§ 3-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

Alcoholic beverages means distilled spirits and all beverages containing one-half of one (0.5) percent or more alcohol by volume. The percentage of alcohol by volume shall be determined by measuring the volume of the standard ethyl alcohol in the beverage and comparing it with the volume of the remainder of the ingredients as though said remainder ingredients were distilled water.

Beer shall extend to and include all brewed beverages containing malt.

Establishment(s) dealing in alcoholic beverages means any business or commercial establishment, whether open to the public at large or where entrance is limited by cover charge or membership requirement, including those licensed by the state for sale and/or service of alcoholic beverages, and any bottle club; hotel; motel; restaurant; nightclub; country club; cabaret; meeting facility utilized by any religious, social, fraternal or similar organization; business or commercial establishment where a product or article is sold, dispensed, served or provided with the knowledge, actual or implied, that the product or article will be or is intended to be mixed, combined with or drunk in connection or combination with an alcoholic beverage on the premises of such business or commercial establishment; or business or commercial establishment where the consumption of alcoholic beverages is permitted. A private residence, whether permanent or temporary in nature, is not an establishment dealing in alcoholic beverages.

School shall mean the following either a private or public school as defined below:

"Private school" is a nonpublic school defined as an individual, association, co-partnership, or corporation, or department, division, or section of such organizations, that designates itself as an educational center that includes kindergarten or a higher grade or as an elementary, secondary, business, technical, or trade school below college level or any organization that provides instructional services that meet the intent of the statute defining "regular school attendance" or that gives pre-employment or supplementary training in technology or in fields of trade or industry or that offers academic, literary, or career training below college level, or any combination of the above, including an institution that performs the functions of the above schools through correspondence or extension, except those licensed under the provisions governing nonpublic postsecondary education. A private school may be a parochial, religious, denominational, for-profit, or nonprofit school. Private schools are nongovernmental educational systems, not considered a part of the public system of education.

"Public School" which means an organization of students for instructional purposes on an elementary, middle, or junior high school; secondary or high school; or other public school level authorized under rules of the State Board of Education.

(Code 1966, § 3-1; Ord. No. 16-07 , § 1, 12-13-2016; Ord. No. 18-10 , § 1, 7-10-18)

State law reference

Similar definitions, F.S. §§ 561.01(4)(9a), 563.01.