[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of West Springfield as Ch. 10, § 10-204, of the Codified Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 105.
Licenses and permits — See Ch. 175.
No person shall keep open a place of business for the retail sale of beverages derived wholly or in part from cereals or substitutes therefor and containing less than 1/2 of 1% of alcohol, unfermented grape juice, ginger ale, root beer, sarsaparilla, pop, artificial mineral waters, carbonated waters or beverages and other so-called "soft drinks" until a license therefor has been obtained from the License Commission. The fee therefor shall be $1.
Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street or place and number, if there is any, and if there is no number, then the location of the place of business in which the license is to be exercised, and the license shall not be valid in any other place. Licenses so issued shall expire on the 30th day of April of each year. Any such license may be suspended or revoked at any time after a hearing by the License Commission.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to innholders, common victuallers, druggists, nor to dealers whose principal business is the sale of groceries and meats or either of said products, nor to the sale of any or all of such beverages when sold not to be drunk on the premises. This chapter shall not apply to persons who keep open their places of business on Sunday for the sale of soda water if they are licensed under MGL c. 136, § 7.