Chapter 6 Licenses and Permits
 

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CHAPTER 6

LICENSES AND PERMITS

Section 6.1.01 Construction and Definition of Terms

Section 6.1.02 Required License

Section 6.1.03 Number of Licenses

Section 6.1.04  Classifications and Fees

Section 6.1.05 Location of Applicant's Business

Section 6.1.06 License Removal

Section 6.1.07 Refilling Container

Section 6.1.08 Empty Bottles or Containers

Section 6.1.09 No Deliveries of Liquor

Section 6.1.10 Possession in a Public Place

Section 6.1.11 Payment of Tax

Section 6.1.12 Selling Hours

Section 6.1.13  Selling Liquor on Sundays

Section 6.1.14 Serving Liquor Outside of Establishment

Section 6.1.15  Beer Garden

Section 6.1.16 Public Nudity Prohibited  

Section 6.1.17 Age to Enter onto Premises

Section 6.1.18 Intoxicated Person Entering Premises

Section 6.1.19 Original Packages

Section 6.1.20  Off-Sale Sales

Section 6.1.21 Sunday Off-Sale

Section 6.1.22 On-Sale Sales

Section 6.1.23  Central Standard Time and Central Standard Daylight Savings

Section 6.1.24  Unsealed Container

Section 6.1.25 Possession of Open Bottle or Can

Section 6.1.26 Penalty

Section 6.2.01  Required License, Fee, and Term of License

Section 6.2.02 Fix Premises

Section 6.2.03 Bond

Section 6.2.04 Suspension or Revocation of License

Section 6.2.05 Separate License and Bond

Section 6.2.06 Change in Location of Licensed Premises

Section 6.2.07  Records Required

Section 6.2.08 Inspection of Records or License

Section 6.2.09 Pawn Tickets

Section 6.2.10  Duty of Police Department

Section 6.2.11 Holding Period

Section 6.2.12 Pawned Articles

Section 6.2.13  Effect of Hold Order

Section 6.2.14 Accepting Articles

Section 6.2.15 Unlawful Transactions

Section 6.2.16 Concealing Articles

Section 6.2.17  Examination of Premises

Section 6.2.18 Penalty

Section 6.3.19 License Requirement

Section 6.3.02 Application for License

Section 6.3.03 Annual Fee

Section 6.3.04  Approval of Application

Section 6.3.05 Right to Revoke License

Section 6.3.06 Daily Written Record

Section 6.3.07 Records Made Available

Section 6.3.08  Restrictions on Operations

Section 6.4.01 License Requirement

Section 6.4.02  License Fees

Section 6.4.03  Term of License

Section 6.4.04  Application and Issuance of License

Section 6.4.05 Operator's License

Section 6.4.06  Inspection

Section 6.4.07  Revocation of License

Section 6.5.01  Permit

Section 6.5.02 Back-Fill

Section 6.5.03  Refund of Deposit

Section 6.5.04  Penalty

Article 1 – Alcoholic Beverages  

Section 6.1.01                        Construction and Definition of Terms

For the purposes of this Article, all of the terms used herein are defined as they are defined in SDCL Title 35. 

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Section 6.1.02                        Required License

No person shall engage in business as a distiller, wholesaler, package dealer, a club, dining car company, a transportation company, or solicitor of intoxicating liquor until he shall have procured a license covering the class of business operation to be engaged in by him within the City, except as provided by law.

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Section 6.1.03                        Number of Licenses

There shall be issued within the municipality not to exceed eight (8) on-sale and five (5) off-sale licenses.  All club licenses shall be counted as on-sale licenses for purpose of limitation of the number of licenses. 

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Section 6.1.04                        Classifications and Fees

The following classifications and fees are established for on and off-sale dealers in distilled spirits, wines, and malt beverages other than low point beer:

A.     The on-sale yearly license fee for private club and public facilities shall be eight hundred (800) dollars;

 

B.     The off-sale yearly license fee for the sale of alcoholic beverages, other than malt beverages, shall be four hundred (400) dollars; and

 

C.     An additional fee of two hundred (200) dollars shall be charged to each licensee granted a licensee to sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday.

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Section 6.1.05                        Location of Applicant's Business

No Class D, E, or F license, as defined by law, shall be approved by the Council for the issuance of a license where the applicant's place of business is within one hundred (100) yards, measured by the regular and usual path of travel, of any door or exit of any now existing school or church.

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Section 6.1.06                        License Removal

No licenses under any class shall remove from one location to another within the corporate limits of the City in which the license was originally issued without permission of the Council.

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Section 6.1.07                        Refilling Container

It shall be unlawful, within the City, to refill any container of intoxicating liquor.

