(A) Generally. In addition to the above classifications, up to six licenses may be issued for the establishment of a cabaret or night club in the City of Quincy which license shall permit the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises subject to the following limitations and regulations.
(B) Fee. An annual license fee of $2,500 shall be payable in advance on January 1 of each year for a renewal license.
(C) Hours of operation.
(1) (a) Establishments holding a cabaret or night club license may be open for operation during any business day. BUSINESS DAY as used herein shall mean any period of time from 11:00 a.m., until the hour of 2:30 a.m., of the following day every day except Saturdays when the closing time may be extended until 3:30 a.m. of the following day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the licensed establishments may operate and be open until 4:30 a.m., on January 1 of each year. Except as provided above, the establishments shall not be open, nor shall any person or licensee sell or offer for sale at retail any alcoholic liquor, or furnish or give away, or allow or permit the same to be consumed on the licensed premises, or any other premises under the control, directly or indirectly, of the licensee.
(b) No licensee or their agent shall permit any person, other than those paid employees, to remain upon or enter the licensee’s premises during closing hours.
(2) Closing time is computed by the time convention in effect at the beginning of the business day. If, for example, standard time is in effect at 11:00 a.m. of the business day, standard time shall be used to fix closing time.
(D) Minors absolutely prohibited.
(1) Prohibition. No establishment licensed under this section shall permit any person under the age of 21 at any time of a business day after 12:30 a.m. in which the establishment shall sell or offer for sale any alcoholic liquors or furnish or give away or allow or permit the same to be consumed on the licensed premises; provided, however, a person under 21 years of age but at least 18 years of age may be employed in a night club other than for the purpose of attending a bar or drawing, pouring, mixing or serving any alcoholic liquor.
(2) Exception.
(a) A person under 21 years of age, but at least 18 years of age, may be employed in a night club, other than for the purpose of attending a bar or drawing, pouring, mixing or serving any alcoholic liquor.
(b) Minors may be admitted in a nightclub, if accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
(3) Discretion in license. The licensee of any establishment licensed under this section may for any or all days or any combination of days elect to limit attendance to the establishment to persons 21 years and older. On so electing, the licensee must apply the limitation uniformly throughout that business day. Nothing in this section requires a licensee to adopt a policy of admitting minors to an establishment so licensed.
(4) Signage. Licensees shall have clearly visible signage, legible from all points of entry to the cabaret and/or night club stating the following:
NO ONE UNDER 21 PERMITTED ON THESE PREMISES AFTER 12:30 A.M.
$1,000 MINIMUM FINE FOR DIVERTING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO A MINOR.
City Ordinances
(E) Revocation; multiple suspensions. In addition to any other grounds for revocation of licenses as provided under this chapter, the Mayor shall revoke any cabaret or night club license held by a licensee who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, for any violation of any state law or regulation pertaining to the sale of alcoholic liquor, if the license has previously been suspended on at least three separate occasions within a period of three years from the date of the most current violation.
(1980 Code, § 18.008) (Ord. 8936, passed 3-4-2002; Ord. 9432, passed 11-29-2021)
Penalty, see § 111.999