(A) It shall be unlawful for any person under 21 years of age to drink, purchase or possess alcoholic liquor, or to misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic liquor in any tavern or other place in the city where alcoholic liquor is sold.
(B) It shall be unlawful to sell, give or deliver alcoholic liquor to any person under 21 years of age or to permit any persons under 21 years of age to consume alcoholic liquor.
(C) If a licensee or his or her agents or employees believes or has reason to believe that a sale or delivery of alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of the non-age of the prospective recipient, he or she shall, before making the sale or delivery, demand presentation of the official city liquor identification card, or a military identification card or driver’s license issued by a competent authority containing proof of age and a photograph.
(D) POSSESS as used herein shall mean to physically or constructively possess a container or receptacle containing an alcohol liquor or to possess by consumption any amount of alcoholic liquor. Any evidence of consumption of alcoholic liquor by a person under 21 years of age shall be prima facie evidence and create a rebuttable presumption that the person is in possession of alcohol within the meaning of this section, which presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of evidence that the consumption took place in a specific, reasonably identified location outside the boundaries of the city.
(1980 Code, § 18.036) (Ord. 8997, passed 11-24-2003) Penalty, see § 111.999