Unless the context otherwise provides, words and phrases used in this chapter shall be construed as hereinafter set forth, or used in the "Liquor Control Act" of this State.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR: Includes any alcohol, spirits, wine, beer, and other vinous or malt products, and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer, and capable of being consumed as a beverage by a human being, containing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by volume; excepting those alcoholic beverages, however exempted by State laws.
CLUB: A corporation organized under the laws of this State, not for pecuniary profit, solely for the promotion of some lawful object other than the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquors, kept, used and maintained by its members through the payment of annual dues, and owning, hiring, or leasing a building or space in a building, of such extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable or comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests and provided with suitable and adequate kitchen and dining room space and equipment and maintaining a sufficient number of servants and employees for cooking, preparing and serving food and meals for its members and their guests; provided that such club files with the Local Liquor Control Commission at the time of the application for a license under this chapter two (2) copies of a list of names and residences of its members, and similarly files within ten (10) days of the election of any additional member his name and address; and, provided further, 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 or any officer, agent, or employee of the club is paid, or directly or indirectly receives, in the form of a salary or other compensation any profits from the distribution or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club, or the members of the club or its guests introduced by members beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at any annual meeting of the members or by its board of directors or other governing body out of the general revenues of the club.
DISTRIBUTOR: Any person, other than a manufacturer, who is engaged in purchasing, storing, possessing or warehousing any alcoholic liquor for resale or reselling at wholesale.
DRAMSHOP OR TAVERN: Any person who sells, or offers for sale, alcoholic liquor for use or consumption, and not for resale.
MOTEL-HOTEL LICENSE: Any building or buildings or other structures kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where food is actually served and consumed and sleeping accommodations are offered for adequate pay to travelers and guests, whether transient, permanent or residential, in which thirty five (35) or more rooms are used for sleeping accommodations of such guests and having one or more public dining rooms where meals are served to such guests, such sleeping accommodations and dining rooms being conducted in the same building or buildings, in connection therewith, and such building or buildings, structure or structures being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity. (Ord. 820B, 7-11-2018)