It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, on any pretense or by any device, to sell, barter, keep for sale, or otherwise dispose of liquor, as part of a commercial transaction, without a license therefor from the city. This section shall not apply: to the potable liquors as are intended for therapeutic purposes and not as a beverage; to industrial alcohol and its compounds not prepared or used for beverage purposes; to wine in the possession of a person duly licensed under this chapter as an on-sale wine licensee; to sales by manufacturers to wholesalers duly licensed as such by the Commissioner; to sales by wholesalers to persons holding liquor licenses from the city; or to the municipal liquor store. The voters of the city having authorized such issuance at a special election called for that purpose, the city may issue on-sale liquor licenses to: hotels; restaurants; and clubs or congressionally chartered veterans’ organizations, provided that liquor sales will be made only to members and bona fide guests.
(2003 Code, § 5.50)