(A) No person shall sell beer or intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of 21, or buy beer or intoxicating liquor for, or furnish it to, a person under the age of 21, unless given by a physician in the regular line of his or her practice or given for established religious purposes, or unless the person under 21 years is accompanied by a parent, spouse who is not under the age of 21, or legal guardian.
(B) No person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age or other identification of any person under 21 years of age, for the purpose of obtaining, or with the intent to obtain, beer or intoxicating liquor for a person under 21 years of age, by purchase or by gift.
(C) No person under the age of 21 years shall knowingly show or give false information concerning his or her name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining beer or intoxicating liquor in any place in this municipality where beer or intoxicating liquor is sold under a permit issued by the Department of Liquor Control or sold by the Department of Liquor Control.
(D) No underage person shall knowingly order, pay for, share the cost of, attempt to purchase, possess, or consume any beer or intoxicating liquor in any public or private place. No underage person shall knowingly be under the influence of any beer or intoxicating liquor in any public place. The prohibitions set forth in this section against an underage person knowingly possessing, consuming, or being under the influence of any beer or intoxicating liquor shall not apply if the underage person is supervised by a parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian, or the beer or intoxicating liquor is given by a physician in the regular line of the physician's practice or given for established religious purposes.
(E) Whoever violates division (A) or (C) hereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(F) (1) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If, in committing a first violation of that section, the offender presented to the permit holder or his or her employee or agent a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license issued by any state which has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than $250 and not more than $1,000, and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months.
(2) On a second violation in which, for the second time, the offender presented to the permit holder or his or her employee or agent a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a driver's license issued by any state which has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months, the court also may suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege or deny the offender the opportunity to be issued a driver's or commercial driver's license for a period not exceeding 60 days.
(3) On a third or subsequent violation in which, for the third or subsequent time, the offender presented to the permit holder or his or her employee or agent a false, fictitious, or altered identification card, a false or fictitious driver's license purportedly issued by any state, or a drivers license issued by any state which has been altered, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months. The court also shall suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege or deny the offender, the opportunity to be issued a driver's or commercial driver's license for a period of 90 days, and the court may order that the suspension or denial remain in effect until the offender attains the age of 21 years. The court also may order the offender to perform a determinate number of hours of community service, with the court determining the actual number of hours and the nature of the community service the offender shall perform.
(G) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If an offender who violates division (D) of this section was under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense and the offense occurred while the offender was the operator of or a passenger in a motor vehicle, the court, in addition to any other penalties it imposes upon the offender, shall suspend the offender's temporary instruction permit or probationary driver's license for a period of not less than six months and not more than one year. If the offender is 15 years and six months of age or older and has not been issued a temporary instruction permit or probationary driver's license, the offender shall not be eligible to be issued such a license or permit for a period of six months. If the offender has not attained the age of 15 years and six months, the offender shall not be eligible to be issued a temporary instruction permit until the offender attains the age of 16 years.
(1980 Code, § 96.02) (Ord. 4908, passed 6-6-1988; Am. Ord. 5044, passed 7-3-1989; Am. Ord. 5137, passed 3-19-1990; Am. Ord. 5215, passed 10-15-1990; Am. Ord. 5263, passed 3-4-1991; Am. Ord. 7781, passed 6-2-2008; Am. Ord. 9112, passed 8-7-2023)
Penalty, see § 96.99