§ 4-2. Scope of chapter.

The business of selling, handling, distributing or otherwise dispensing of alcoholic beverages in Rapides Parish outside the incorporated municipalities shall be regulated as provided by this chapter.

(a)

Any person, firm, corporation or association of persons who, as a business or as a means of employment, manufactures, blends, rectifies, distills, processes, imports, stores, uses, handles, holds, sells, offers for sale, solicits orders for the sale of, distributes, delivers, serves or transports any beer, porter, ale, fruit juices, wine or spirituous beverages of an alcoholic content not exceeding that now or hereafter permitted by law, but greater than one-half of one percent (.005) of alcohol by volume, or, any malt, vinous, spirituous, alcoholic or intoxicating liquors containing more than six (6) percent of alcohol by volume, within the limits of the parish, shall be deemed a retail dealer, or wholesale dealer, as the case may be, for all purposes of this chapter.

(b)

Any person, firm, corporation, or association of persons, who conducts an establishment as a business where any of the alcoholic beverages as defined herein are stored, used, consumed, handled, sold, given away or otherwise disposed of, shall be considered as conducting such establishment as a retail dealer for all purposes of this chapter, and shall pay the same permit fee as that required of a retail dealer selling for use or consumption on or off the permitted premises.

(Ord. of 6-14-94, § 4-2; Ord. of 12-10-07)