(A) No liquor shall be sold, offered for sale or given away upon any licensed premises, and all liquor not in sealed bottles must be locked in a separate room or cabinet during the following hours:
(1) Sunday, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas from 1:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. the following day; provided, however, that on any Sunday not otherwise being a prescribed holiday, it shall be lawful for a licensee having banquet area or meeting room facilities, separate and apart from the usual dispensing area (barroom) and separate and apart from a normal public dining room unless such dining room is closed to the public, to therein dispense liquor between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. to bona fide participants of banquets, receptions or conventions for consumption only within the confines of such banquet area or meeting room facility; and
(2) On any other day between 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
(B) There is no prohibition against the sale of liquor by the drink during general, primary or city elections unless the city enacts an ordinance prohibiting such sales.
(C) Any patron present on the licensed premises after the sale of liquor has stopped as provided in division (A) above shall have a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 minutes, to consume any beverages already served.
(D) Any person who consumes or intentionally permits the consumption of any alcoholic beverage upon licensed premises after the time provided for in division (C) above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(E) It shall be the duty of every person who is employed at or upon a licensed premises or who owns or manages a licensed premises and is present upon the licensed premises during the hours and at the time set forth in division (A) above to lock up and keep locked up in a locked room or locked cabinet all unsealed containers of liquor during the hours and at the times set forth in division (A) above, and any such person who fails to perform the duty provided herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 3-1A-5) (Ord. 15-806, passed 9-2-2015) Penalty, see § 111.99