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.
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.
The Board shall consider the location of the proposed business
for which a license is sought with respect to its proximity to a school,
a church, or other buildings regularly used as a place of religious
worship and shall have authority to refuse to issue a license when
in their judgment the issuance thereof would not be in the best interests
of the locality in which the applicant applies for a location of such
place. In no event shall the Board approve the issuance of a license
for the sale of liquor within three hundred (300) feet of any school,
church or other building regularly used as a place of worship; except
that when a school, church or place of worship shall thereafter be
established within three hundred (300) feet of any place of business
licensed to sell intoxicating liquor, renewal of the license shall
not be denied for this reason. This Subsection shall not apply to
a holder of a license issued pursuant to Section 311.090, 311.218,
311.482, RSMo., or 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.
[Ord. No. 502-02 §7, 12-16-2002]
A. Suspension Or Revocation Of License — When — Manner. The Board may suspend or revoke the license of any person for cause
shown. In such cases the City Clerk shall schedule a hearing before
the Board not less than ten (10) days prior to the effective date
of revocation or suspension, and prior to the hearing the Clerk shall
give not less than ten (10) days' written notice specifying grounds
for the suspension or revocation thereof to the licensee of the grounds
upon which the license is sought to be revoked or suspended and the
time, date and place of the hearing. Notice may be accomplished by
personal delivery, U.S. mail or by posting on the licensed premises.
B. Grounds For Suspension Or Revocation. A license may be suspended
or revoked for any of the following reasons:
1. Violating
any of the provisions of either this Chapter, Chapters 311 or 312,
RSMo., or any other ordinance of the City;
2. Failing
to obtain or keep a license from the State Supervisor of Liquor Control;
3. Making
a false affidavit in an application for a license under this Chapter;
4. Selling,
offering for sale, possessing or knowingly permitting the consumption
on the licensed premises of any kind of intoxicating liquors, the
sale, possession or consumption of which is not authorized under the
license;
5. Selling,
offering for sale, possessing or knowingly permitting the consumption
of any intoxicating liquor which has not been inspected and labeled
according to the laws of the State of Missouri;
6. Selling,
giving or otherwise supplying intoxicating liquor to:
a. Any
person under the age of twenty-one (21) years,
b. Any
person during unauthorized hours on the licensed premises,
c. A
habitual drunkard or to any person who is under or apparently under
the influence of intoxicating liquor, or
d. Any
person on the licensed premises during a term of suspension as ordered
by the Board.
C. Automatic Revocation/Suspension. A license shall be revoked
automatically if the licensee's State liquor license is revoked or
if the licensee is convicted in any court of any violation of Chapters
311 or 312, RSMo., or of any felony violation of Chapter 195, RSMo.,
in the course of business. A license shall be suspended automatically
if the licensee's State liquor license is suspended, and the suspension
shall be for a term not less than that imposed by the State.
D. Effect Of Suspension. No person whose license shall have
been suspended by order of the Board shall sell or give away any intoxicating
liquor or non-intoxicating beer during the time such suspension is
in effect. Any licensee desiring to keep premises open for the sale
of food or merchandise during the period of suspension shall display
the Board's order of suspension in a conspicuous place on the premises
so that all persons visiting the premises may readily see the same.
[Ord. No. 502-02 §8, 12-16-2002]
A. Testimony — Evidence. Hearings before the Board shall
be in the nature of informal investigations. Testimony of witnesses
and other evidence pertinent to the inquiry may be taken in such hearings,
and all proceedings in such hearings shall be recorded. Any person
residing or conducting a business within two hundred (200) feet of
the proposed establishment shall have the right to produce witnesses
and testimony.
B. Witnesses — How Summoned. The Board may issue subpoenas
for any person whose testimony is desired at any hearing. Such subpoenas
may be served and returns thereon made by any agent and in the same
manner as provided by law for the service of subpoenas in civil suits
in the Circuit Courts of this State. The Board also may issue subpoenas
duces tecum requiring the production of documents or other items pertaining
to the subject of the inquiry.
C. Witnesses To Be Sworn. Before any witness shall testify
in any such hearing, he/she shall be sworn by the City Clerk to tell
the truth and nothing but the truth.
D. Decision — Suspension Or Revocation. If the evidence
supports a finding that the license should be revoked or suspended
pursuant to this Chapter, the Board shall issue a written order which
shall include specific findings of fact setting forth the grounds
for the action taken. If the evidence fails to support a finding that
the license should be revoked or suspended, then no such order shall
be issued.
E. Appeal. Any applicant or licensee aggrieved by a decision
of the Board may appeal such decision to the Circuit Court as provided
in Chapter 536, RSMo., provided such appeal is filed within ten (10)
days of the date of the Board's decision. The Board may delay the
implementation of its order pending appeal.