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.
[R.O. 2006 §600.060; CC 1992 §600.060; CC 1974
§50.060]
No license shall be issued for the sale of malt liquor or intoxicating
beer at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises in the
City, except where the place of such business, according to the application
for such license, is to be located within any commercial or industrial
zoning district as defined in Title IV.
[R.O. 2006 §600.090; CC 1992 §600.090;
CC 1974 §50.090]
No licenses shall be issued under this Chapter, where the place
of such business sought to be licensed, according to the application
for such license, is located outside any commercial or industrial
zoning district as defined in Title IV of this Code.
[R.O. 2006 §§600.200, 600.220; CC 1992 §§600.200,
600.220; CC 1974 §50.220; Ord.
No. 89-25 §50.200, 8-8-1989; Ord. No. 01-032-A §1, 5-7-2001; Ord.
No. 06-050 §1, 6-19-2006]
A. The
following categories and subcategories of licenses shall be issued
upon compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and payment of
the license fee indicated:
1. General licenses.
a. Malt liquor — original package: $75.00.
b. Non-intoxicating beer — original package: $22.50.
c. Intoxicating liquor (all kinds) — original package: $150.00.
d. Malt liquor — by drink: $75.00.
e. Malt liquor and light wines — by drink: $75.00.
f. Non-intoxicating beer — by drink: $37.50.
g. Intoxicating liquor (all kinds)(restaurant bar, resort license) —
by drink: $450.00.
2. Sunday sales. (Additional fees)
a. Intoxicating liquor — original package: $300.00.
b. Restaurant bars: $300.00.
c. Resort — intoxicating liquor by the drink: $300.00.
d. Amusement places: $300.00.
e. Liquor by the drink — charitable organizations: $300.00.
f. Liquor by the drink — all kinds: $300.00.
3. Permits.
a. Temporary permit — by the drink for certain organizations (7
days max.): $37.50.
c. Caterers: $15.00 per each calendar day.
4. Duration — proration and refund of fees. All
licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall expire
on the thirty-first (31st) day of December following the issuance
thereof. For a partial year license, the fee shall be prorated quarterly.
No license fee shall be returned to the holder upon sale, transfer
or dissolution of the business of which the license was issued.
5. Revocation or forfeit of license — fee not returned. In case of revocation or forfeiture of any license granted and issued
under the provisions of this Chapter for cause or otherwise, the City
shall in no event return any part of the fee paid for such license.
[Ord. No. 10-026 §1, 8-16-2010]
A. Filing Of An Application. Each application for an original
or renewal license shall be filed with the City Clerk on a form to
be provided by the City, signed and sworn to by the applicant. Each
application shall be accompanied by a proper remittance reflecting
the appropriate license fee made payable to the City.
B. Qualifications. Neither the applicant nor any officer, director
or shareholder of a corporate applicant shall have been convicted
of a felony or of any distribution, sale or possession of any controlled
substances or dangerous drugs. The applicant shall present with the
application a bona fide sale contract or option duly executed, which
may be subject to the applicant obtaining a liquor license, or a bona
fide lease duly executed by the lessor, or an option for a lease duly
executed, subject to the applicant obtaining a liquor license, covering
the property for which a liquor license is requested. If the applicant
is a corporation, the petition shall set forth all of the above information
with respect to the managing officer or officers, identifying such
officer or officers. The application shall further state the full
name of the corporation, its date of incorporation, its registered
agent and registered address, the names and addresses of all shareholders
of the corporation, and whether said corporation operates any other
business or controls or is controlled by any other corporation or
business and, if so, the application shall further state the name
of such controlled or controlling corporation or business, its registered
agent and registered address, and the location of all businesses operated
by it and the name and address of any such businesses with a liquor
license, whether within or without the City; and the application shall
also state if such controlling corporation or any controlled corporation
is doing business under a fictitious name, and the address where said
business is located. The Board of Aldermen also may request such additional
information of an applicant as it may deem necessary for it to make
a determination with respect to the issuance of a liquor license.
C. Upon approval of any application for a license, the Clerk shall grant
the applicant a license to conduct business in the City for a term
to expire on the 30th day of June next succeeding the date of such
license, unless such license be revoked or suspended for cause before
the expiration of such time.