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Section 6.1.08                        Empty Bottles or Containers

No person shall be permitted, within the City, to buy or sell any empty bottles or containers of intoxicating liquor.

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Section 6.1.09                        No Deliveries of Liquor

No package dealer as defined by law shall be permitted, within the City, to make any deliveries of intoxicating liquor outside of his place of business.

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Section 6.1.10                        Possession in a Public Place

No person shall be permitted to have an unsealed original package in his possession in a public place within the City.  Provided, however, that this shall not apply to an on sale dealer who shall have unsealed packages with proper stamps on his premises from which to serve his customers; and provided, further, that for the purpose of this provision a hospital or sanitarium shall not be considered to be a public place and patients in said hospital or sanitarium may have unsealed original packages.

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Section 6.1.11                        Payment of Tax

No person shall have in his possession in the City any intoxicating liquor on which the tax has not been paid nor without having the same in a container upon which the stamps evidencing the payment of the tax as hereinbefore provided are securely affixed.  This Section shall not apply to intoxicating liquor in the possession of a Class A or Class B License, or to intoxicating liquor which has been sold by a Class A Licensee for export in interstate commerce outside of this state and which intoxicating liquor is in the course of transit out of this state.

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Section 6.1.12                        Selling Hours

No licensee of any class within the City shall sell any intoxicating liquor outside of the hours in which his license permits him to sell.

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Section 6.1.13                        Selling Liquor on Sundays

The Council may at its discretion provide in any on-sale liquor establishment the right to sell, serve, or allow to be consumed alcoholic beverages between the hours of one o'clock P.M. and twelve Midnight on Sunday with the serving of food where said licensee has facilities for the serving of prepared meals from a fixed restaurant with the simultaneous seating capacity of at least thirty-five (35) patrons.

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Section 6.1.14                        Serving Liquor Outside of Establishment

No on-sale dealer shall be permitted to serve within the City any intoxicating liquor outside of the building for which his license was issued; provided that the view through the windows of the building where said business is carried on shall be completely unobstructed either by curtains, advertising, window glazing or other obstructions whatsoever and provided further that no liquor shall be served in any booth wherein all the occupants are not within full view of every other occupant in the room and observable from any and all points in the said room.

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Section 6.1.15                        Beer Garden

A.     A beer garden is defined for purposes of this Article as an area adjacent to an establishment which has been issued an on-sale beer or liquor license where patrons of said establishment may consume alcoholic beverages sold by the establishment in an area outside of the establishment but adjacent thereto.

 

B.     Any on-sale liquor or beer licensee may operate a beer garden so long as the beer garden is adjacent and connecting to the licensed establishment and the only entry into the beer garden is from an entry way into the licensed establishment.  Any beer garden shall have a fence at least six (6) feet high around the beer garden constructed in such a way that no person may crawl through or under said fence.  Further, if there are any outside bands, jukeboxes, or loud speakers in a beer garden the same shall cease playing or operating at 1:00 a.m.

 

C.     The fence to be constructed around the beer garden as set out above, shall, in all respects comply with the Zoning Ordinance (Appendix C) and any ordinances amendatory thereto insofar as the location of said fences in regards to the proximity of streets, alleys, and property lines or boundaries.

 

D.     Any on-sale liquor or beer establishment who operates a beer garden shall have located within said establishment a telephone that will accept outgoing calls.

 

E.      Any licensee operating a beer garden shall abide by all rules and regulations as set out by state or local statutes involving the sale of said alcoholic beverages.

 

F.      The only alcoholic beverages to be consumed within the premises defined as a beer garden shall be those alcoholic beverages sold by the licensed establishment operating the beer garden.

 

G.     This Article does not apply to those establishments which request permission to operate a beer garden on one particular time a year.

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Section 6.1.16                        Public Nudity Prohibited

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person on premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages, while in the presence of any other person, to appear in a state of nudity as defined herein.

 (C) It shall be unlawful for a licensee in alcoholic beverages, its manager or agent to authorize, permit, or suffer any person on the licensed premises to violate the provisions of subsection (B) of this ordinance.

 D) For purposes of this ordinance, the following definitions shall apply:

     (1) State of Nudity means the showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than fully opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering on any part of the areola and nipple, or the showing of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

 (E) There shall be no physical contact, such as kissing, fondling, or embracing between employees or performers and patrons for gratuity, pay or other remuneration, direct or indirect, or in conjunction with or as part of any performance or entertainment in premises licensed by the governing body of the City for consumption of liquor, including beer, on such premises.

 (F) (1) Any person upon whom a duty is placed by the provisions of this ordinance, who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to perform such duty, or who shall knowingly violate any provision hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.   Each day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be punishable as such.

