Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 5.62 Alcoholic Beverage Warning Signs

Sections: 5.62.010 Duty to post signs or notices. 5.62.020 Placement of notice. 5.62.030 Language. 5.62.040 Enforcement, violation and penalties.

Any person or entity who owns, operates, manages, leases or rents a premises offering wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages for sale or dispensing for consideration to the public, shall cause a sign or notice to be posted on the premises as provided in this chapter. The sign or notice shall read as follows:

WARNING. DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, INCLUDING BEER AND WINE, DURING PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS

It shall also contain the telephone number of the county department to call for more information.

The sign or notice as required herein shall not be smaller than ten inches wide by ten inches long, nor shall the lettering for the required wording be less than one inch in height. (Ord. 3158 § 1, 1988)

The required sign or notice shall be placed as follows:

A. Where the sale or dispensing of wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverage 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 from all locations at which said sale or dispensing occurs.

B. Where the sale of wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages to the public is primarily provided through over- the-counter service, at least one sign shall be placed to assure that it is readable from all counter locations available to the public.

C. Where the sale or dispensing of wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages to the public is primarily provided for consumption on the premises at tables served by food or beverage service persons, at least one sign shall be placed to assure that it is conspicuously displayed so as to be readable in each public restroom. (Ord. 3158 § 1, 1988)

In the event a substantial number of the public patronizing a premises offering for sale or dispensing wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages, uses one language other than English as a primary language, any sign or notice required by Section 5.62.020 shall be worded in both English and the primary language or languages involved. (Ord. 3158 § 1, 1988)

A. Primary enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be with the health officer.

B. Anyone subject to the provisions of Section 5.62.020 who fails to post the required warning is guilty of an infraction. (Ord. 3158 § 1, 1988)