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The purpose of this chapter is to provide administration of licenses and permits and for local regulations and procedures for the conduct of the sale and consumption of beer and liquor, for the protection of the safety, morals and general welfare of this community. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971)
Where words and phrases used in this chapter are defined by state law, such definitions shall apply to their use in this chapter and are adopted by reference. Those definitions so adopted that need further definition or are reiterated, and other words and phrases used herein, shall have the following meanings:
CLUB: Any nonprofit corporation or association of individuals, which is the owner, lessee or occupant of a permanent building or part thereof, membership in which entails the prepayment of regular dues and is not operated for a profit other than such profits as would accrue to the entire membership.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT: A place of business which is at all times equipped with sufficient tables and seats to accommodate twenty five (25) persons at one time, and the licensed premises of which conforms to the ordinances of the city.
HOTEL OR MOTEL: A premises licensed by the state department of agriculture and regularly or seasonally kept open in a bona fide manner for the lodging of transient guests, and with twenty (20) or more sleeping rooms.
PERSON OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER: Any person who meets all of the following requirements:
A. He has such financial standing and good reputation as will satisfy the city council and the director that he will comply with the Iowa alcoholic beverage control act and all other laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to his operations under state law.
B. He does not possess a federal gambling stamp.
C. He is not prohibited by the provisions of subsection 3-2-10B of this chapter from obtaining a liquor license or beer permit.
D. Is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Iowa, or licensed to do business in Iowa in the case of a corporation.
E. He has not been convicted of a felony. However, if his conviction of a felony occurred more than five (5) years before the application for a license or permit, and if his rights of citizenship have been restored by the governor, the director may determine that he is a person of good moral character notwithstanding such conviction.
F. If such person is a corporation, partnership, association, club or hotel or motel, the requirements as set out in this definition shall apply to each of the officers, directors and partners of such person, and to any person who directly or indirectly owns or controls ten percent (10%) or more of any class of stock of such person or has an interest of ten percent (10%) or more in the ownership or profits of such person. For the purpose of this provision, an individual and his spouse shall be regarded as one person. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971; amd. Ord. 2699, 9-3-1974; Ord. 3529, 3-7-1988; Ord. 5127, 8-20-2012)
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| 1 | 1. IC § 123.3. |
Upon meeting the requirements imposed by state law and the ordinances of this city, a person who is of good moral character, as defined by state law and this chapter, may apply for a liquor control license or a beer permit. In the case of a club, corporation or partnership, the officers of the club or corporation and the partners of a partnership shall be persons of good moral character, as defined by state law and this chapter. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971)
A. Investigation Of Applicant: Upon receipt of an original application for a liquor license or beer permit by the city clerk, it shall be forwarded to the chief of police, who shall conduct an investigation and shall submit a written report on the applicant as to the truth of the facts averred in the application and a recommendation to the city council as to the approval of the license or permit. It shall be the duty of the health inspector, the building inspector and the fire chief to inspect the premises to determine if they conform to the requirements of the city, and no license or permit shall be approved until or unless an approving report has been filed with the city council by such officers.
B. Civil Liability: Every liquor control licensee and class B beer permittee shall furnish proof of financial responsibility either by the existence of a liability insurance policy or by posting bond in such amount as determined by the department.
C. Application For Renewal: Upon receipt of an application for the renewal of a liquor license or beer permit, it shall be forwarded to the chief of police only, who shall conduct an investigation and shall submit a written report on the applicant as to the truth of the facts answered in the application and a recommendation to the city council as to the approval of the license or permit.
D. Action By City Council: Action taken by the city council shall be so endorsed on the application and thereafter the application, fee and bond shall be forwarded to the Iowa beer and liquor control department for such further action as is provided by law. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971; amd. Ord. 4447, 11-13-2000)
All liquor control licenses and beer permits, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall expire one year from date of issuance. Six (6) or eight (8) month seasonal licenses or beer permits may be issued for a proportionate part of the license or permit fee. No seasonal license or permit shall be renewed except after a period of two (2) months. Seasonal licensing shall be only as permitted by state regulation. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971)
A. Investigations: An applicant for a liquor control license or beer permit, as a further condition for approval by the city council, must give consent in writing on the application, that members of the fire, police and health departments and the building inspector may enter upon the premises without warrant to inspect for violations of the provisions of state law and of this chapter.