      (2) The violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance in connection with the operation of the licensed business by the licensee or by any employees or agents of the licensee, shall be sufficient to cause the revocation or suspension of the license of such licensee by the City Council.  Such revocation or suspension shall be cumulative with the addition to any penalty or fine imposed by the ordinance of the City of Winner.

 (G)  Any employee and/or independent contractor of a business licensed  for the sale of alcohol  shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and shall possess  proper identification and proof of age and shall display said identification  to appropriate officials upon request .

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Section 6.1.17                        Age to Enter onto Premises

No on-sale licensee of any class within the City shall permit any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years within said licensee's building or premises except where said person under the age of twenty-one (21) years is in the company of his parent or guardian.

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Section 6.1.18                        Intoxicated Person Entering Premises

No licensee of any class within the City shall permit any intoxicated person to enter his premises or to become intoxicated thereon or therein.

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Section 6.1.19                        Original Packages

No person within the City shall buy from any on-sale dealer any intoxicating liquor in any original package whether the said original package be sealed or unsealed, or whether said original package be full or partially full.

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Section 6.1.20                        Off-Sale Sales

That no package or off-sale licensee within the City shall sell or allow to be sold alcoholic beverages between the hours of twelve o'clock midnight and seven o'clock a.m.

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Section 6.1.21                        Sunday Off-Sale

Pursuant to the authority granted by SDCL 35-4-81.1, the City hereby permits the sale of alcoholic beverages by off-sale licensees on Sundays.  No sales of alcoholic beverages by off-sale licensees may be made on Sundays between the hours of 12:00 o'clock midnight and 7:00 o'clock a.m. of the following day.

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Section 6.1.22                        On-Sale Sales

No on-sale licensee within the City shall sell, serve, or allow to be consumed on the premises covered by the license, alcoholic beverages between the hours of two o'clock A.M. and seven o'clock A.M. or on Sunday after two o'clock A.M., or on Memorial Day after one o'clock A.M. or at any time on Christmas Day.  The Sunday exclusion contained above shall not apply to those licensee's who shall obtain a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday as provided in Section 6.1.13 of this Ordinance.  It shall be unlawful for any licensee, employee, agent, or servant of an on-sale liquor establishment whose principle business is the sale of alcoholic beverages to allow any patron or customer to remain on the premises after the above designated closing time.

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Section 6.1.23                Central Standard Time and Central Standard Daylight Savings

All times for opening and closing hours prescribed in Sections 6.1.13, 6.1.15, 6.1.20, 6.1.21, and 6.1.22 shall be Central Standard Time or Central Standard Daylight Savings time when such time is in effect in the local community of Winner.

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Section 6.1.24                        Unsealed Container

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess an alcoholic beverage in an unsealed container or in an open receptacle either within or without a motor vehicle on any sidewalk, street, alley, or highway within the City limits.

This Section shall not apply:

A.     In or upon described property which is publicly owned, or owned by a non-profit corporation, when the governing body of this municipality has authorized by permit, pursuant to SDCL 35-1-5.3, persons to consume or blend alcoholic beverages, but not to engage in the sale thereof, for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours.

 

B.     In or upon described property which is publicly owned, or owned by a non-profit corporation, when the governing body of this municipality has authorized by permit, pursuant to SDCL 35-4-11.4, a special malt beverage retailers license to any civil, charitable, educational, or fraternal organization in conjunction with a special event within the municipality.

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Section 6.1.25                        Possession of Open Bottle or Can

It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or have in his possession an opened bottle or can of alcoholic liquor, as defined in SDCL 35-1-9.1 through 35-1-9.3, upon any public street or alley either within or without a motor vehicle within the City Limits or upon any public right-of-way or highway within one (1) mile of the City Limits.

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Section 6.1.26                        Penalty

Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a Class II Misdemeanor and shall be fined pursuant to Section 14.01. 

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CHAPTER 6

LICENSES AND PERMITS

Article 2 – Pawn Dealers

Section 6.2.01                        Required License, Fee, and Term of License

A.     It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, without first obtaining a license from the City finance office.  The application for such license shall contain all pertinent information required by the City Finance Office and provisions of Winner City Ordinances relating to licensure.  Any person applying for a pawnbroker's license or a secondhand dealer's license, must, before their application will be considered, come to the Winner Police Department and furnish adequate identification.  No license under this Article shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony; no license under this Article shall be issued to any corporation, one or more officers or directors of which have been convicted of a felony.

