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ORDINANCE NO. 5073
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING CHAPTER 6.15 OF
THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO POST SIGNS WHERE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE SOLD WARNING OF THE
EFFECT OF ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 6 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code
by amended by the addition of Chapter 6.15 to read as follows:
Chapter 6.15
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WARNING
Sections:
6.1 5.0 1 0 Purpose.
6.15.020 Duty to post signs or notices.
6.15.030 Placement. 6.15.040 Language. 6.15.050 Department of health services
representatives.
6.15.010 Purpose. The surgeon general of the United
States has advised women who are pregnant, or considering pregnancy, not to drink alcoholic beverages. Recent research
indicates that alcohol consumption during pregnancy, especially in the early months, can harm the fetus, and result in birth defects including mental retardation, facial abnormalties and other defects involving heart and bone structure. In order to
serve the public health, safety and welfare, the purpose of this chapter is to educate the public by requiring warning signs to be placed at all locations where alcoholic beverages are sold to
the public.
6.15.020 Duty to post signs or notices. Any person or
entity who owns, operates, manages, leases or rents premises
offering wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages for sale, or
dispensing for consideration to the public, shall cause a sign 01
notice to be permanently posted or displayed on the premises as
provided in this chapter. The sign or notice shall read as
follows: PREGNANCY AND ALCOHOL DO NOT MIX - DRINKING ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, INCLUDING WINE AND BEER, DURING PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE
BIRTH DEFECTS. Except as specified in Section 6.15.030 or in
rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Health
Services, a sign or notice as required herein shall not be smaller than eight and one half inches wide by five and one half
inches long, nor shall any lettering thereon be less than three
eights inch in height.
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6.15.030 Placement. A sign or notice required by
a. Where the sale or dispensing of wine, beer, or
Section 6.15.020 shall be placed as follows:
other alcoholic beverages to the public is primarily intended
for consumption off the premises, at least one sign shall be so
placed as to assure that it is conspicuously displayed so as to
be readable at all points of purchase.
beverages to the public is primarily intended for consumption on
the premises, at least one sign shall be placed to assure that it is conspicuously displayed so as to be readable in each public restroom.
b. Where the sale of wine, beer, or other alcoholic
6;15.040 Language. In the event a substantial number
of the public patronizing a premises offering for sale or
dispensing wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages uses a
language other than English as a primary language, an additional sign or notice as is required by Section 6015.020 above shall be worded in the primary language or languages involved.
6.15.050 Department-of health services
a. The deputy director of environmental health
representatives.
services shall be responsible for the enforcement of compliance with this chapter. The county department of health services
shall have the authority to adopt reasonable rules and
regulations for the implementation of this chapter, including
rules and regulations for alternative signs and placement of
required signs.
shall snake warning signs available to vendors of alcoholic
beverages. Persons or entities may, however, at their own expense, prepare and post signs meeting the requirements of this
chapter. In no event shall the prescribed language of the
warning sign be altered.
b. The San Diego County Department of Health Services
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective
thirty days after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify
to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published
at least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days after
its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council on the 28th day of April , 1987
and thereafter
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 5th day of May , 1987 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine, Mamaux and Larson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
ATTEST:
& d. i?& ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk
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