(A) It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, on any pretense or by any device, to sell, barter, keep for sale or otherwise dispose of liquor, as part of a commercial transaction, without a license therefor from the city.
(B) This section shall not apply:
(1) To those potable liquors as are intended for therapeutic purposes and not as a beverage;
(2) To industrial alcohol and its compounds not prepared or used for beverage purposes;
(3) To wine in the possession of a person duly licensed under this chapter as an on-sale wine licensee;
(4) To sales by manufacturers to wholesalers duly licensed as such by the Commissioner; or
(5) To sales by wholesalers to persons holding liquor licenses from the city.
(C) The city may issue annual on-sale liquor licenses only to the following:
(1) Hotels;
(2) Restaurants;
(3) Bowling centers;
(4) Clubs or congressionally chartered veterans’ organizations, provided that liquor sales will be made only to members and bona fide guests; and
(5) Exclusive liquor stores.
(D) The city may issue annual off-sale liquor licenses to exclusive liquor stores and drug stores.
(1989 Code, § 5.40)