No person shall manufacture, bottle, sell, blend, barter, transport, deliver, furnish or possess any alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes, except as specifically provided in this chapter or the Liquor Control Act; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent the possession, transportation, and storage of alcoholic liquor for personal use of the possessor, his or her family and guests, nor prevent the making of wine, cider, or other alcoholic liquor by a person from fruits, vegetables, or grains, or the products thereof by simple fermentation and without distillation, if it is made solely for the use of the maker, his or her family and his or her guests; and provided further that nothing herein contained shall prevent any duly licensed practicing physician or dentist from possessing or using alcoholic liquor in the strict practice of his or her profession, or any hospital, nursing home, or other institution caring for sick and diseased persons, from possessing and using alcoholic liquor for the treatment of bona fide patients of the hospital, nursing home or other institution; and provided further, that any drugstore employing a licensed pharmacist may possess and use alcoholic liquor in the concoction of prescriptions of duly licensed physicians; and provided further, that the possession and dispensation of wine by an authorized representative of any church for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or religious ceremony conducted by that church shall not be prohibited by this chapter.
(Am. Ord. 2019-15, passed 3-11-2019; Am. Ord. 2022-03, passed 1-24-2022) Penalty, see §
111.999