1. No liquor control license or beer permit shall be approved for premises which do not conform to all applicable laws, ordinances, resolutions and health and fire regulations.
2. No licensee shall have or maintain an interior access to residential or sleeping quarters unless permission is granted by the state beer and liquor control director in the form of a living quarters permit.
3. The premises for which a class B beer permit is sought must be located within a business district or an area now or hereafter zoned as a business district and conform to the zoning requirements of the city.
4. The premises of a class B beer permit shall, at the time of the application, continue to be equipped with sufficient tables and seats to accommodate twenty five (25) persons at one time.
5. No state liquor store shall be located within three hundred feet (300') of a public or private educational institution unless a lesser distance is specifically authorized by chapter.
B. Visibility From Licensed Premises: The licensed premises of any beer or liquor permittee shall be clearly visible at any hour from the outside, whether the permittee is open for business, or otherwise, and the following regulations shall be complied with as a condition for approval by the city council:
1. The entrance of the licensed premises which is primarily used by patrons shall have a door or window which provides an unobstructed view of the main seating and/or serving area of the licensed premises with the minimum dimensions of nine inches by nine inches (9" x 9") set into the door or window at eye level, which shall be approximately fifty six inches (56") to sixty four inches (64") above the ground level of the premises.
2. Any window presently in existence, which is mounted at eye level in an exterior wall adjoining the seating and/or serving area, shall have a minimum of nine inches by nine inches (9" x 9") of unobstructed view into the licensed premises.
3. Any licensed premises which has the serving area located within a permanent building whereby the main seating and/or serving area are not immediately accessible nor visible from a public street shall have an unobstructed opening to the main seating and/or serving area as provided in subsections B1 and/or B2 of this section.
4. The required openings as provided in subsections B1 and B2 of this section shall not be obstructed, in any fashion, to hinder clear view into the main seating and/or serving area of the licensed premises.
5. The building inspector, or designee, shall be solely responsible for the enforcement of these provisions. Upon inspection, notice of noncompliance shall be sent to the holder of the liquor license or beer permit and to the city clerk for appropriate action in accordance with this section.
6. Compliance by the licensee with the terms and conditions of this subsection shall occur within thirty (30) days from the effective date of this section or no later than the time of the renewal of the beer or liquor license, whichever last occurs. Failure to timely comply may result in suspension or revocation of the liquor license in accordance with this chapter.
C. Separate Locations For Class B Or C: Every person holding a class B or class C permit having more than one place of business where such beer is sold shall be required to have a separate license for each separate place of business, except as otherwise prohibited by state law.
D. Nature Of License Or Permit: A liquor control license or beer permit shall be a purely personal privilege and be revocable for cause. It shall not constitute property, nor be subject to attachment and execution nor be alienable nor assignable, and in any case it shall cease upon the death of the permittee or licensee. However, the director may, in his discretion, allow the executor or administrator of a permittee or licensee to operate the business of the decedent for a reasonable time not to exceed the expiration date of the permit or license. Every permit or license shall be issued in the name of the applicant and no person holding a permit or license shall allow any other person to use same.
E. Transfers: The city council will, in its discretion, authorize a licensee or permittee to transfer the license or permit from one location to another within the city, provided that the premises to which the transfer is to be made would have been eligible for a license or permit in the first instance and such transfer will not result in the violation of any law or ordinance. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971; amd. Ord. 3494, 7-13-1987)
F. Drive-Up Windows; Signage: Each licensed or permitted premises equipped with a drive-through or walk-up window or any similar drive-up or drive-in system must conspicuously post and maintain a sign upon such window or system or upon the remote ordering system on the premises that contains the following statement in bold characters no less than one inch (1") in height: "Alcohol Sales From Drive-Up Prohibited". A grocery store or a pharmacy operating in compliance with subsection 10-27-1(Q)(2)(a) of the zoning regulations is exempt from this requirement.
