Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-29

Read the second time and passed this 4th day of December, 1933, by the following vote: Commissioners Arnett, Mundy, German, Down and his Honor, the Mayor, voting aye. Noes None. Approved this 4th day of December, 1933. E W Cragin Attest: Mayor Viola Burns City Clerk (CITY SEAL) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA ) County of Clark ) ss Dick Lochrie, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is foreman of the LAS VEGAS EVENING REVIEW-JOURNAL, a daily newspaper, of general circulation, printed and published at Las Vegas, in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the attached was continuously published in said newspaper for a period of Two weeks from Nov 8th to Nov 15th inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: Nov 8-15. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed Dick Lochrie Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of November 1933. A E Cahlan Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My commission expires Dec 28 1934. (NOTARIAL SEAL) ORDINANCE NO. 203 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL OF INTOXICATING AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS AND BEVERAGES; REGULATING PLACES WHERE AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS SAID INTOXICATING AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS AND BEVERAGES MAY BE KEPT, SOLD, GIVEN AWAY OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS AND LICENSES; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. SHORT TITLE. This Ordinance may be cited as the Las Vegas Liquor Control Ordinance. Section 2. DEFINITIONS. For the interpretation of this ordinance, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) The word "alcohol" means a product of distillation of any fermented liquor, rectified either once or oftener, whatever may be the origin thereof, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. (2) The word "spirits" means any liquor which contains alcohol obtained by distilla­tion, mixed with drinkable water and other substances in solution, including brandy, rum, whiskey and gin. (3) The word "wine" means any alcoholic liquor obtained by the fermentation of natural sugar contents of fruits or other agricultural product containing sugar, including fortified wines such as port, sherry, and champagne. (4) The word "beer" means any liquor obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of malt, barley and hops in drinking water. (5) The word "beverage" means any beer or wine containing not more than 20 per centum of alcohol by weight. (6) The words "alcoholic liquor" include the four varieties of liquor above defined (alcohol, spirits, wine and bear) and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable of being consumed by human beings. (7) The word "hotel" means every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where food is served and sleeping accomodations are offered for pay to transient guests, in which thirty or more rooms are used for the sleeping accomodation of such transient guests and having one or more dining rooms where meals are served to such transient guests, such sleeping accomodations and dining rooms being conducted in the same building or buildings in connection therewith. (8) The word "restaurant" means space in a suitable building kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where meals are served without sleeping accomodations, and where twenty-five or more persons may be served with meals at any one time at tables. (9) The word "club" means an association of persons, whether incorporated or unincor­porated, for the promotion of some common object (but not including associations organized for any commercial or business purpose the object of which is money profit) owning, hiring or leasing a building or space in a building, of such extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accomodation of its members and their guests. (10) The word "tavern" means a place where alcoholic liquors are sold at retail to the general public, and a place where no other kind of business or businesses is or are being maintained or conducted.