A. Purchase Or Acceptance Of Gift Of Liquor By Underage Persons:
1. Purchase Or Acceptance Of Gift: Any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age shall not purchase, accept a gift of such alcoholic liquor or possess alcoholic liquor as set forth in 235 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/6-16. (Ord. 1215, 12-11-2002)
2. Positive Identification: If a licensee or his agents or employees believes or has reason to believe that a sale or delivery of any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of the nonage of the prospective recipient, he shall, before making such sale or delivery demand presentation of some form of positive identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public officer in the performance of his official duties. (Ord. 860, 4-12-1995)
3. False Identification Cards: No person shall transfer, alter or deface such an identification card; use the identification card of another; carry or use a false or forged identification card; or obtain an identification card by means of false information. No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have possession of alcoholic liquor, in violation of this subsection A. (Ord. 860, 4-12-1995; amd. Ord. 1222, 3-26-2003)
B. Misrepresentation Of Age By Minor: Any person, under the age of twenty one (21) years who, for the purpose of buying, accepting or receiving alcoholic liquor from a licensee, represents that he is twenty one (21) years of age or older shall be guilty under this subsection. (Ord. 860, 4-12-1995)
C. Consumption Of Alcohol By A Minor:
1. Prohibited: Consumption of an alcoholic liquor by a minor is hereby prohibited. (Ord. 1222, 3-26-2003)
2. Exceptions; Religious Ceremony, Privacy Of Home: The possession and dispensing, or consumption of alcoholic liquor by a person under twenty one (21) years of age in the performance of a religious service or ceremony, or the consumption by a person under twenty one (21) years of age under the direct supervision and approval of the parents or parent or those persons standing in loco parentis of such person under twenty one (21) years of age in the privacy of a home, is not prohibited under subsection C1 of this section. (Ord. 860, 4-12-1995; amd. Ord. 1222, 3-26-2003)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 3, chapter 3 of this code for liquor control regulations. |