§ 3-2. Authority.

This chapter is enacted under the home rule power of the City of Palatka in the interest of the health, peace, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the city, and under the mandate of the people as expressed by public hearings held before the board of city commissioners on June 19, 2001 and on July 19, 2001, and on August 16, 2001 and under the authority of the City of Palatka to regulate the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages under the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which authority, in part, was confirmed and specifically delegated to the city by Laws of Florida Chapters 80-559, and the Municipal Home Rule Powers Act, Florida Statute Section 166.011 et seq. and the beverage control laws, Florida Statute Chapter 561 et seq.

(Ord. No. 01-29, § 3, 9-27-2001)