(A) It shall be unlawful for any licensed person or persons or his, her or their agents to sell any alcoholic beverages within the city, except during the hours provided herein:
Hours of Allowed Sale |
Hours of Allowed Sale | |
Alcoholic liquors, excluding beer and wine | |
Secular days: | |
Off sale | 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on the following day |
On sale | 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on the following day |
Sundays: | |
Off sale | 12:00 noon to Monday at 1:00 a.m. |
On sale | 12:00 noon to Monday at 1:00 a.m. |
Beer and wine only: | |
Secular days: | |
Off sale | 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on the following day |
On sale | 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on the following day |
Sundays: | |
Off sale | 6:00 a.m. to Monday at 1:00 a.m. |
On sale | 6:00 a.m. to Monday at 1:00 a.m. |
(B) No alcoholic liquor, including beer, shall be sold at retail or dispensed on any day between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. except that the Governing Body with respect to area inside the corporate limits of the municipality may by ordinance require closing prior to 1 a.m. on any day or if adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Governing Body, permit retail sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises, excluding sales for consumption off the premises, later than 1 a.m. and prior to 2 a.m. on any day.
(C) Except as provided for and allowed by ordinance of the Governing Body, no alcoholic liquor, including beer, shall be sold at retail or dispensed inside the corporate limits of the municipality between the hours of 6 a.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Monday. No such ordinance shall permit alcoholic liquor, other than beer and wine, to be sold at retail or dispensed between the hours of 6 a.m. Sunday and 12 noon Sunday. This division (B) shall not apply after 12 noon on Sunday to a licensee which is a nonprofit corporation and the holder of a Class C license or a Class I license.
(D) It shall be unlawful on property licensed to sell alcoholic liquor at retail to allow alcoholic liquor in open containers to remain or be in possession or control of any person for purposes of consumption between the hours of 15 minutes after the closing hour applicable to the licensed premises and 6 a.m. on any day.
(E) Nothing in this section shall prohibit licensed premises from being open for other business on days and hours during which the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by this section.
(Prior Code, § 10-318) (Ord. 1-05, passed 1-10-2005; Ord. 22-11, passed 6-27-2011; Ord. 1-12, passed 2-17-2012)
Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 53-179