§ 62.006 BUSINESS HOURS
   (A)   Licensees operating pursuant to this chapter may sell alcoholic beverages during the following times:
      (1)   Licensees holding a license for the sale of nonquota retail malt beverage and quota retail package license for distilled spirits and wine shall be permitted to sell authorized alcoholic beverages between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. the next morning on Monday through Saturday and from 1:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Sunday.
      (2)   Licensees holding all other licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages authorized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the City of Paris shall be permitted to sell authorized alcoholic beverages between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. the next morning on Monday through Saturday and from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday.
      (3)   All licensees may sell and dispense distilled spirits, wine and/or malt beverages on New Year's Eve until 1:00 a.m. on January 1, regardless of the day of the week on which New Year's Eve occurs.
   (B)   The business hours established in this section shall be deemed to be conditions of the licenses granted by the city for the sale, at retail, of alcoholic beverages and any violation of this section shall be grounds of revocation of the license held by the store or establishment guilty of such violation.
   (C)   In order to sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday, licensees shall purchase a Special Sunday retail drink license for the annual fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) and may sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday contingent upon following all the requirements of this chapter and any applicable Kentucky or federal law governing the sale of alcoholic beverages.
   (D)   No premises for which there has been granted a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted to remain open for any purpose during the hours in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited unless the licensee provides a separate locked department in which all stocks of alcoholic beverages are kept during those times.
(Ord. 28-83, § 1, passed 12-20-83; Am. Ord. 2014-3, passed 4-22-14; Am. Ord. 2014-11, passed 6-24-14; Am. Ord. 2017-3, passed 6-13-17; Am. Ord. 2017-15, passed 11-28-17)
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Statutory reference:
   Closed times for retail premises, see KRS 244.290
   Time when delivery and sale of malt beverages are prohibited, see KRS 244.480