Sec. 11-39. Permitting or encouraging underage drinking.

   (a)   No person eighteen (18) years of age or older may knowingly permit or fail to take reasonable action to prevent the illegal consumption of spirituous liquor by an underage person on premises owned by the person or under the person's control. This subsection does not apply to spirituous liquor used exclusively as part of a religious service.

   (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 10396, § 1, 5-1-07; Ord. No. 11387, § 1, 7-6-16)

   Editors Note: Prior to the reenactment of § 11-39 by Ord. No. 10396, Ord. No. 4520, § 1, adopted June 21, 1976, repealed § 11-39 which had pertained to the frequenting of places where narcotics were used and derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 18, § 32.