When used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings:
AMUSEMENT PLACE
Any establishment whose business building contains a square
footage of at least six thousand (6,000) square feet, and where games
of skill commonly known as billiards, volleyball, indoor golf, bowling
or soccer are usually played or has a dance floor of at least twenty-five
hundred (2,500) square feet or any outdoor golf course with a minimum
of nine (9) holes, and which has annual gross receipts of at least
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) of which at least fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000.00) of such gross receipts is in non-alcoholic
sales.
CLOSED PLACE
A place where all doors are locked and where no patrons are
in the place or about the premises.
INTOXICATING LIQUOR
Alcohol for beverage purposes, including alcoholic, spirituous,
vinous, fermented, malt, or other liquors, or combination of liquors,
a part of which is spirituous, vinous, or fermented, and all preparations
or mixtures for beverage purposes containing in excess of one-half
of one percent (0.5%) by volume, except for non-intoxicating beer
as defined herein. All beverages having an alcoholic content of less
than one-half of one percent (0.5%) by volume shall be exempt from
the provisions of this Chapter.
LIGHT WINES
An intoxicating liquor consisting of wine containing not
in excess of fourteen percent (14%) of alcohol by weight made exclusively
from grapes, berries and other fruits and vegetables.
MALT LIQUOR
An intoxicating liquor containing alcohol in excess of three
and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight and not in excess of five
percent (5%) by weight manufactured from pure hops or pure extract
of hops, or pure barley malt, or wholesome grains or cereals, and
wholesome yeast, and pure water.
NON-INTOXICATING BEER
Any beer manufactured from pure hops or pure extract of hops,
and pure barley malt, or other wholesome grains or cereals, and wholesome
yeast, and pure water, and free from all harmful substances, preservatives
and adulterants, and having an alcoholic content of more than one-half
of one percent (0.5%) by volume and not exceeding three and two-tenths
percent (3.2%) by weight.
ORIGINAL PACKAGE
Any package sealed or otherwise closed by the manufacturer
so as to consist of a self-contained unit, and consisting of one (1)
or more bottles or other containers of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating
beer, where the package and/or container(s) describes the contents
thereof as intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer. "Original
package" shall also be construed and held to refer to any
package containing three (3) or more standard bottles of beer.
PERSON
An individual, association, firm, joint stock company, syndicate,
partnership, corporation, receiver, trustee, conservator, or any other
officer appointed by any State or Federal court.
POSSESSION
An article is in the "possession" of a person when it is
on his/her person or in a vehicle in which he/she is riding or sitting
or otherwise under his/her control for immediate use.
RESORT
Any establishment having at least thirty (30) rooms for the
overnight accommodation of transient guests having a restaurant or
similar facility on the premises at least sixty percent (60%) of the
gross income of which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or
food, or means a restaurant provided with special space and accommodations
where, in consideration of payment, food, without lodging, is habitually
furnished to travelers and customers, and which restaurant establishment's
annual gross receipts immediately preceding its application for a
license shall not have been less than seventy-five thousand dollars
($75,000.00) per year with at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
of such gross receipts from non-alcoholic sales, or means a seasonal
resort restaurant with food sales as determined in Subsection (2)
of Section 311.095, RSMo. Any facility which is owned and operated
as a part of the resort may be used to sell intoxicating liquor by
the drink for consumption on the premises of such facility and, for
the purpose of meeting the annual gross food receipts requirements
of this definition, if any facility which is a part of the resort
meets such requirement, such requirement shall be deemed met for any
other facility which is a part of the resort.
RESTAURANT BAR
Any establishment having a restaurant or similar facility
on the premises at least fifty percent (50%) of the gross income of
which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed
on such premises or which has an annual gross income of at least two
hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) from the sale of prepared meals
or food consumed on such premises.
The sale of any intoxicating liquor except malt liquor, in the
original package, in any quantity less than fifty (50) milliliters
shall be deemed "sale by the drink" and may be made
only by a holder of a retail liquor dealer's license and, when so
made, the container in every case shall be emptied and the contents
thereof served as other intoxicating liquors sold by the drink are
served.
[CC 1989 §§12-79—12-80; Ord.
No. 7265 §1, 3-12-2007]
A. To Sell Beer For On-Premises Consumption.
1. Except as hereinafter provided in this Section, no license shall
be granted by the City for the sale of intoxicating beer for consumption
on the premises where sold in excess of one (1) such license for each
five hundred (500) inhabitants, or major fraction thereof, of the
City as established by the last United States Government census.
2. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as denying the
right of the City to renew licenses existing continuously since February
2, 1986, notwithstanding that the number of such licensed places shall
exceed the limitation hereinbefore prescribed, provided that in no
event shall the number of such licensed places hereafter exceed the
number licensed on February 2, 1986.
B. To Sell At Retail In Original Package Not For On-Premises Consumption.
1. Except as hereinafter provided in this Section, no license shall
be granted by the City for the sale at retail of intoxicating liquor
in the original package or for the sale at retail of five percent
(5%) beer in excess of one (1) such license for each five hundred
(500) inhabitants, or major fraction thereof, of the City as established
by the last United States Government census.
2. The limitation as to the number of licenses for the sale of intoxicating
liquor and beer in original package set forth herein shall not be
deemed to apply in the case wherein sixty percent (60%) of the sales
on the premises in question are for food products exclusive of intoxicating
liquor and/or beer.
3. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as denying the
right of the City to renew licenses existing continuously since January
26, 1987, or as denying the right of the City to issue a new license
to any purchaser of any retail liquor or five percent (5%) beer establishment
duly licensed at the time of such purchase if such purchaser be otherwise
qualified and eligible to became a licensee for any retail license
of any class, notwithstanding that the number of such licensed places
shall exceed the limitation hereinbefore prescribed, provided that
in no event shall the number of such licensed places in any class
hereafter exceed the number licensed in such class on January 26,
1987.
[Ord. No. 7271 §1, 4-23-2007]
A. No
license shall be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor, as defined
in this Chapter, within one hundred (100) feet of any school, church
or other building regularly used as a place of religious worship,
unless the applicant for the license shall first obtain the consent
in writing of the City Council, except that when a school, church
or place of worship shall hereafter be established within one hundred
(100) feet of any place of business licensed to sell intoxicating
liquor, the license shall not be denied for this reason. Such consent
shall not be granted until at least ten (10) days' written notice
has been provided to all owners of property within one hundred (100)
feet of the proposed licensed premises.
B. Subsection
(A) of this Section shall not apply to a license issued by the Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco Control for the sale of intoxicating liquor pursuant to Section 311.218, RSMo., or to a license issued to any church, school, civic, service, fraternal, veteran, political, or charitable club or organization which has obtained an exemption from the payment of federal taxes.
C. Subsection
(A) of this Section shall not apply to any premises holding a license issued before January 1, 2004, by the Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco Control for the sale of intoxicating liquor. To retain a license under this Subsection, the licensed premises shall not change license type, amend the legal description, or be without a liquor license for more than ninety (90) days.