From and after the effective date of this article, it shall be unlawful for any place licensed to sell beverages containing more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume and not more than 3.2% of alcohol by weight to sell the beverages for consumption on the premises between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m., excepting Saturday nights when the beverages may not be sold between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sundays. The governing body of any city or town is authorized to prohibit, by ordinance regularly enacted, the sale of the beverages between the hours of 12:00 p.m. on Saturday and 7:00 a.m. of the following Monday.
(`90 Code, § 2-27)