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(A) It shall be unlawful to open for public use any retail liquor establishment that is not in a clean and sanitary condition. Toilet facilities shall be adequate and convenient for customers and patrons.
(B) The licensed premises shall be subject to any health inspections the City Council or the city police may make or cause to be made.
(C) All applications for liquor licenses shall be viewed in part from the standpoint of the sanitary conditions, and a report concerning the sanitary conditions shall be made at all hearings concerning the application for or renewal of a liquor license.
Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate licensed premises, see Neb. RS 53-134.03
State sanitary rules and regulations authorized, see Neb. RS 53-118
(A) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OFF SALE. Alcoholic beverages sold at retail in the original container for consumption off the premises of the licensed establishment.
ON SALE. Alcoholic beverages sold at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises of the licensed establishment.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any licensed person or persons or their agents to sell any alcoholic beverages within the municipality except during the hours provided herein, provided that such limitations shall not apply after 12:00 p.m. on Sunday to a licensee which is a nonprofit corporation holding a license pursuant to Neb. RS 53-124(6):
Hours of Sale
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Hours of Sale
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Alcoholic liquors (except beer and wine) | |
Secular days: | |
Off sale | 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
On sale | 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
Sundays: | |
Off sale | 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
On sale | 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
Beer and wine | |
Secular days: | |
Off sale | 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
On sale | 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
Sundays: | |
Off sale | 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
On sale | 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. |
(C) No person or persons shall consume any alcoholic beverages on licensed premises for a period of time longer than 15 minutes after the time fixed herein for stopping the sale of alcoholic beverages on the said premises.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit licensed premises from being open for business on days and hours during which the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by this section.
(Prior Code, § 111.48) (Ord. 591, passed 10-5-2010; Ord. 617, passed 8-20-2013; Ord. 631, passed 4-7-2015) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 53-179
(A) No person shall sell or furnish alcoholic liquor at retail to any person on credit, on a passbook, on an order on a store, in exchange for any goods, wares, or merchandise, or in payment for any services rendered, and if any person extends credit for any such purpose, the debt thereby attempted to be created shall not be recoverable at law.
(B) Nothing in this section shall prevent the following:
(1) Any club holding a Class C license from permitting checks or statements for alcoholic liquor to be signed by members or bona fide guests of members and charged to the account of such members or guests in accordance with the bylaws of such club;
(2) Any hotel or restaurant holding a retail license from permitting checks or statements for liquor to be signed by regular guests residing at such hotel or eating at such restaurant and charged to the accounts of such guests; or
(3) Any licensed retailer engaged in the sale of wine or distilled spirits from issuing tasting cards to customers.
(Prior Code, § 111.49) (Ord. 610, passed 7-17-2012; Ord. 635, passed 4-7-2015) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 53-183
No person, except a manufacturer or wholesaler, shall fill or refill, in whole or in part, any original package of alcoholic liquor with the same or any other kind or quality of alcoholic liquor. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession for sale at retail any bottles, casks, or other containers containing alcoholic liquor except in original packages. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the refilling of original packages of alcoholic liquor for strictly private use and not for resale.
(Neb. RS 53-184) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, manages, or leases an establishment selling alcoholic beverages at retail to allow any minor under the age of 18 years of age to frequent or otherwise remain in the establishment unless the minor is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian, and unless the minor remains seated with and under the immediate control of the parent or legal guardian.
Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate, see Neb. RS 53-134.03
(A) When any person licensed to sell alcoholic liquor at retail sells alcohol for consumption off the premises in a container with a liquid capacity of five or more gallons or 18.92 or more liters, the seller shall record the date of the sale, the keg identification number, the purchaser’s name and address, and the number of the purchaser’s motor vehicle operator’s license, state identification card, or military identification, if the military identification contains a picture of the purchaser, together with the purchaser’s signature. This record shall be on a form prescribed by the State Liquor Control Commission and shall be kept by the licensee at the retail establishment where the purchase was made for not less than six months. The records kept pursuant to this section shall be available for inspection by any law enforcement officer during normal business hours or at any other reasonable time. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of an offense.
(Neb. RS 53-167.02)
(B) Any person who unlawfully tampers with, alters, or removes the keg identification number from a container described in division (A) above or is in possession of a container described in division (A) above with an altered or removed keg identification number after the container has been taken from the licensed premises pursuant to a retail sale and before its return to the licensed premises or other place where returned kegs are accepted shall be guilty of an offense.
(Neb. RS 53-167.03)
Penalty, see § 10.99