(A) Unlawful possession.
(1) No person under the age of 21 years shall consume, purchase or accept delivery of alcoholic liquor or have alcoholic liquor in his or her possession within the village. The possession and dispensing or consumption by a person under the age of 21 years of alcoholic liquor in the performance of a religious service or ceremony or the consumption by a person under the age of 21 years under the direct supervision and approval of a parent or guardian of the underage person in the privacy of the parent’s or guardian’s home is not a violation of this section.
(2) No person after purchasing or otherwise obtaining alcoholic liquor shall sell, give or deliver alcoholic liquor to another person under the age of 21 years, except as allowed under paragraph(A)(1) above.
(B) Responsibility of parent, owner or occupant of any premises. It shall be unlawful for any person who has ownership or control of any premises located within the village to knowingly suffer, permit or allow any person(s) under the age of 21 years to be present on the premises in possession of any alcoholic liquor or to consume any alcoholic liquor, except as allowed under paragraph division (A)(1) above, or in possession of any cannabis or controlled substance prohibited by § 132.50 or state statute. A person who owns or controls a premises is deemed to have permitted the premises to be used in violation of this section if he or she knowingly authorized, enabled or permitted the use to occur by failing to control access to either the premises or the alcoholic liquor maintained therein with knowledge, or with reason to know, that the use would occur or was reasonably likely to occur.
(Ord. 697, passed 7-11-1983; Ord. 824, passed 7-10-1995)