(a) No licensee under this chapter or any officer, associate, member, representative, agent or employee of such licensee shall:
(1) Sell, give or deliver alcoholic liquor to any person under the age of twenty- one years, or to any intoxicated person or to any person known by him or her to be under legal disability or in need of mental treatment.
(2) Engage, employ or permit any person under the age of twenty-one years to attend bar or to draw, pour, or mix any alcoholic liquor in any licensed premises; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent the employment of persons who are at least sixteen years of age as waiters or waitresses in restaurants or hotels for the purpose of taking orders, serving food and nonalcoholic drinks in the licensed premises.
(b) No licensee under this chapter holding a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor not for consumption on the premises or any officer, associate, member, representative, agent or employee of such licensee shall permit any employee under the age of twenty-one years or any customer of any age to register, by mechanical or electronic means, the sale of any alcoholic liquor, including beer and wine.
(c) Except for the holder of any class E, G or H license, no licensee under this chapter or any agents or employees of such licensee shall employ or suffer or permit any minor to loiter in the licensed premises, except that the holder of any class D license may serve alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises in the presence of minors, provided that such service shall be in a room other than that where the bar is located and that such minors shall be accompanied by a responsible adult. A minor may enter any portion of the restaurant premises other than a room where liquor is served, even though not accompanied by a responsible adult.
(d) No minor shall enter, loiter or in any way be on the premises licensed under this chapter, except the following:
(1) On the premises of a class E, G or H license holder or as may be allowed in paragraph (a)(2) or subsection (c) of this section.
(2) A performing member of a musical band or group during the time of performance and during the setup and takedown time of the musical instruments, provided that during the period of performance the minor remains on the performing platform. For the purposes of this subsection, the performing member may be a singer or one playing a musical instrument, but does not include a technician.
(e) In every place in the City where alcoholic liquor is sold, there shall be displayed at all times in a prominent place, a printed card which shall be supplied by the City Clerk and which shall read substantially as follows:
WARNING TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS
You are subject to a fine up to $750.00 under the ordinances of the City of Martinsville if you purchase alcoholic liquor or misrepresent your age for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic liquor.
(Ord. 2009-8-1. Passed 8-12-09; Ord. 2020-10-2. Passed 10-28-20.)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 235 ILCS 5/6-16