(A) No person, firm, or corporation holding a license under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages of any kind, shall give away or offer to give anything tangible of value as a premium or prize, or for any other purpose in connection with the sale of alcoholic beverages. All sales of alcohol shall be for cash only.
(B) No person, firm, or corporation holding a license under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages at retail shall permit any person or persons other than employees of the licensee, to open any bottle of distilled spirits or wine, nor allow said contents consumed on the licensed premises unless the licensee has the proper licenses.
(C) No person, firm, or corporation holding a license under this chapter to sell any alcoholic beverages shall permit any person to become drunk or intoxicated on the premises, nor shall any licensee permit any drunk or intoxicated person to remain on the licensed premises.
(D) No person, firm or corporation holding a license under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages shall maintain distilled spirits or malt beverages outside of the locked or closed-off departments of any premises at which a license is held to sell distilled spirits at retail at any hours during which the licensee is prohibited by the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Act or by this chapter from selling said distilled spirits or malt beverages. If distilled spirits or malt beverages are found outside of the locked or closed-off departments, then a prima facie presumption shall arise that such distilled spirits or malt beverages were kept on the outside of the locked or closed-off department for the purpose of sale in violation of this chapter and the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the license, and in addition to other penalties provided for violation of this section the Local Administrator is authorized to confiscate such distilled spirits or malt beverages. This section shall also apply to wine.
(E) No person shall sell, give away or deliver any alcoholic beverages or procure or permit alcoholic beverages to be sold, given away or delivered to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
(F) No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall purchase or attempt to purchase, or have another purchase for him or her, any alcoholic beverage at any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages. It shall be unlawful likewise for any person to aid or assist any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years in purchasing or having delivered or served to him or her, any such alcoholic beverage on or off such premises.
(G) No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of inducing any retail licensee, or an employee of any retail licensee, to sell or serve any alcoholic beverages to him or her.
(H) No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall possess in the city, any alcoholic beverages outside of the confines of his or her abode or residence. Any alcoholic beverages found in possession of such person shall be liable to seizure as contraband.
(I) No person, firm, or corporation conducting a place of business in the city patronized by and open to the general public or any private club as defined in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, who does not hold the necessary licenses, as herein provided, shall sell, barter, loan, give away, or drink any alcoholic beverages on the premises of his or her place of business, nor shall any proprietor of such unlicensed premises patronized by and open to the general public or any agent or employee of such proprietor, have in his or her possession any alcoholic beverages on any portion of his or her premises which is open to the general public.
(J) Hours for sale and consumption.
(1) Retail package distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages licensees shall be permitted to sell Monday through Sunday at all hours except for the period between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. prevailing time.
(2) A licensee for distilled spirits, wine and/or malt beverages by the drink shall be permitted to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages by the drink Monday through Sunday, from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. of the following day, provided that the appropriate licenses and approvals have been obtained from both the city and the state ABC Board.
(3) Consumption of alcoholic beverages on licensed premises may not continue for more than thirty (30) minutes after the respective hours set forth herein for sales to stop.
(K) No retailer, except one holding the required license, as defined in this chapter shall permit the consumption of alcoholic beverages upon the premises unless it holds a separate retail drink license.
(L) No person, firm or corporation holding a license under this chapter shall sell any alcoholic beverages behind blinds or screens, but such sales shall be conducted openly and without any attempt to hide or screen it from public view. Further, the entrance of any premises for which a retail license has been issued shall be of clear glass and permit an unobstructed view. The premises shall be so erected and maintained as to furnish a clear view of the premises from the sidewalk, or, if the premises are not on the street level, from the entrance. No partition, box, stall, screen, curtain or other device shall obstruct the view or the general observations of persons, but partitions, subdivisions, or panels that are not higher than forty-eight (48) inches from the floor shall not be construed as obstructing the view of the general observation of persons.
(M) No person, firm, or corporation holding a license under this chapter shall permit gambling, dice, slot machines or any game of chance of any sort in any form upon licensed premises. This subsection shall not apply to the sale of lottery tickets sold under the provisions of KRS Chapter 154A or the conduct of charitable gaming by a charitable organization licensed and regulated under the provision of KRS Chapter 238.
(N) No distributor or retail dealer shall buy any alcoholic beverage in the city except from a person holding a license in conformity with this chapter.
(O) Every person, firm, or corporation holding a license under this chapter shall not have or maintain any radio receiving apparatus on such premises which is intentionally adjusted so as to receive police messages. In addition to other penalties provided for the violation of this section, the Chief of Police or the Local Administrator shall have the authority to confiscate any and all such radio receiving apparatus.
(P) All restrictions and prohibitions relating to the manufacture, storage, sale, purchase, transporting or other traffic in alcoholic beverages under this chapter and the Kentucky Revised Statutes and rules and regulations promulgated by the ABC Board shall have application to the nonquota type 3 retail drink license.
(Ord. 5:2000, passed 5-8-00; Am. Ord. 20:2000, passed 12-11-00; Am. Ord. 01:2005, passed 2-14-05; Am. Ord. 12:2006, passed 6-12-06; Am. Ord. 20:2009, passed 8-10-09; Am. Ord. 29:2009, passed 11-9-09; Am. Ord. 17:2013, passed 7-8-13; Am. Ord. 28:2013, passed 11-11-13; Am. Ord. 20:2016, passed 10-10-16; Am. Ord. 03:2018, passed 2-12-18; Am. Ord. 10:2019, passed 4-8-19; Am. Ord. 16:2023, passed 8-14-23)