[Ord. No. 13-044 §1, 11-4-2013]
D. Applications for renewal of licenses must be filed on or before the 30th day of June of each calendar year. Upon payment of the license fee provided herein, the Clerk shall renew the license. In the event that any person residing or conducting businesses within two hundred (200) feet of the applicant's place of business shall file a written protest against the renewal of such license, the Board of Aldermen may conduct a hearing on the application for license renewal as provided in Section
600.090 of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 13-044 §1, 11-4-2013]
[Ord. No. 08-033 §1, 8-18-2008]
A. Unlawful For Licensed Retailer To Purchase From Other Than Licensed
Wholesaler. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to purchase
any intoxicating liquor except from, by or through a duly licensed
wholesale liquor dealer in this State. It shall be unlawful for such
retail liquor dealer to sell or offer for sale any intoxicating liquor
purchased in violation of the provisions of this Section.
B. Any
retailer licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall not:
1. Sell intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer with an alcohol
content of less than five percent (5%) by weight to the consumer in
an original carton received from the wholesaler that has been mutilated,
torn apart or cut apart; or
2. Repackage intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer with an alcohol
content of less than five percent (5%) by weight in a manner misleading
to the consumer or that results in required labeling being omitted
or obscured.
C. Mixing Liquor With Drugs Prohibited. No licensee, or any
other person, shall for any purpose whatsoever mix or permit or cause
to be mixed with any intoxicating liquor kept for sale, sold or supplied
by him/her as a beverage any drug or form of methyl alcohol or impure
form of alcohol.
D. Unlawful To Sell Unlabeled Liquor — Penalty. It shall
be unlawful for any person to sell any intoxicating liquor which has
not been inspected and labeled according to the provisions of the
Liquor Control Law of Missouri, and any such person upon conviction
shall have his/her license revoked and shall be ineligible to receive
any subsequent liquor license for a period of two (2) years thereafter.
E. Only Those Liquors Authorized By License To Be Kept On Premises.
1. It shall be unlawful for any licensee licensed for the sale of intoxicating
liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises to keep
in or upon the premises described in such license any intoxicating
liquor other than the kind of liquor expressly authorized to be sold
by such licensee.
2. Any retailer licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall not:
a. Sell intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer with an alcohol
content of less than five percent (5%) by weight to the consumer in
an original carton received from the wholesaler that has been mutilated,
torn apart or cut apart; or
b. Repackage intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer with an alcohol
content of less than five percent (5%) by weight in a manner misleading
to the consumer or that results in required labeling being omitted
or obscured.
F. Persons Apparently Intoxicated Not To Be Provided With Intoxicating
Liquor Or Non-Intoxicating Beer. It shall be unlawful for
any licensee, or his/her employee or agent, to sell or supply intoxicating
liquor or non-intoxicating beer, or permit such to be sold or supplied,
to a habitual drunkard or to any person who is under or apparently
under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
G. Drinking In Public Places Prohibited.
1. For purposes of this Section, the term "public places" shall mean
any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk, thoroughfare or other
public way of the City, any City parking lot or property owned or
under the control of the City
[Ord. No. 20-031, 5-18-2020]
2. No person shall drink or ingest any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in or on any public place, except this shall not apply to a City event in a public place, when a special event permit has been issued by the City to hold a special event in a public place, or when a temporary permit for sale by the drink has been issued pursuant to Section
600.030(C) and the organization has designated a specific area on the parking lot for the sale and consumption of alcohol.
[Ord. No. 20-031, 5-18-2020]
3. No person shall possess or have under his/her control any unsealed glass, bottle, can or other open container of any type containing any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer while in or upon any public place, except this shall not apply to a City event in a public place, when a special event permit has been issued by the City to hold a special event in a public place, or when a temporary permit for sale by the drink has been issued pursuant to Section
600.030 (C) and the organization has designated a specific area on the parking lot for the sale and consumption of alcohol.
[Ord. No. 20-031, 5-18-2020]
4. No person shall possess or have under his/her control any unsealed
glass, bottle, can or other open container of any type containing
any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer while within or on
any motor vehicle while the same is being operated upon, or parked
or standing in or upon, any public place. Any person operating a motor
vehicle shall be deemed to be in possession of an open container contained
within the motor vehicle he/she has control of whether or not he/she
has actual physical possession of the open container.