brewery, q malt bottling
liquor establishment and a winery are
defined as follows:
A retail liquor establishment is de-
fined to be a place where liquors are
sold, served or given away to be con-
sumed only upon the premises; pro-
vided that such liquors may be sold
in quantities not to exceed one quart
of spirituous or mixed Intoxicating
liquors, or four quarts of malt liquors,
TO the same person, to be consumed off
the premises and contained in sealed
or corked pacages.
WHOLESALE HOUSES
A wholesale liquor establishment is
defined to be a place where liquors are
sold in quantities not less than one
tenth of a gallon and not to be con-
sumed upon the premises where so sold.
A wholesale drug store liquor estab-
lishment is defined to be a wholesale
drug store where liquors are sold eX-
clusively to retail drug stores.
A restaurant liquor establishment
of the number one class is defined to
be a restaurant where hot meals are
served at least three times a day and
at least six days in the week, and
where liquors are sold, served or given
Away to be consumed only on the |
premises with bona fde meals, which |
meals shall not be a subterfuge mere |
ly to obtain intoxicating liquors.
CLASS NUMBER TWO
A restaurant liquor establishment |
of the number two class is defined to |
be a restaurant where hot meals are |
actually served at least three times a
day and at least six days in the week, |
and where wine or beer only is sold, |
in original packages, containing not |
less than one-tWentieth of a gallon.
A social club liquor establishment |
is defined to be bona flde social club, |
where Intoxicating liquors are sold, |
served or given away, and paid for |
only by bona f1de members thereof. |
Clubs must have a membership of at |
least 100 members in good standing, |
and be organized on the mutual plan,
wherein each member has q full voice |
in the government Of the club and |
an equal ownership with every other
in the property and profits |
and the social objects Of the club must |
be more than the mere dispensation |
of liquor to it's members.
HOTEL LICENSE
A hotel liquor establishment is de-
fined to be bona fide hotel in which |
liquors are sold, served |
or given away, to be consumed on the |
premises only. The hotel must have
all the recognized modern conVeniences
Of hotel, at least 100 bed rooms and
q dining room or restaurant operated
in conjunction with the hotel for the
dining room accommodation of it's
guests. There may be q saloon or
bar room operated in conjunction with
said hotel, but such saloon or bar
room must be in a separate, single |
room.
A brewery is defined to be a place
where beer or malt liquors are manu-
factured, brewed or produced for sale.
A malt bottllng liquor establishment
IS defined to be a place, other than a
brewery, where beer or malt liquors
are bottled or put up in kegs or cases
FOR sale.
A winery is defined to be place
in the manufacture, fermenta-
ion or production OF wine for sale.
LIMITS AS TO STREETS
The board of police commissioners
shall not grant any permit for the issu-
lnce of a license to conduct d liquor
on Broadway, North
Broadway, South Hill street or North
Hill street; that nothing in this sec
ion applies to any existing liquor es-
Adjustments of the kind mentioned,
md shall not prohibit the granting OF a
permit for the issuance of a license to
conduct a hotel liquor establishment on
Broadway, North Broadway, South Hill
treet or North Hill street If such no.
el LIQUOR establishment does not have
Is bar room or saloon along or OPEN
ng upon said streets.
The board Of police commissioners
hall not grant q permit for the iSSu-