Chapter 6.12 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Section 6.12.050 Duty to post.
Any person or entity which owns, operates, or manages, a
premises offering wine, beer, or
other alcoholic beverages for sale, or dispensing for consideration to the public, shall cause a
sign or notice to be posted or displayed on the premises as provided in Section 6.12.060 of this
chapter. The sign or notice must include the following language:
WARNING:
DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE, AND OTHER
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, the
sign shall be no smaller than ten
inches wide by ten inches high, and bearing the warning message set forth above. For signs ten
inches wide by ten inches high, the word warning shall be centered three-quarters of an
inch
from the top of the sign in ITC Garamond bold condensed type face all in one-inch capital letters.
Three-sixteenths of an inch from the base of the word warning shall be a line extending
from
left to right across the width of the sign one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness. Centered one-half
inch below the line shall be the body of the warning message in 54-60 ITC Garamond bold
condensed type face with the initial letter of each word, other than the conjunctive and,
capitalized. For the body of the warning message, left and right margins of at least three-quarters
of an inch, and a bottom margin of at least one and one-quarter inch shall be observed. Larger
signs shall bear substantially the same proportions of type size and dimension as the sign ten
inches high by ten inches wide. (Prior gen. code § 3-230.2)