§ 4-108. Hours of sales, closing hours, etc.

(a)

Except as provided in sections 4-109 through 4-112, it shall be unlawful for any retail or wholesale dealer to be open for business between the hours of 4:01 a.m. on Sundays and 5:59 a.m. on Sundays, or between the hours of 4:01 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. on any other day of the week.

(b)

The owner, manager and any employee in charge of any permitted establishment shall be held responsible for the closing of the establishment and for keeping the establishment closed as provided in this section.

(c)

This section shall not be applicable to special events, bona fide restaurants, bona fide private clubs and bona fide private parties as defined in sections 4-109 through 4-112.

(d)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished as provided in section 1-8, and, in addition thereto, any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute grounds for the withholding, denial, suspension or revocation of any permit or license for the manufacture, selling, serving, or otherwise handling or dealing in of alcoholic beverages of any alcoholic content.

(Code 1976, §§ 3-2, 3-3; Code 1985, § 3-67; Ord. No. 2985, 8-11-1993; Ord. No. 5750-2017 , 1-4-2018)

Editor's note

The validity of the above section was sustained in Asbell v. Caddo Parish Policy Jury, 292 So.2d 848 (1974).