§ 6-3. Hours of sale.

(a)

In all unincorporated areas of the county, no commercial establishment, bottle club, person holding any type of license from the division of beverage, state department of business regulation or membership association in which a fee, cover charge or admission fee is collected, shall be allowed to sell, dispense or serve alcoholic beverages for consumption in or on their licensed premises before or after the following hours, which are the only hours of operation at such licensed premises that are permitted under this chapter:

(1)

Every day: beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 2:00 a.m. on the following day.

(2)

Extended hours for New Year's Eve: beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 a.m. on January 1.

(b)

The hours of operation set forth in subsection (a) also apply to package stores engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages for off premises consumption.

(c)

It will be a rebuttable presumption that subsection (a) has been violated if any alcoholic beverage is in possession or control of a patron or customer present inside the licensed premises either before or after the authorized hours of operation set forth in subsection (a).

(d)

Premises closed during prohibited hours. A licensed premises may only remain open for business during the hours authorized in subsection (a).

(e)

Each incident of a sale or service of alcoholic beverages which occurs outside of the above established legal hours shall constitute a separate violation of this section and the person making such sale shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be punished as provided in section 1-7.

(Code 1979, §§ 2-11—2-13; Ord. No. 13-36, § 1, 10-22-13)

State law reference

Local regulation of hours of sale, F.S. §§ 562.14, 562.45(2).