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(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to employ in any premises used for the sale of alcoholic liquor any person who is afflicted with, or is a carrier of, any contagious, infectious or venereal disease, and it shall be unlawful for any such diseased person to work in or about any premises or to engage in any way in the handling, preparation, or distribution of such liquor.
(B) The minimum age for employees of any establishment licensed by the city to sell alcoholic liquor shall be 18 years when the employees are directly involved with the sale and receipt of payment of alcoholic liquors. This age limitation does not apply when an employee is not directly involved with the sale of alcoholic liquor.
('72 Code, § 111.016) (Am. Ord. passed 12-3-84) Penalty, see § 10.99
No license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of any church, school, hospital, home for aged or indigent persons, or for veterans, their wives or children, or any military or naval station; provided, that this prohibition shall not apply to clubs or to restaurants, food shops or other places where the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal business carried on, if such place of business not exempted shall have been established for such purposes prior to the taking effect of this chapter. No person, firm, or corporation, shall hereafter engage in business as a retailer of any alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of any undertaking establishment or mortuary.
('72 Code, § 111.017) (Am. Ord. passed 9-2-86) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) In premises for which a private function liquor license has been issued, and in which the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises as licensed, no screen, blind, curtain, partition, article, or thing shall be permitted on the doors of the licensed premises nor inside the premises, which shall prevent a clear view into the interior of the licensed premises at all times; and no booth, screen, partition or other obstruction nor any arrangement of lights or lighting shall be permitted in or about the interior of the premises which shall prevent a full view of the entire interior of the premises from the doors and windows to the licensed area(s); and the entire space used by those in attendance at the private function must be so located that there shall be a full view of the same from the door(s) and windows to the licensed area(s) of the premises. All rooms where alcoholic liquor is sold for consumption on the premises shall be continually lighted during business hours by natural or artificial white light so that all parts of the interior of the premises shall be clearly visible. In case the view into any such licensed premises required by the foregoing provisions shall be wilfully obscured by the licensee or by him or her willfully suffered or permitted to be obscured or obstructed, the license maybe revoked in the manner herein provided. To enforce the provisions of this section, the Local Liquor Commissioner shall have the right to require the filing with him or her of plans, drawings and photographs showing the clearance of view as above required.
(B) In premises on which the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises as licensed (other than restaurants, hotels or clubs) no screen, blind, curtain, partition, article, or thing shall be permitted in the windows or on the doors of the licensed premises nor inside the premises, which shall prevent a clear view into the interior of the licensed premises from the exterior of the premises at all times, and no booth, screen, partition, or other obstruction, nor any arrangements of lights or lighting shall be permitted in or about the interior of the premises which shall prevent a full view of the entire interior of the premises, and the entire space used by the public must be so located, that there shall be a full view of the same from the exterior of the licensed premises. All rooms where alcoholic liquor is sold for consumption on the premises shall be continually lighted during business hours by natural or artificial white light so that all parts of the interior of the premises shall be clearly visible. In case the view into any such licensed premises required by the foregoing provisions shall be willfully obscured by the licensee, or by him or her willfully suffered to be obscured or obstructed, the license may be revoked in the manner herein provided. In order to enforce the provisions of this section, the Local Liquor Commission shall have the right to require the filing with him or her of plans, drawings, and photographs showing the clearance of the view as above required.
('72 Code, § 111.018) (Am. Ord. 99-31, passed 10-18-99; Am. Ord. 10-13, passed 7-6-10)
(A) No licensee nor any officer, associate, member, representative, agent, or employee of such licensee shall sell, give, or deliver alcoholic liquor to any person under the age of 21 years, or to any intoxicated person or to any person known by him or her to be an habitual drunkard, spendthrift, insane, mentally ill, mentally deficient or in need of mental treatment. No person, after purchasing or otherwise obtaining alcoholic liquor, shall sell, give, or deliver such alcoholic liquor to another person under the age of 21 years except in the performance of a religious ceremony or service.
(B) Any person to whom the sale, gift, or delivery of any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age shall not purchase or accept a gift of such alcoholic liquor or have such alcoholic liquor in his or her possession.
(C) If a licensee or his or her agents or employees believes or has reason to believe that a sale or delivery of any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of the nonage of the prospective recipient, he/she shall, before making such sale or delivery demand presentation of some form of positive identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public officer in the performance of his or her official duties.
(D) No person shall transfer, alter, or deface such an identification card; use the identification card of another; carry or use a false or forged identification card; or obtain an identification card by means of false information. No person shall purchase, accept delivery, or have possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of this section. The consumption of alcoholic liquor by any person under 21 years of age is forbidden.
