For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. Any spirits, wine, beer, ale, or other liquid containing more than ½% of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
CLUB. A corporation or a fraternal organization organized under the laws of the state, not for pecuniary profit, solely for the promotion of some common object other than the sale and consumption of alcoholic liquors, kept, used, and maintained by its members through the payment of annual dues, and owning or hiring or leasing a building or space in a building, of an extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests, provided that the club files with the Mayor at the time of its application for a license under this chapter two copies of a list of names and residences of its officers, directors, executive committee, or similar body, and similarly files within ten days of the election of any new officer, director, or the like, his or her name and address; and provided that its affairs and management are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting, and that no member nor any officer, agent, or employee of the club is paid, or directly receives, in the form of salary or other compensation any profits from the distribution or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or its members or its guests introduced by members beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at any annual meeting by the members or other governing body out of the general revenue of the club.
MALT BEVERAGES. All beer, lager beer, ale, and port which have an alcoholic content of not to exceed 20% by weight.
RESTAURANT. Any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public as a place where meals are served, and where meals actually are served and regularly served without sleeping accommodations, that space being provided within adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity, and having employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests; provided, further, that the business obtains in excess of 60% of its gross revenue from the sale of food items.
SALE AT RETAIL. The sale of any alcoholic liquor for use or consumption and not for resale.
(Ord. passed 6-1-2015)