ARTICLE VIII. - RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND VICTUALING HOUSES
Part of the Code of Ordinances of Scituate, RI.
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FOOTNOTE(S):
--- (6) --- refcharter or refcross or refstatelaw Cross reference— Zoning, App. A.
refcharter or refcross or refstatelaw State Law reference— Licensing and regulation of taverns, cookshops, and oyster houses, G.L. 1956, § 5-24-1 et seq.
Sec. 6-181. - License required.#
(a)
No person shall open or keep open any tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house or oyster cellar, without a license first had and obtained from the town council, or in any place other than that specified in such license.
(b)
Every such person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense, one-half thereof to the use of the town and one-half thereof to the use of the state.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 5-2-66, § 1)
Sec. 6-182. - Issuance of license, fee.#
The town council may grant a license required by this article upon receipt of an application signed by the person seeking to be licensed stating the location for which such license is sought and the business sought to be licensed, accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), and in the case of application for renewal of the license, a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). Such fee shall not be refunded by the town in the event the application is denied.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 5-2-66, § 4; Ord. of 1-13-94)
Sec. 6-183. - Contents of license, expiration.#
Every license issued under this article shall specify the person licensed, the business licensed, and the building or room in which the same shall be pursued, and shall continue and be in force until the 1st of December of each year, unless sooner revoked for cause.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 5-2-66, § 5)
Sec. 6-184. - Duty to maintain order.#
(a)
Every person licensed under section 6-181 shall maintain good order in the building licensed, and shall not suffer any person in the licensed building to become intoxicated, nor shall he take in pawn or pledge any article whatsoever; neither shall he suffer the licensed building to become frequented by any common drunkard or person addicted to the intemperate use of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or by any person who is a disturber of the peace, or who is wasting his property or earnings and means of supporting himself and family, or by any person under lawful age.
(b)
Every such person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed the keeper of a disorderly house and shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00), one-half thereof to the use of the town and one-half thereof to the use of the state.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 5-2-66, § 2)
Sec. 6-185. - Revocation of license.#
In case any person licensed under this article shall be convicted of keeping a disorderly house, the town council shall forthwith withdraw and annul his license; and he shall not be licensed during the two (2) years next following his conviction.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 5-2-66, § 3)
Sec. 6-186. - Alcoholic beverages restricted.#
(a)
Except where there is a retailer's license issued pursuant to General Laws 1956, section 3-7 and in good standing for the premises, no person holding a license pursuant to General Laws 1956, section 5-24-1 for the keeping of a tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house or oyster cellar shall permit consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises by patrons of the licensed establishment, nor shall patrons be permitted to bring alcoholic beverages onto the licensed premises for purposes of consumption.
(b)
For purposes of this section, the term "alcoholic beverages" shall mean any beverage which is subject to retail license requirements of General Laws 1956, section 3-7
(c)
Violation of this section shall be considered cause for revocation of license pursuant to General Laws 1956, section 5-24-2.
(d)
Every victualing license to which this section applies shall contain a notice to the effect that it is issued on condition that no alcoholic beverages will be consumed by patrons on the premises or brought into the premises for purposes of consumption.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 10-20-83, §§ 1—4)
Cross reference— Comment Text (parent not a footnote)Liquor licenses limited, § 6-4.
Sec. 6-187. - Closing hours.#
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any restaurant, cafe or other establishment holding a victualing license or a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages, or both, to remain open between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., except establishments may remain open on December 31 of each year as provided by General Laws section 1956, 5-22-3, as amended.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, the words "remain open" shall be construed to mean the presence of persons (other than employees), in or upon the premises during the hours mentioned in (a) above.
(c)
Nothing contained in this section shall enlarge the hours during which any establishment holding a license to sell alcoholic beverages may remain open, as otherwise provided by law.
(d)
The town council may, for proper cause shown, upon application in writing, grant permission for closing hours different from those set forth in (a) above, applicable only to legal holidays not falling upon Sundays.
(e)
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each first violation. In addition thereto, such person shall be subject to having any license issued for the place of establishment suspended or revoked for violation of this section.
Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 4-15-65, §§ 1—5)