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City of Farmington, MO
St. Francois County
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[Code 1974 §300.020; CC 1984 §3-1]
As used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning appears from the context, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
CLOSED PLACE
A place where all doors are locked and where no patrons are in the place or about the premises.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Includes alcohol for beverage purposes, 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 (.5%) alcohol by weight.
MALT LIQUOR
Any 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 extraction of hops or pure barley malt or wholesome grain or cereals and wholesome yeast or pure water.
NON-INTOXICATING BEER
Any beer manufactured from pure hops or pure extract of hops, pure barley malt or other wholesome grains or cereals and wholesome yeast, and pure water and free from all harmful substance, preservatives and adulterants and having an alcoholic content of more than one-half of one percent (.5%) by volume and not exceeding three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight.
SALE BY THE DRINK
The sale of any intoxicating liquor, except malt liquor, in the original package in any quantity less than fifty (50) milliliters. Any such sales 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.
[Code 1974 §600.070; CC 1984 §3-2]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, City Police Officers and any or all deputies to diligently and impartially enforce the provisions of this Chapter within the corporate limits of the City.
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Cross Reference — Merit system police department, §200.020 et seq.
[Code 1974 §600.060(C); CC 1984 §3-3; Ord. No. 2-3I §§1 — 2, 9-15-2003]
A. 
No person having a license under this Chapter nor any employee of any such person, except as provided in Sections 600.040 and 600.060, shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done upon or about his/her premises, any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in any quantity between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on weekdays and between the hours of Midnight Saturday and 9:00 A.M. Sunday.
B. 
If the person has a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink or non-intoxicating beer for on-premises consumption, his/her premises shall be and remain a closed place between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on weekdays and between the hours of Midnight Saturday and 9:00 A.M. Sunday.
C. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the sale or delivery of any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer during any of the hours or on any of the days specified in this Section or Section 600.040 by a wholesaler licensed under the provisions of this Chapter to a person licensed to sell the intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer at retail.
[CC 1984 §3-5]
When January first (1st), March seventeenth (17th), July fourth (4th), or December thirty-first (31st) falls on Sunday, and on the Sundays prior to Memorial Day and Labor Day and on the Sunday on which the national championship game of the National Football League is played, commonly known as "Super Bowl Sunday", any person having a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink may be open for business and sell intoxicating liquor by the drink under the provisions of his/her license on that day from the time and until the time which would be lawful on another day of the week, notwithstanding any provisions of Section 600.030 or any other provision of law to the contrary.
[CC 1984 §3-6]
Where licenses authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink or non-intoxicating beer for on-premises consumption are held by clubs or hotels, Sections 600.030 and 600.040 shall apply only to the room or rooms in which intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer is dispensed. Where licenses are held by restaurants whose business is conducted in one (1) room only and substantial quantities of food and merchandise other than intoxicating liquors and non-intoxicating beer are dispensed, then the licensee shall keep securely locked during the hours and on the days specified in Sections 600.030 and 600.040 all refrigerators, cabinets, cases, boxes and taps from which intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer are dispensed.
[CC 1984 §3-7; Ord. No. 2-3H §1, 9-20-1999; Ord. No. 2-3I §3, 9-15-2003]
A. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, any licensee under this Chapter who possesses the qualifications required by this Chapter, and who now or hereafter meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this Chapter, may apply for a license to sell intoxicating liquor between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and Midnight on Sunday by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises of any restaurant bar as described in the application.
B. 
As used in this Section, the term "restaurant bar" means 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 the 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 the premises.
C. 
Any new restaurant bar having been in operation for less than ninety (90) days may be issued a temporary license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and Midnight on Sunday for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days if the restaurant bar can show a projection of annual business from prepared meals or food consumed on the premises of at least fifty percent (50%) of the total gross income of the restaurant bar for the year or can show a projection of annual business from prepared meals or food consumed on the premises which would exceed not less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00).
[Code 1974 §600.060(E); CC 1984 §3-8; Ord. No. 2-3E §2, 7-18-1983]
A. 
Any licensee under this Chapter, or his/her employee, who shall sell, vend, give away or otherwise supply any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in any quantity whatsoever to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, or to any person intoxicated or appearing to be in a state of intoxication, or to a habitual drunkard, and any person whomsoever except his/her or her parent or guardian who shall procure for, sell, give away or otherwise supply intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, or to any intoxicated person or any person appearing to be in a state of intoxication, or to a habitual drunkard shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
B. 
This Section shall not apply to the supplying of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years for medical purposes only, or to the administering of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer to any person by a duly licensed physician.
[Ord. No. 2-20 §1, 8-11-2011]
A. 
Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years who purchases or attempts to purchase, or has in his/her possession, any intoxicating liquor as defined in Section 600.010, or who is visibly in an intoxicated condition, or who has a detectable blood alcohol content of more than two-hundredths of one percent (0.02%) or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood is guilty of violating the Farmington City Code. For purposes of prosecution under this Section or any other provision of this Chapter involving an alleged illegal sale or transfer of intoxicating liquor to a person under twenty-one (21) years of age, a manufacturer-sealed container describing that there is intoxicating liquor therein need not be opened or the contents therein tested to verify that there is intoxicating liquor in such container. The alleged violator may allege that there was not intoxicating liquor in such container, but the burden of proof of such allegation is on such person, as it shall be presumed that such a sealed container describing that there is intoxicating liquor therein contains intoxicating liquor.
B. 
Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years who purchases or attempts to purchase, or has in his or her possession, any intoxicating liquor, or who is visibly in an intoxicated condition shall be deemed to have given consent to a chemical test or tests of the person's breath, blood, saliva, or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol or drug content of the person's blood. The implied consent to submit to the chemical tests listed in this Subsection shall be limited to not more than two (2) such tests arising from the same arrest, incident, or charge. Chemical analysis of the person's breath, blood, saliva, or urine shall be performed according to methods approved by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services by licensed medical personnel, or by a person possessing a valid permit issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for the purpose of testing blood alcohol levels. The person tested may have a physician, or a qualified technician, chemist, registered nurse, or other qualified person at the choosing and expense of the person to be tested, administer a test in addition to any administered at the direction of a Law Enforcement Officer. The failure or inability to obtain an additional test by a person shall not preclude the admission of evidence relating to the test taken at the direction of a Law Enforcement Officer. Upon the request of the person who is tested, full information concerning the test shall be made available to such person. Full information is limited to the following:
1. 
The type of test administered and the procedures followed;
2. 
The time of the collection of the blood or breath sample or urine analyzed;
3. 
The numerical results of the test indicating the alcohol content of the blood and breath and urine;
4. 
The type and status of any permit which was held by the person who performed the test;
5. 
If the test was administered by means of a breath-testing instrument, the date of performance of the most recent required maintenance of such instrument.
Full information does not include manuals, schematics, or software of the instrument used to test the person or any other material that is not in the actual possession of the State. Additionally, full information does not include information in the possession of the manufacturer of the test instrument.
[CC 1984 §3-10]
A. 
Any person of the age of seventeen (17) years and under the age of twenty-one (21) years who shall represent that he/she has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer, except in cases authorized by law, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
B. 
Any person under the age of seventeen (17) years who shall represent that he/she has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer, except in cases authorized by law, may be considered a delinquent child and may be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 211, RSMo.
A. 
Except as provided in Subsections (B), (C) and (D) of this Section, no person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall sell or assist in the sale or dispensing of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer.
B. 
In any place of business licensed in accordance with Section 311.200, RSMo., or Section 312.040, RSMo., persons at least eighteen (18) years of age may stock, arrange displays, operate the cash register or scanner connected to a cash register and accept payment for, and sack for carryout, intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer. Delivery of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer away from the licensed business premises cannot be performed by anyone under the age of twenty-one (21) years. Any licensee who employs any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, as authorized by this Subsection, shall, when at least fifty percent (50%) of the licensee's gross sales does not consist of non-alcoholic sales, have an employee twenty-one (21) years of age or older on the licensed premises during all hours of operation.
C. 
In any distillery, warehouse, wholesale distributorship, or similar place of business which stores or distributes intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer, but which does not sell intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer at retail, persons at least eighteen (18) years of age may be employed and their duties may include the handling of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer for all purposes except consumption, sale at retail, or dispensing for consumption or sale at retail. Any wholesaler licensed pursuant to this Chapter or Chapter 312, RSMo., may employ persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age to rotate, stock and arrange displays at retail establishments licensed to sell intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer.
D. 
Persons eighteen (18) years of age or older may, when acting in the capacity of a waiter or waitress, accept payment for or serve intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in places of business which sell food for consumption on the premises if at least fifty percent (50%) of all sales in those places consists of food; provided that nothing in this Section shall authorize persons under twenty-one (21) years of age to mix or serve across the bar intoxicating beverages or non-intoxicating beer.
A. 
Any person who is licensed pursuant to this Chapter to sell or serve alcoholic beverages at any establishment shall place on the premises of such establishment a warning sign as described in this Section. Such sign shall be at least eleven (11) inches by fourteen (14) inches and shall read "WARNING: Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy may cause birth defects." The licensee shall display such sign in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
B. 
Any employee of the Supervisor of Liquor Control may report a violation of this Section to the Supervisor, and the Supervisor shall issue a warning to the licensee of the violation.
[CC 1984 §3-13]
A. 
Any druggist may have in his/her possession intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer purchased by him/her from a licensed vendor under a license pursuant to this Chapter, or intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer lawfully acquired at the place of acquisition and legally transported into this State and lawfully inspected, gauged and labeled as provided for by State law; such intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer to be used in connection with the business of a druggist in compounding medicines or as a solvent or preservant.
B. 
Nothing in this Section shall prevent a regularly licensed druggist, after he/she procures a license therefor in compliance with this Chapter, from selling intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in the original packages, but not to be drunk or the packages opened on the premises where sold.
C. 
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as limiting the right of a physician to prescribe intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in accordance with his/her professional judgment for any patient at any time, or prevent a druggist from selling intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer to a person on prescription from a regularly licensed physician as above provided.
A. 
Any room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure or place of any kind where intoxicating liquor is sold, manufactured, kept for sale or bartered, in violation of this law and all intoxicating liquors and all property kept and used in maintaining such a place and any still, doubler, worm, worm tub, mash tub, fermenting tub, vessel, fixture or other property of any kind or character used or fit for use in the production or manufacture of intoxicating liquor is hereby declared to be a public and common nuisance, and any person who maintains or assists in maintaining such public and common nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year or both.
B. 
If a person has knowledge or reason to believe that his/her property, real or personal, vehicle, boat or structure is occupied or used for the manufacture, sale, storing, keeping or bartering of intoxicating liquor in violation of the provisions of this law and suffers the same to be so used, or maintains or keeps therein any still, doubler, worm, worm tub, mash tub, fermenting tub or fixture used or fit for use in the production or manufacture of intoxicating liquor illegally, after such knowledge or reason to believe, such property shall be subject to a lien for and may be sold to pay all fines and costs assessed against the occupant of such building or property for any violation of this law occurring after the passage thereof which said lien shall attach from the time of filing of notice of commencement of the suit in the office where the records of the transfer of real estate are kept and any such lien may be established and enforced by legal action instituted for that purpose in any court having jurisdiction.
C. 
Such lien shall be released upon final judgment assessing no fines or costs or by paying the final judgment assessing fine and cost.