G. Drive-Up Windows; Violations: Any licensee or permittee who sells or dispenses alcoholic beverages via a drive-through or walk-up window or any similar drive-up or drive-in system in violation of title 10 of this code shall be guilty of a violation of this section. In addition to any penalties prescribed by this chapter, the licensee or permittee shall, upon conviction, obtain a building permit and proceed to permanently close said window or opening and shall finish the exterior of the work to conform in materials and appearance as closely as reasonably possible to the remainder of the exterior of the premises, within ninety (90) days of conviction of such violation. (Ord. 5127, 8-20-2012)
Any such licensee or permittee, or his executor, administrator, or any person duly appointed by the court to take charge of and administer the property or assets of the licensee or permittee for the benefit of his creditors, may voluntarily surrender such license or permit to the department and when so surrendered the department shall notify the city, and the department and the city, or the city itself in the case of a retail beer permit, shall refund to the person so surrendering the license or permit a proportionate amount of the fee paid for such license or permit as follows: if surrendered during the first three (3) months of the period for which said license or permit was issued, the refund shall be three-fourths (3/4) of the amount of the fee; if surrendered more than three (3) months but not more than six (6) months after issuance, the refund shall be one-half (1/2) of the amount of the fee; if surrendered more than six (6) months but not more than nine (9) months after issuance, the refund shall be one-fourth (1/4) of the amount of the fee. No refund shall be made, however, for a liquor control license or beer permit surrendered more than nine (9) months after issuance. No refund shall be made to any licensee or permittee, upon the surrender of his license or permit, if there is at the time of said surrender a complaint filed with the department or the city, charging him with a violation of this chapter or provisions of the Iowa beer and liquor control act. If upon hearing on any such complaint the license or permit is not revoked or suspended, then the licensee or permittee shall be eligible, upon surrender of his license or permit, to receive a refund as herein provided. But if his license or permit is revoked or suspended upon such hearing, he shall not be eligible for the refund or any portion of his license or permit fee. No refund shall be made for seasonal licenses or permits. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971)
No person or club holding a liquor license or beer permit, nor his agents or employees, shall do any of the following:
A. Prohibited Interest: It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to be either directly or indirectly interested in more than one class of beer permit.
B. Sales To Intoxicated Persons: Sell, dispense or give to any intoxicated person, or one simulating intoxication, any alcoholic liquor or beer.
C. Closing Hours: Sell or dispense any alcoholic liquor or beer on the premises covered by the license or permit, or permit the consumption thereof between the hours of two o'clock (2:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. on any weekday, and between the hours of two o'clock (2:00) A.M. on Sunday and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. on the following Monday, however, a holder of a liquor control license or class B beer permit granted the privilege of selling alcoholic liquor or beer on Sunday may sell or dispense such liquor or beer between the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) noon and ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. on Sunday.
D. Sales On Credit: Sell alcoholic liquor or beer to any person on credit, except with a bona fide credit card. This provision shall not apply to sales by a club to its members nor to sales by a hotel or motel to bona fide registered guests.
E. Adding Alcohol To Beer: In the case of a retail beer permittee, knowingly allow the mixing or adding of alcohol or any alcoholic beverage to beer or any other beverage in or about his place of business.
F. Dancing: No dancing shall be permitted unless the permittee has first secured a dance hall license under the provisions of the ordinances of the city 1 .
G. Obscenity: Cause, permit, procure, counsel or assist any person who is acting as a waiter, waitress, host, hostess, dancer or entertainer on the licensed premises to:
1. Expose his or her genitals, pubic hair, perineum, anus region or pubic hair region; or
2. Expose or wear any device, costume or covering which gives the appearance of or simulates the genitals, pubic hair, perineum, anus region or pubic hair region; or
3. Comes into any physical contact with any customer, or patron, within the establishment, other than when assisting said customer or patron when entering, leaving, seating or serving.
For purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed a waiter, waitress, host, hostess, dancer or entertainer if such person acts in that capacity without regard to whether such person is paid any compensation by the liquor control licensee or beer permittee, his agent or employee.
