(A) It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, on any pretense, or by any device, to sell, barter, keep for sale, or otherwise dispose of liquor, as part of a commercial transaction, without a license therefor from the city.
(B) This section shall not apply:
(1) To the potable liquors as are intended for therapeutic purposes, and not as a beverage;
(2) To industrial alcohol and its compounds not prepared, or used, for beverage purposes;
(3) To wine in the possession of a person duly licensed under this chapter as an on-sale wine licensee;
(4) To sales by manufacturers to wholesalers duly licensed as such by the Commissioner;
(5) To sales by wholesalers to persons holding liquor licenses from the city; or
(6) To the municipal liquor store.
(C) The voters of the city, having authorized the issuance at a special election called for that purpose, may issue on-sale liquor licenses to:
(1) Hotels;
(2) Restaurants; and
(3) Clubs, or congressionally chartered veterans’ organizations; provided, that liquor sales will be made only to members and bona fide guests.
(D) Any person licensed to sell liquor at on-sale shall not be required to obtain an on-sale beer license, and may sell beer on-sale without an additional license.
(Prior Code, § 5.40) Penalty, see § 111.999