(A) If a licensee provides on his/her licensed premises a separate department in which is kept all stocks of alcoholic beverages and all apparatus connected with the sale of alcoholic beverages, and said department is kept locked during the period in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is not permitted, he/she shall be deemed to have complied with § 111.48.
(B) If any distilled spirits or malt beverages are found on the outside of a locked or closed off department of any licensed premises to sell distilled spirits, wine or malt beverages at retail at any hours during which the licensee is prohibited by the Kentucky Revised Statutes or by this chapter from selling said distilled spirits, wine or malt beverages, a prima facie presumption shall arise that such distilled spirits, wine or malt beverages were kept on the outside of the locked or closed off department for the purpose of sale in violation of this chapter and/or Kentucky Revised Statute and shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the license, and in addition to other penalties provided for violation of this section the City Administrator or Ashland Police Department shall be and are hereby authorized to confiscate such distilled spirits, wine or malt beverages.
(Ord. 8, 2021, passed 1-28-21)