A. Peddling: It shall be unlawful to peddle alcoholic liquor in the City.
B. Premises Compliance: All premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor, or for the storage of such liquor for such sale, shall comply in all respects with the provisions of this Code.
C. Minimum Age Of Bartenders And Persons Serving Alcoholic Liquor: No licensee hereunder may employ any person under the age of twenty one (21) years for the purpose of bartending or drawing, pouring, dispensing or mixing any alcoholic liquor; provided, however, this subsection shall not prohibit licensees from employing persons eighteen (18) years of age or older to serve alcoholic liquor to customers at tables in restaurants for consumption on the premises.
D. Minimum Age Of Persons Conducting Retail Sale Of Packaged Alcoholic Liquor: No licensee hereunder may employ any person under the age of twenty one (21) years for the purpose of conducting the sale of any alcoholic liquor in packages.
E. Closing Hours:
1. Except as otherwise provided for herein, it shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale at retail, give away or deliver, either in, upon or from any licensed premises as follows:
a. Class A licensees:
(1) Monday through Friday: Between the hours of one o’clock (1:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) A.M.
(2) Saturday and Sunday: Between the hours of two o’clock (2:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) A.M.
Provided, however, on Memorial Day (observed), Thanksgiving Day, New Year’s Day and Independence Day (4th of July), when those holidays fall on Monday through Friday, it shall be lawful for Class A licensees to sell alcoholic liquor until two o’clock (2:00) A.M.
b. Class B licenses: Between the hours of one o’clock (1:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) A.M. any day of the week.
Provided, however, on Memorial Day (observed), Thanksgiving Day, New Year’s Day and Independence Day (4th of July), it shall be lawful for Class B licensees to sell alcoholic liquor until two o’clock (2:00) A.M.
c. Class C licensee: Between the hours of twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight and six o’clock (6:00) A.M. any day of the week.
d. Class D and E licensees: As defined on the special event liquor and BYOA license, but not between the hours of twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight and six o’clock (6:00) A.M.
e. Class F licenses: In no case shall the serving and/or consumption on the licensed premises of beer and/or wine take place outside of the normal business hours of the licensed premises and, in any event, not between the hours of twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight and six o’clock (6:00) A.M.
f. Class G licenses: Between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) A.M. and seven thirty o'clock (7:30) P.M. any day of the week; provided, however, in the event that a City hosted special event, with alcohol sales, is conducted at the Miller Point Park during the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) A.M. through seven thirty o'clock (7:30) P.M., this Class G license shall be temporarily suspended until the City hosted special event is concluded.
g. Class H licenses: Between the hours of twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight and eleven o’clock (11:00) A.M. any day of the week.
2. During prohibited hours, it shall be unlawful to keep open for business, to admit the public to, to permit the public to remain within or to permit the consumption of alcoholic liquor by employees or members of the public in or upon the licensed premises. Officers of the City Police Department shall be permitted access for purposes of inspection to ensure compliance with this section.
F. Use Of Premises Following Legal Closing Hours: Every location in which alcoholic liquor is sold under this chapter shall observe the following rules and regulations:
1. Within fifteen (15) minutes after required closing, all customers shall be off the premises, and all containers of alcohol shall be emptied and removed from the areas accessible to customers.
2. During said fifteen (15) minute period, no employee shall be stationed behind the bar or any service counter for the sale of alcoholic liquor; provided, however, that if there are no customers on the premises during such period of time, employees may go behind such bar or service counter for any purpose other than for the sale or dispensation of alcoholic liquor.
3. All exterior lights shall be extinguished at the closing hour in effect for that day.
4. After the expiration of the said fifteen (15) minutes, employees may proceed with such nightly cleanup routine as may be desired in any section of the premises.
5. No patrons shall be permitted entrance into the premises after the closing hour, and all doors of the establishment shall be locked at the closing hour.
6. Employees of any licensed establishment shall immediately upon request admit officers of the Police Department for the purpose of inspection of the premises to ensure compliance with the provisions of this subsection F.
G. View From Street: In premises upon which the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises is licensed, no screen, blind, curtain, partition, article or thing shall be permitted in the windows or upon the doors of such licensed premises, nor inside such licensed premises, which shall prevent a clear view into the interior of such licensed premises from the street, road or sidewalk at all times, and no booth, screen, partition or other obstruction, nor any arrangement of lights or lighting, shall be permitted in or about the interior of such premises which shall prevent a clear and full view of the entire interior of such premises from the street, road or sidewalk, and such premises shall be so located as to provide for such a view. All rooms where liquor is sold for consumption upon the premises shall be continuously lighted during business hours by natural light or by artificial white light so that all parts of the interior of the premises shall be clearly visible. In case the view into any such licensed premises required by the foregoing provisions, shall be wilfully obscured by the licensee or by him wilfully suffered to be obscured or in any manner obstructed, then such license shall be subject to revocation in the manner herein provided. In order to enforce the provisions of this subsection, the Mayor shall have the right to require the filing with the City of plans, drawings and photographs showing the clearance of the view as above required.
(Ord. 18-1183, 11-12-2018; amd. Ord. 19-1193, 5-20-2019; Ord. 19-1196, 6-17-2019; Ord. 19-1210, 10-21-2019; Ord. 21-18, 4-5-2021; Ord. 22-51, 9-6-2022)