(a) Sales; Signs. No alcoholic liquor, beer, wine, spirits or alcohol shall be sold or furnished to a person unless such person has attained twenty-one years of age. No person shall knowingly sell or furnish alcoholic liquor, beer, wine, spirits or alcohol to a person who is less than twenty-one years of age, or fail to make diligent inquiry as to whether the person is less than twenty-one years of age. A suitable sign describing this provision and the penalties for a violation hereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each room where alcoholic liquor, beer, wine or spirits are sold in the City. Such sign shall be approved and furnished by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
(b) Possession in Motor Vehicle. No person less than twenty-one years of age shall knowingly transport or possess in a motor vehicle alcoholic liquor, beer, wine, spirits or alcohol unless such person is employed by a licensee under State law, by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission or by an agent of the Commission and is transporting or having the alcoholic liquor, beer, wine or spirits in a motor vehicle under such person's control during regular working hours and in the course of the person's employment.
(c) Fraudulent Identification. No person shall furnish fraudulent identification to a person less than twenty-one years of age. No person shall use fraudulent identification to purchase alcoholic liquor, beer, wine, spirits or alcohol.
(d) Purchase, Consumption or Possession. A person less than twenty-one years of age shall not purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic liquor, consume or attempt to consume alcoholic liquor, or possess or attempt to possess alcoholic liquor, except that a person employed by licensee under State law, by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, or by any agent of the Commission, may transport alcoholic liquor, or have it in his or her control, in a motor vehicle under such person's control during regular working hours or in the course of such person's employment, and except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter. A person less than twenty-one years of age who violates this subsection (d) is responsible for a civil infraction for the first violation. If a violation of this subsection (d) occurs after one prior judgement, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 195. Passed 4-2-85; Ord. 245. Passed 10-24-96; Ord. 334. Passed 10-19-17.)