Multi-Print Viewer Alcohol Sales, Marriott-Slatervile Cited September 22, 2007 Access World News Farr West, Marriott-Slaterville -- two cities that still ban alcohol service at restaurants Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT) - September 22, 2007 Author: Marshall Thompson ; Standard-Examiner staff; mthompson@standard.net In 1981, Diana Spencer married Prince Charles, Beyonce Knowles was born, and Farr West incorporated itself as a city complete with zoning ordinances and liquor laws. Now, 26 years later, Diana is gone, Beyonce has grown up, and some are calling for Utah communities, like Farr West, to update liquor laws that ban restaurants from serving alcohol. "We haven't had trouble with the ordinance until last year, the golf course wanted to serve alcohol, and this year, a restaurant wanted it," said Farr West Mayor Jimmie Papageorge, who also was the city's first mayor in 1981. "This is a pretty strong church city, and they don't seem to want that kind of thing," he said. "To me it doesn't matter one way or the other, but I don't think it will be changed until there's a new city council." The law, which bans anyone from consuming an alcoholic beverage in the same place that they purchased it, was once fairly common. But it is now extremely rare, said Sharon Mackay, administrative secretary for the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "It's unusual, but it isn't unheard of," she said. "We give local authorities the first right of refusal. So if the city stops people from getting a liquor license, there's nothing we can do about it." In Weber, Davis and Morgan counties, the only cities to still have laws that ban alcohol service in restaurants are Farr West and Marriott-Slaterville. North Logan, in Cache County, had a similar ordinance, but abandoned it by 2000 when a Winger's Grill and Bar opened. Centerville has a city ordinance that regulates beer, but doesn't deal with hard alcohol like whiskey and vodka at all. City officials say they are working to address the situation since the Lone Star Steakhouse in Centerville already offers a full bar. Of the five largest cities in Box Elder County -- Brigham City, Tremonton, Perry, Garland and Willard -none has a law that completely bans restaurants from serving alcohol. Bill Morris, Marriott-Slaterville's city administrator and attorney, said that the U.S. Constitution as well as Utah's Constitution clearly grant cities the power to ban all retail alcohol sales. In 1999, the Utah Supreme Court upheld the city of Boulder's right to deny restaurants liquor licenses. Boulder later changed its ordinance and now has two restaurants that serve beer and wine. The 21st Amendment, which Utah ratified in 1933, ended national prohibition of alcohol. However, it allowed for states, counties and cities to make their owns laws regarding the distribution of liquor. Mississippi, which had a state prohibition on alcohol since 1907 and never ratified the 21st Amendment, retained some "dry counties" that have banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of 63 1/14/2008 4:55 PM