CHAPTER 6: ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR SALES

Section

Article I. In General

   6-1   Alcoholic liquor defined

   6-2   Purchase by or sale to persons under 21 prohibited

   6-2.1   Selling or furnishing to persons under 21 prohibited

   6-2.2   Same — sale defined

   6-3   Proof of age and identity

   6-5   Possession, transportation and the like by person under 21 prohibited

   6-5.1   Penalty for §§ 6-2 – 6-5

   6-5.2   Transportation or possession in motor vehicle by person less than 21

   6-6   Consumption in public prohibited; possession or consumption in public park or parkway prohibited; exception

Article II. Regulations of On-Premises Consumption

   6-7   Definitions

   6-8   Compliance

   6-9   Provisions not to limit existing authority or power

   6-10   Compliance with health and safety requirements

   6-11   Limitation on location of new business

   6-12   Qualifications for license

   6-13   License — application, investigation and approval

   6-14   Fees for transfer of ownership or location of license

   6-15   Time limit on transfer of licenses

   6-16   Revocation of license

   6-17   Living quarters connected with licensed premises

   6-18   Employment of persons under 18

   6-19   Sale to intoxicated persons prohibited

   6-20   Certain conduct on premises prohibited

   6-21   Dance permit

   6-22   Advertising that paychecks are cashed prohibited

   6-23   Sunday hours

   6-24   Issuance or transfer fee for specially designated merchant or distributor licenses

Cross-reference:

   Public intoxication, see § 31-46

   Under the influence:

      Driving, see § 28-28

      Operating watercraft, see § 48-2

Statutory reference:

   Liquor Control Act, see MSA §§ 18.971 et seq.

ARTICLE I: IN GENERAL

§ 6-1 ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR DEFINED.

   ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. For the purposes of this chapter, the term shall have the same meaning as provided in MCLA 436.1 through 436.58 (Act 8, P.A. 1933, the Michigan Liquor Control Act).

(Ord. 570, passed 2-5-1945)

§ 6-2 PURCHASE BY OR SALE TO PERSONS UNDER 21 PROHIBITED.

   No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall offer to buy, obtain or drink any alcoholic liquor in any beer garden, tavern, restaurant, store or place where alcoholic liquor is sold or furnished for consumption either on or away from the premises, or in any public place, and any person who shall sell, give or offer any alcoholic liquor to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years in any beer garden, tavern, restaurant, store or place where alcoholic liquor is sold or furnished for consumption either on or away from the premises, or in any public place.

(Ord. 570, passed 2-5-1945; Ord. 2694, passed 2-12-1979)