(A) Except as provided in division (D) below and a license holder under § 118.030, no premises for which there has been granted a license for the sale of distilled spirits or wine at retail shall be permitted to remain open for any purpose between 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. However, if a licensee provides a separate department within his or her licensed premises capable of being locked and closed off, within which is kept all stocks of distilled spirits and wine, and all fixtures and apparatus connected with his or her business as a licensee, and the department is kept locked during the times mentioned above, he or she shall be deemed to have complied with this section.
(B) Except as provided in division (D) below, no brewer or distributor shall deliver any malt beverages on Sunday or between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any other day of the week. No retailer shall sell, give away or deliver any malt beverages between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(C) In all places wherein spirituous, vinous or intoxicating liquors or malt beverages are sold by the drink for consumption on the premises in the city, all customers must vacate the premises by 1:30 a.m.
(D) Facilities receiving a minimum of 50% of its income from the sale of food and meeting the requirements of state law shall be eligible to receive a Sunday retail drink license. The hours of operation for a facility holding a Sunday NQ-2 retail drink license shall be the hours of 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on Sundays. This division (D) does not exempt retailers from observing all other conditions and requirements under any other ordinance or laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A premise which has been granted a souvenir package Sunday sale license shall be eligible to operate between the hours of 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on Sunday. Convenience stores, grocery stores and packaged liquor stores which have been granted a NQ-4 retail malt beverage package license and/or a distilled spirits and wine retail package license shall be eligible to operate between the hours of 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on Sunday.
(E) Private clubs which meet the requirements below shall be eligible to receive a Sunday retail drink license. The hours of operation for a facility holding a Sunday retail drink license shall be the hours of 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on Sundays. This division (E) does not exempt retailers from observing all other conditions and requirements under any other ordinance or laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Private clubs are those which have been granted all appropriate licenses for the sale of distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages which:
(1) Having dining facilities with a minimum seating capacity of 100 people at tables;
(2) Are nonprofit, eleemosynary organizations with a membership of at least 200; and
(3) Have been in existence for a period of at least two years.
(F) Per KRS 244.290, in years where December 31, (New Year’s Eve) falls on a Sunday, the hours of operation, on December 31, for any facility holding a valid distilled spirits and wine retail drink license, or a malt beverage retail drink license per § 118.030, shall be from 1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Monday morning, January 1. This division (F) does not exempt retailers from observing all other conditions and requirements under any other ordinance or laws of the state.
(Prior Code, § 118.40) (Ord. 2013-12, passed 12-2-2013; Ord. 16-02, passed 2-8-2016) Penalty, see § 118.999
Statutory reference:
For similar provisions under state law, see KRS. 244.290 and 244.480