No retail licensee shall sell, give away or deliver any alcoholic beverages, or procure or permit any alcoholic beverages to be sold, given away or delivered to:
(A) A minor; except that, in any prosecution for selling alcoholic beverages to a minor, it shall be an affirmative defense that the sale was induced by the use of false, fraudulent or altered identification papers or other documents, and that the appearance and character of the purchaser were such that his or her age could not have been ascertained by any other means and that the purchaser’s appearance and character indicated strongly that he or she was of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages. This evidence may be introduced either in mitigation of the charge or as a defense to the charge itself;
(B) A person actually or apparently under the influence of alcoholic beverages;
(C) Anyone known to the seller or server to be an habitual drunkard or any person known to the seller or server to have been convicted of drunkenness as many as three times within the most recent 12-month period; and/or
(D) Anyone known to the seller or server to have been convicted of any misdemeanor attributable directly or indirectly to the use of alcoholic beverages or anyone known to the seller or server to have been convicted of a felony within the preceding 12 months.
(Prior Code, § 116.065) (Ord. 2008-01, passed 3-26-2008) Penalty, see § 116.999