No premises for which an alcohol beverage license has been issued shall remain open for the sale of alcohol beverages, as follows.
(A) Wholesale license. Between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except Saturdays when the closing hour shall be 9:00 p.m.
(B) Retail “Class B” or Class “B” license. No premises shall be open for the sale of intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverage between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., except on Saturday and Sunday the closing hour shall be 2:30 a.m.; on January 1 the closing hour shall be 2:30 a.m.
(C) Hotels and restaurants. Hotels and restaurants, the principal business of which is the furnishing of food and/or lodging to patrons, shall be permitted to remain open after closing hours for the conduct of regular business, but shall not sell intoxicating liquors or malt beverages during the closing hours stated in division (B) above.
(D) Presence on premises after closing hour restricted.
(1) Any person who is not an employee of the licensee who remains on the premises after the designated closing hour is subject to the penalties as provided in this chapter.
(2) Any person, while on the premises after closing hours, must be actively engaged in bona fide business activities and may not consume alcoholic beverages.
(Prior Code, § 12.02) (Ord. 09-2017, passed 8-24-2017) Penalty, see § 112.99