(A) Records to be kept by licensee.
(1) In addition to any records specified in the rules and regulations promulgated by the City Clerk pursuant to this chapter, each licensee shall keep on file at the licensee's liquor store the following records:
(a) Original invoices required herein for all alcoholic beverages bought by or otherwise supplied to the licensee;
(b) The original receipts for any alcoholic beverages returned by the licensee to any wholesaler; and
(c) An accurate record of all alcoholic beverages lost, stolen, damaged, given away or disposed of other than by sale, and showing for each transaction the date thereof, the quantity and brands of alcoholic beverages involved and, where known, the name of the person or person receiving the same.
(2) All such records shall be preserved for a period of at least two years unless the City Clerk gives the licensee written permission to dispose of the records at an earlier time.
(B) Hours and days of operation. No liquor store shall be open and no licensee shall sell or give away alcoholic beverages on Christmas Day, Easter, or Thanksgiving Day. No liquor store shall be open and no licensee shall sell or give away any alcoholic beverage before 8:00 a.m. or after 11:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday; or before 10:00 a.m. or after 11:00 p.m. on Sunday.
(C) Management. Each liquor store licensed hereunder shall be personally and actively managed by the holder of the license, if the licensee is an individual, or by a partner or corporate officer, if the licensee is a partnership or corporation. In every case where alcoholic beverage is sold by a licensee that is either a partnership or a corporation, the name and address of the managing partner or the corporate officer who will be in active control and management of the liquor store shall be designated in the application, and any future changes in the manager shall be reported forthwith in writing to the City Clerk.
(D) Drunkenness. No retailer shall sell, lend, or give away any alcoholic beverages to any person who is drunk, nor shall any retailer selling alcoholic beverages sell, lend, or give away the beverages to any person accompanied by a person who is drunk.
(E) Minors. No retailer shall sell, lend or give away any alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age. It shall be the responsibility of the retailer, or his or her agents or employees, or ascertaining the age of any persons hereunder and, in the absence of false representations by any person under the age of 21 years, reasonably relied upon by the retailer, his or her agent or employees, and any selling, lending or giving away to persons under 21 years of age shall be a violation of this section.
(Ord. 1205, passed 11-17-2008; Ord. 1572, passed 5-24-2018)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see T.C.A. § 57-3-406(e)