§ 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)

§ 6-2.1 SELLING OR FURNISHING TO PERSONS UNDER 21 PROHIBITED.

   Alcoholic liquor shall not be sold or furnished to a person unless the person has attained twenty-one (21) years of age. A person who knowingly sells or furnishes alcoholic liquor to a person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age, or who fails to make diligent inquiry as to whether the person is less than twenty-one (21) years of age; or, who allows the sale, furnishing or use of alcoholic liquor on their premises by a person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 3150, passed 10-22-1990)

§ 6-2.2 SAME — SALE DEFINED.

   SALE. Shall include exchange, barter or traffic, furnishing or giving away any alcoholic liquor.

(Ord. 3150, passed 10-22-1990)

§ 6-3 PROOF OF AGE AND IDENTITY.

   The person in charge of any beer garden, restaurant, tavern, store or place where alcoholic liquor is sold or furnished for consumption either on or away from the premises, shall have the right at any time to demand of any person offering to buy, buying, obtaining or drinking any alcoholic liquor in such establishment who may appear to him to be under the age of twenty-one (21) years, proof of age and identity and on failure of the person to produce same, shall refuse to serve, sell or furnish such person with any alcoholic liquor and may exclude such person from such place of business. If any such person shall refuse to leave such place of business, he shall be termed a disorderly person.

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

§ 6-5 POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION AND THE LIKE BY PERSON UNDER 21 PROHIBITED.

   A person less than twenty-one (21) years of age shall not possess alcoholic liquor, unless such person possesses the alcoholic liquor during regular working hours and in the course of his or her employment if employed by a licensee under the provisions of MCLA 436.1 through 436.58 et seq., by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, or by its agent, and does not possess the alcoholic liquor for his or her personal consumption.

(Ord. 570, passed 2-5-1945; Ord. 1630, passed 4-10-1961; Ord. 2694, passed 2-12-1979; Ord. 3173, passed 6-10-1991)

§ 6-5.1 PENALTY FOR §§ 6-2 – 6-5.

   A person less than twenty-one (21) years of age who violates §§ 6-2 through 6-5 of this chapter is liable for the following civil fines:

   (a)   For the first violation, a fine of not more than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars.

   (b)   For a second violation, a fine of not more than fifty ($50.00) dollars, or participation in a substance abuse prevention program, or both.

   (c)   For a third or subsequent violation, a fine of not more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, or participation in a substance abuse prevention program, or both.

(Ord. 2694, passed 2-12-1979)