(E) The possession and dispensing, or consumption by a minor of alcoholic liquor in the performance of a religious service or ceremony, or the consumption by a minor under the direct supervision and approval of the parents or parent of such minor in the privacy of a home, is not prohibited by this section.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any holder of an alcoholic liquor dealer's license to sell, deliver, or give any alcoholic liquor to any intoxicated person, or to any person known to him or her to be a habitual drunkard, spendthrift, feeble minded, or distracted person.
('72 Code, §§ 111.019 and 111.021) (Am. Ord. passed 10-1-73; Am. Ord. passed 1-20-80; Am. Ord. passed 12-3-84) Penalty, see § 10.99
There shall be no illegal gambling allowed on any premises licensed to sell alcoholic liquor.
('72 Code, § 111.022) (Am. Ord. passed 12-3-84) Penalty, see § 10.99
Cross-reference:
Gambling offenses, see Ch. 135
(A) Except as indicated in § 112.15 and below, it is unlawful to sell or offer for sale at retail any alcoholic liquor in the city between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(B) (1) Licensees may sell or offer to sell at retail, alcoholic liquor consistent with their respective classifications, until 2:00 a.m. both on Thanksgiving morning and on New Year's morning.
(2) When New Year’s Eve falls on Sunday, licensees may sell or offer to sell at retail, alcoholic liquor consistent with their respective classifications, between 11:00 a.m. on New Year’s Eve and 2:00 a.m. New Year’s morning.
(3) On the day immediately preceding Memorial Day and Labor Day, provided the sale at retail of alcohol for consumption on the premises on Sundays is consistent with their classifications, licensees may sell such alcohol between 11:00 a.m. on said Sunday until 1:00 a.m. on Memorial Day and Labor Day.
(4) When the Fourth of July falls on a Monday, then on the day immediately preceding such day, and provided the sale at retail of alcohol for consumption on the premises on Sundays is consistent with their classifications, licensees may sell said alcohol between 11:00 a.m. on said Sunday until 1:00 a.m. on the Fourth of July.
(5) Except as provided in division (B)(6) below, during the annual Town and Country Days festival in Polo, and provided a special event liquor license has been issued for the operation of a beer garden as part of said festival, then licensees may sell or offer to sell at retail, alcoholic liquor consistent with their respective classifications, until 2:00 a.m. on the Saturday and Sunday during which the festival falls.
(6) The hours which the holder of a special events liquor license may sell or offer to sell alcoholic liquor at retail shall remain as in force immediately prior to the adoption of divisions (B)(5) and (6).
(C) It is unlawful to permit any person, other than the proprietor, his or her employees, or members of his or her family to be on the premises during the hours when the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited; provided that restaurants may remain open for serving food, if the bar or counter where such
liquor is served is completely covered with a cloth so as to obscure the view, and a sign, with letters at least 1-1/2 inches high printed on a white cardboard or similar material, with the words “Bar closed until 6:00 a.m.” is prominently displayed over the bar or counter.
(D) During the hours when alcoholic liquor is prohibited from being sold, the premises shall be closed to the public, or all alcoholic liquor shall be removed from sight and placed in some room or locker which is securely locked, and the lock shall not be opened until the hour when alcoholic liquor may again be sold.
(E) It shall be unlawful to drink any alcoholic liquor in any public place, whether licensed under this chapter or not, during the hours when alcoholic liquor is prohibited from being sold.
(F) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (C) above, a Class C license holder may open on Sundays, from 1:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., a maximum of four times per calendar year, only for the purpose of conducting miliary service club business. Food must also be served at the meeting(s). An authorized agent of the license holder must notify the Liquor Commissioner, in writing, at least three days prior to the desired Sunday opening, identifying the date to be open and the purpose of the meeting.
(G) Wherever in this § 112.43 an end time for sale of alcohol at retail is specified, that is the time after which no alcohol may be sold or poured. The patrons may remain on the licensed premised for 30 minutes thereafter.
(‘72 Code, §§ 111.009, 111.023 and 111.024) (Am. Ord. passed 6-4-79; Am. Ord. passed 4-6-87; Am. Ord. 94-20, passed - -94; Am. Ord. 01-07, passed 9-12-01; Am. Ord. 07-14, passed 6-18-07; Am. Ord. 11-05, passed 5-2-11; Am. Ord. 13-04, passed 6-3-13; Am. Ord. 17-02, passed 2-21-17) Penalty, see § 10.99
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