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 Orange County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 4. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 4-3. Hours of sale and consumption—On-premises; catered events; hours of operation.  

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  • (a)

    Except as provided by subsections 4-3(a)(1), (2), (3) and (4) below, alcoholic beverages may be sold, consumed, served or permitted to be served or consumed, in any place holding a license issued by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which license permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of the licensee, only between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. of the following day, each day of the week, except that alcoholic beverages may be sold, consumed, served or permitted to be served or consumed, in any place holding such a license, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. on December 31, and such extended time of the following day. January first, as may be established by resolution of the board of county commissioners without the necessity for a public hearing therefor.

    (1)

    At any golf course holding a license, the hours of sale, consumption or service may begin at 7:00 a.m. and end at sundown of the same day.

    (2)

    At any private function at a banquet hall or convention facility holding a license, the hours of sale, consumption or service may begin at 7:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 a.m. of the following day, provided the hall or facility has a minimum square footage of ten thousand (10,000) square feet available for the private function.

    (3)

    At any hotel or motel (as the terms are defined by state statute) holding a license, the hours of sale, consumption or service may begin at 7:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 a.m. of the following day, except that at any private guest room the hours of sale or service may end at 3:00 a.m. of the following day.

    (4)

    At any food service establishment (as the term is defined by state statute) holding a license that is also licensed to serve meals by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the hours of sale, consumption or service may begin at 7:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 a.m. of the following day.

    (b)

    Alcoholic beverages may be sold or served at a catered event by a caterer licensed by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco and the Division of Hotels and Restaurants, only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. of the following day.

    (c)

    For those licensed under the Beverage Law to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the vendor's licensed premises and whose principal business is the sale of alcoholic beverages, for bottle clubs as defined in F.S. § 561.14 and for those licensed under the Beverage Law as caterers, the "hours of operation" or "hours of business" at a premises shall be restricted to and be the same as the hours of sale, consumption or service set forth in subsections 4-3(a) and (b) above.

(Code 1965, § 2-8; Ord. No. 73-1, § 1, 1-9-73; Ord. No. 78-11, § 1, 6-13-78; Ord. No. 93-05, § 1, 3-9-93; Ord. No. 2001-03, § 3, 2-13-01; Ord. No. 2012-03 , § 1, 2-7-12; Ord. No. 2017-09 , § 1, 5-9-17)

State law reference

Local regulation of time of sale of alcoholic beverages, F.S. § 562.14.