This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted municipalities
under 30 M.R.S.A. §§ 1917 and 2751 et seq., as amended and
as recodified, that all innkeepers, victualers and lodging houses be licensed
by the Municipal Licensing Board consisting of the Selectmen.
The terms "innkeepers," "victualers," "lodging houses" and "Licensing
Board" shall be defined the same as defined by state statutes, except that
the term "victualer" shall also include any person who serves food or drink
prepared for consumption by the public either on or off premises.
The fee for innkeepers, victualers and lodging houses licenses shall
be in accordance with the following schedule:
A. Victualers.
(1) Premises not serving alcohol: fifty dollars ($50.).
(2) Premises serving alcohol: one hundred dollars ($100.).
B. Innkeepers: fifty dollars ($50.).
C. Lodging houses:
(1) Ten (10) rooms or fewer: ten dollars ($10.).
(2) More than ten (10) rooms: thirty dollars ($30.).
No person shall operate as an innkeeper, victualer or tavernkeeper without
a license, under penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.).
It is the intention of this municipality that each separate section
of this chapter shall be deemed independent of all sections herein and it
is further the intention of the municipality that if any provisions of this
chapter shall be declared invalid, all of the remaining sections thereof shall
remain valid and effective.