5779-95 01 .[ C _.INTO. 7 7 9-9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEAR WATER,
FLORID.P,, RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES;
AMENDING SECTION a . 21, CODE OF ORDINANCES, TO
CREATE A NEW DEFINITION OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES PR'OVIDI14G AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF `UHE
CITY OF CLEARWAI'ER, FLORIDA THAT
Sek::t`g 1 . Section 6 . 21 , Code of Ordinances, is amen&,,-d to
create a new definition to read as follows :
Sec. 6 .21 Definitions.
Algoh- liq_ be e cI -vm a zas d stiff ed s :iri � d an bevooe fie_
corataix�:incrze � f l er�e �t car mores aloof. by volume . The
�erc xxtd�te of alcohol b err 1 r shall b de er ? es b� �neas�lzKL
the volume `'of e beverac g and.
corgi ari nq it WET_ vale a e �a d r a e a ed�en, s as
thou I said reTtLaind:er ingredients were distilled.;water. It 5.hall
be riaa facie a_jidence that aereras an alcoholic beverage if
there 3r roof. _hat the beverage in uestion was or is ?snow a
c-h i sk 2 y rn�oo?��sh ne ske shing, rum, gin to qL1a,._ -vodka,
scotch scoff ch �rh%ske�v� brandy. deer F ��a It liquor, _Line_,_ wine
cooler, ar by any other similar name or names , or was contained in
a bottle ar can _la e'l.ed as an, of the above names or a nam,_e si:>ilar
thereto and the bottle or can 'sears the manufacturer- s insi ng.._Lg,.�.
name car trade
a ayjT. Ar�.�,r person v�h+ by o: aeriexace i n the handling'
of alcohol Lc b veraaes or by taste smell or drinking of_ach
alcoholic bevera�-es has knowledge of the alcoholic nature_thereof;.
may, testify' a:s his_or her onion about whether such bevera_g s
an alcohglic be.%L acxe .�
Section 2 . This ordinance shall tame effect immediately, upon
adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING March 2, 1995
PAS'SED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED March 15, 1995
1
F.a.ta Garvey
Mayor-Commissioner
Approved as to J,orm Attest
and legal sufficiency:
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Robert Sllrei �e Cyn'�hia E . Goudeau
A ssa_st.at City-Attorney Cit Clem