A. Prohibited Hours Generally: Except as provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any liquor licensee, or employee of such licensee, to sell or offer for sale at retail, on the premises, any alcoholic liquor during the following hours:
Monday through Saturday, 12:01 A.M. to 10:59 A.M. (i.e., open 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 midnight).
Sunday, 12:01 A.M. to 11:59 A.M. (i.e., open 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight).
B. Closed Hours:
1. The periods of time the sale of liquor is prohibited until the time that liquor may again be sold shall be known as the "closed hours".
2. No patron shall remain or be permitted to remain or be admitted to any licensed premises more than thirty (30) minutes after the sale of alcoholic liquors is prohibited hereinabove for the remainder of the "closed hours" described herein.
3. Consumption of liquor is prohibited, with exception, more than thirty (30) minutes after the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by this section for the remainder of the "closed hours" described herein.
4. The doors of each licensed premises shall be locked, and no person not in the employ of the licensee shall be admitted to or upon the premises during the times when patrons are prohibited from being on the licensed premises.
C. Businesses Offering Other Sales: Any licensed premises where the sale of alcoholic beverages is not the principal business, which fact is certified by the local liquor control commissioner in the manner provided in this chapter, may remain open to the public during the hours that the public would otherwise be prohibited from being on the premises, provided the following conditions are observed:
1. All alcoholic beverages must be either removed from view or placed behind doors, slides, screens, counters, shades, or other apparatus clearly indicating that such beverages are not presently offered for sale.
2. A sign shall be displayed prominently and shall read: "Closed hours, no alcoholic liquors sold or served".
3. No alcoholic liquors shall be sold, donated, bartered, exchanged, served or consumed therein during said closed hours.
4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as granting any licensee the privilege to sell alcoholic liquor during the aforesaid closed hours, and any licensee not certified by the village president to be in fact a retail establishment where the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal business must keep its doors locked and the public barred therefrom during said closed hours.
5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring any adult clerk in a licensed premises where the sale of alcoholic liquors is not the principal business to be limited in duties solely relating to the sale of alcoholic liquor.
D. Election Days: On any election day, the hours of sale for liquor shall be the same as those of the day as provided in subsection A of this section, notwithstanding the scheduling of the election.
E. New Year's Eve: Any provisions herein to the contrary notwithstanding, sales of alcoholic liquor, pursuant to class D-1, D-2, G, H, S-1 or S-2 village liquor licenses, which are otherwise lawful under this chapter and state law, shall, on each January 1, between the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight and one o'clock (1:00) A.M. hereafter be authorized and shall not be a violation of subsection A of this section. (Ord. 774, 12-4-2000)