 

B.     The annual license fee for a pawnbroker's license shall be one hundred (100) dollars, payable in advance.

 

C.     The annual license fee for secondhand dealers shall be twenty-five (25) dollars, payable in advance.

 

D.     Any person having a business which encompasses more than one of the two (2) designated categories set forth in this Article, and all businesses being conducted on one premises, shall obtain all appropriate licenses, but the total fee for licenses for the single premises shall not exceed one hundred (100) dollars.

 

E.      The term of the license shall be one (1) year.

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Section 6.2.02                        Fix Premises

No person shall engage in business as a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer unless said person has a fixed premise where said business is conducted, either on a continuing basis or from time to time, and unless said person has first obtained a license to engage in that business as that premises.

For the purposes of this Section, "fixed premises" shall include any non-mobile premises where such business is conducted and said pawned or purchased secondhand articles are held according to the provisions of Section 6.2.11, whether or not that premises remains in the same location during the period the license is in effect.

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Section 6.2.03                        Bond

Each pawnbroker doing business in the City shall furnish a good sufficient bond, with a surety to be approved by the Council; in the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars, conditioned for faithful observance of this Article and conditioned for the safekeeping or return of all articles held in pledge of such pawnbroker.

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Section 6.2.04                        Suspension or Revocation of License

A.     A license issued to a licensee under this Article, who shall have violated the provisions of this Article, may be suspended for a prescribed period not to exceed sixty (60) days, in the event of a failure on the part of the licensee to comply with the provisions of this Article after ten (10) days written notice and a public hearing.

 

B.     A license issued to a licensee under this Article, who shall have violated the provisions of this Article, may be revoked by the Council after ten (10) days written notice and a public hearing.

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Section 6.2.05                        Separate License and Bond

Any person conducting several or separate places of business shall pay the appropriate license fees and procure the appropriate licenses and bond for each place of business.  The above-mentioned proprietor's license shall be sufficient for all clerks, agents, and employees engaged at the place named in the license.

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Section 6.2.06                        Change in Location of Licensed Premises

If, during the effective period of a license issued under this Article a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer changes the location of the licensed premises within the City, such dealer shall inform the City finance office of such change of location and shall have the new premises to be licensed noted on the license.  There shall be no additional fee charged for changing the location of the licensed premises.

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Section 6.2.07                        Records Required

A.     Every pawnbroker shall keep books or records of pawn tickets in a manner satisfactory to the chief of police, where he shall accurately and intelligibly enter, in ink, in the English language, at the time of purchasing or receiving any personal property, and after requiring and observing identification from the person seeking to pawn the property, a record of the following information:

 

1.       The name of the person from whom the property is purchased or received, his place of residence, and his date of birth.

 

2.       A detailed and accurate description of each article, which shall include, if available, the manufacture's name, style model number, serial number, engraved initials, or other identifying marks.

 

3.       The date and time of transaction.

 

4.       The amount necessary for redemption.

 

5.       The date when the article is to be redeemed.

 

6.       Any mortgage or bill of sale taken, or receipt of pawn ticket given.  

B.     Every pawnbroker shall also record the date of disposition or redemption from pawn of said article or any part or portion thereof.  Said disposition report shall be located in the same book and at the same place where the receiving records of said article are located.

 

C.     Every secondhand goods dealer shall keep books or records for those articles defined herein in a manner satisfactory to the chief of police or his designee.  The dealer shall accurately and intelligently enter, in ink, in the English language, at the time of purchasing or receiving any article or item, the following information.

 

1.       The name of the person from whom the property was purchased or received, his place of residence, and his date of birth.

 

2.       Date and time of the transaction.

 

3.       A detailed description of the item which shall include, if available, the manufacturer's name, style model number, serial number, engraved initials, or other identifying marks.

 

4.       If the seller is not known personally to the dealer or the dealer's agent, the dealer is required to obtain the person's drivers license number and the state of issuance or, if available the identifying number from at least one form of government issued identification.

 

5.       The amount paid for the article.

 

D.     Any person who fails to keep such records or fails to make the required entries therein, or shall intentionally or knowingly make any false or unintelligible entry, or any entry which he has reason to believe is untrue, or who shall fail to make the inquiries necessary to enable him to make such entries or any of them, or who shall fail to produce his records when requested by a City police officer during reasonable business hours, or who shall destroy or willfully permit such records to be destroyed or lost, shall be guilty of a Class II Misdemeanor and fined pursuant to Section 14.01.

 

E.      The records required by this Section shall be maintained for one (1) year after the date of purchase or receipt and shall be made available for inspection to City police officers during reasonable business hours.

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Section 6.2.08                        Inspection of Records or License

A.     The books or records required by Section 6.2.07 to be kept by pawnbrok