(A) General closing hours.
(1) No person shall consume, nor a licensee or any agent or employee of any licensee permit the consumption of alcoholic liquor ¼ hour following the time specified in § 111.09 of this subchapter at the time when the sale, distribution, transfer, gift or consumption of alcoholic liquor must terminate.
(2) No person other than a licensee or an employee of a licensee shall remain upon any licensed premises for any period of time longer than ¼ hour following the time specified in § 111.09 of this subchapter as the time when the sale, distribution, transfer or consumption of alcoholic liquor must terminate.
(3) During the time no alcoholic liquor may be sold, distributed, transferred or consumed, the bar must remain closed and a conspicuous sign, pedestal, curtain or identification marked "closed" must be placed on the bar or adjacent to the bar.
(B) Exception. Licensees holding a Class “A,” Class “A-1,” Class “B”, Class “B-2” or Class “C” license may remain open after the time designated in subsection (2) above but only for the purpose of selling food or nonalcoholic beverages or other item sold at retail by the licensee in the normal course of business. The area of the bar or the area where liquor is primarily dispensed shall be secure from the sale, distribution, transfer or consumption of alcoholic liquor.
(‘82 Code, § 5.04.100) (Am. Ord. 882, passed 7-5-88; Am. Ord. 1611, passed 11-26-18) Penalty, see § 10.99