H. Obscene Pictures: Cause, procure, counsel or assist any person in showing or displaying motion pictures, slides, photographic or other printed displays within the licensed premises which depict or show the genitals, pubic hair, perineum, anus region or pubic hair region of either the male or female.
I. Beer Brand Signs Prohibited: No signs or other matter advertising any brand of beer shall be erected or placed upon the outside of any premises occupied by a licensee or permittee authorized to sell beer at retail.
J. Consumption In Public Places; Intoxication: It is unlawful for any person to use or consume alcoholic liquors or beer upon the public streets or highways, or alcoholic liquors in any public place, except premises covered by a liquor control license, and no person shall be intoxicated nor simulate intoxication in a public place. (Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971; amd. Ord. 2699, 9-3-1974; Ord. 2785, 1-12-1976; Ord. 3178, 12-21-1981; Ord. 4447, 11-13-2000; 2001 Code)
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| 1 | 1. See chapter 3, article B of this title. |
It shall be unlawful to:
A. Employment Of Minors: Employ any person under the age of eighteen (18) years old in the sale or serving of alcoholic liquor or beer for consumption on the premises where sold.
B. Sales To Minors: Sell, give or otherwise supply any alcoholic beverages or beer to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe him to be under legal age, or permit any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe him to be under legal age, to consume any alcoholic beverage or beer.
C. Persons Under Legal Age: No person shall sell, give or otherwise supply alcoholic liquor or beer to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe him to be under legal age, and no person or persons under legal age shall individually or jointly have alcoholic liquor or beer in his or their possession or control; except in the case of liquor or beer given or dispensed to a person under legal age within a private home and with the knowledge and consent of the parent or guardian for beverage or medicinal purposes or as administered to him by either a physician or dentist for medicinal purposes and except to the extent that a person under legal age may handle alcoholic beverages and beer during the regular course of his employment by a liquor control licensee or beer permittee under state law.
D. Minors Prohibited From Certain Premises:
1. Policy And Purpose: It is the purpose and intent of this provision to preclude minors under twenty one (21) years of age from entering or remaining in those establishments whose sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages is more than fifty percent (50%) of the business conducted therein. Although the ultimate responsibility for the minor's unlawful presence lies with that minor, the licensee or permittee and his employees have a responsibility to make reasonable scrutiny of those reasonably suspected to be unlawfully present.
2. It shall be unlawful for the holder of a license or permit issued pursuant to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for premises where more than fifty percent (50%) of the business conducted therein is the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages, and for any person employed upon such premises to knowingly permit or fail to take reasonable measures to prevent the entry unto such premises of any and all persons who have not yet attained the age for the lawful purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages.
3. It shall be unlawful for any person who has not yet attained the age for lawful purchase and/or possession of alcoholic beverages to enter upon such premises as are described in subsection D2 of this section except as provided for herein.
4. The provisions of subsection D2 of this section shall not apply in the following circumstances:
a. The underage minor is an employee of the license holder, or performing a contracted service with respect to said premises.
b. The underage person is accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or spouse who is of legal age for the purchase and/or possession of alcoholic beverages.
c. The underage minor is on the premises during a time that the licensee or permittee has, in accordance with a written notice and plan given in advance to the chief of police, suspended the dispensing of alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises or on a clearly delineated part of the licensed premises operated under a differentiating trade name. It shall be the strict duty of a licensee or permittee who authorizes such underage minor to be on the licensed premises pursuant to such plan, and of all persons employed with respect to said premises, to prevent the underage minor from consuming and/or possessing alcoholic beverages on said premises.
Police officers shall be admitted upon the premises at any time to monitor compliance with all applicable laws. Failure to comply with that duty, whether knowingly or otherwise, shall be punishable as a violation of this subsection.
5. It shall be the duty of the licensee or permittee to display in a prominent place a printed sign, no smaller than eight inches by ten inches (8" x 10") in size, boldly printed and reading as follows:
WARNING TO MINORS: You are subject to punishment under the Waterloo city code if you are on the premises without your parent or legal guardian or spouse or if you attempt to possess and/or purchase any alcoholic beverages.
(Ord. 2584, 12-27-1971; amd. Ord. 3794, 6-17-1991; Ord. 4447, 11-13-2000)
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