(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words are defined as follows:
(1) "Hotel" means every permanent structure kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests, in which ten or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, such sleeping accommodations being conducted in the same building or in buildings in connection therewith, and without provision for cooking in any guest room.
(2) "Restaurant" means any permanent structure or building which is kept, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where meals or lunches are served for a consideration, but not including dining cars.
(Ord. 56-53. Passed 10-1-1956.)
(b) Regulations. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold or offered for sale for consumption upon the premises where sold, except upon approval of Council and in conformity with all of the following conditions and regulations:
(Ord. 69-1. Passed 2-24-69. )
(1) Alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises may be sold or offered for sale only in premises located in U-8 Districts or in premises in U-7 Districts licensed by the State of Ohio to sell such beverages as of May 1, 1978, except that if such license in a U-7 District is not kept continuously in force hereafter, such permission as to U-7 Districts shall automatically cease.
(Ord. 78-14. Passed 6-5-1978.)
(2) Such sale of alcoholic beverages shall be sold only by the owner or operator of a licensed hotel or licensed restaurant and only as an accessory thereto.
(3) Such hotel or restaurant shall be licensed as such by the proper health authority in accordance with the laws and regulations controlling such establishments.
(4) Such hotel or restaurant shall have the proper statutory permit to sell such alcoholic beverage issued by the State of Ohio, and shall be operated by the person to whom such permit was issued.
(Ord. 69-1. Passed 2-24-1969.)
(5) Any premises in which alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises shall have the main entrance thereto upon a street, roadway or highway in a U-8 District or in a U-7 District if the establishment is legally operating in a U-7 District pursuant to division (b)(1) hereof and shall not have any access thereto from or through any other business establishment.
(1982 Code, § 1125.08) (Ord. 78-14. Passed 6-5-1978; Ord. 99-45. Passed 12-20-1999.)