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State law references — Nonintoxicating beer, RSMo. §§ 312.010 to 312.510.
[Code 1964, § 4-35]
Nonintoxicating beer may be lawfully manufactured, sold and consumed in and transported into or out of the city, subject to the provisions of this article.
[Code 1964, § 4-36]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the city to manufacture, brew or sell nonintoxicating beer, either at wholesale or at retail, in the original package or by the drink to be consumed on the premises where sold, except as provided in this article, without having first applied for and obtained a license as required in this article, authorizing such brewing, manufacture or sale thereof.
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State law references — State permit required to manufacture or sell nonintoxicating beer, RSMo. § 312.030; authority of city to require license for manufacture or sale of nonintoxicating beer, RSMo. § 312.140.
[Code 1964, § 4-37]
All licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be issued by the city collector, but no license shall be issued by the city collector except with the approval of the board of aldermen given at a regular or special meeting of the board, and no license for which license fees are fixed in this article shall be issued except upon the payment of the license fee prescribed in this article; provided that, any person holding a license to sell intoxicating liquors at retail, either in the original package or by the drink to be consumed on the premises where sold, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter regulating the sale of such intoxicating liquors, may sell on the premises described in such license nonintoxicating beer without obtaining the license required by this article.
[Code 1964, § 4-38]
Annual fees for licenses authorized by this article shall be as follows:
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For a license authorizing the manufacture or brewing of nonintoxicating beer brewed or manufactured in the city, three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00).
(2) 
For a license authorizing the sale in the city by any distributor or wholesaler other than the manufacturer or brewer thereof of nonintoxicating beer, seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
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For a license authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer at retail for consumption on the premises where sold, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50).
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For a license authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer by grocers and other merchants and dealers for sale in the original package direct to the consumer, but not for sale and not to be consumed on the premises where sold, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($22.50).
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State law references — State permit fees, RSMo. § 312.100; authority of city to levy license fees, RSMo. § 312.140.
[Code 1964, § 4-39]
The annual license fees payable under this article shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of January of each year; provided, that licensees who shall commence business after March thirty-first for any year shall apply for and be granted a license for part of a year to the first day of January following and shall pay therefor three-fourths the annual fee, and licensees who shall commence business after June thirtieth for any year shall apply for and be granted a license for part of a year to the first day of January following and shall pay therefor one-half of the annual fee.
[Code 1964, § 4-40]
No license issued under this article shall be transferable or assignable.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.130.
[Code 1964, § 4-41]
No license shall be granted pursuant to this article for the sale of nonintoxicating beer at retail by the drink for consumption at the place where sold in a building occupied or used for an immoral or unlawful purpose, nor in any room or portion of a building connected by any entrance, exit or other means of communication with any room or place used for an immoral or unlawful purpose.
[Code 1964, § 4-42]
All licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall authorize the sale of nonintoxicating beer only at the place described in such license, and all such licenses shall be kept conspicuously posted in the place for which license was issued.
[Code 1964, § 4-43; Ord. No. 1874 § 1, 2-15-2001]
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Any person holding a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this article and who violates any of the terms of this article shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed, and in the discretion of the board of aldermen, suffer the revocation of the license of such person, or the suspension of such license for not exceeding ten (10) days, and whenever any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be revoked because of any violation of the provisions of this article, no other or additional license shall be issued to the same person on any other premises for a period of one (1) year from the date of the revocation of such license.
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Whenever it shall be shown or whenever the chief of police has knowledge that a person licensed under this article has not at all times kept an orderly place or house or has violated any of the provisions of this article, the chief of police shall report the same to the board of aldermen, who shall revoke or, in its discretion, suspend the license of such person.
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Before revoking or suspending any license granted under this article, the board of aldermen shall give the licensee at least ten (10) days' written notice of any complaint or charge against him and the nature of such complaint or charge and shall fix the date of the hearing on such complaint or charge, upon which hearing the licensee shall have the right to have counsel and to produce witnesses in his behalf. If the board of aldermen shall, after such hearing, revoke or suspend the license of such licensee, its decision and action shall be final.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.370.
[Code 1964, § 4-44]
A license to brew or manufacture nonintoxicating beer in the city shall be construed to authorize the sale by the holder of such license of such nonintoxicating beer to distributors or wholesalers for resale to retailers only or direct to retailers. A license authorizing any distributor or wholesaler to sell nonintoxicating beer in the city shall be construed to authorize the sale thereof only to persons authorized to sell nonintoxicating beer to consumers not for resale; but no such license, either to manufacture, brew or sell at wholesale, shall be construed to authorize the sale by the holder of any such license of nonintoxicating beer direct to consumers.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.150.
[Code 1964, § 4-45]
No person holding a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this article to sell nonintoxicating beer at retail, either in the original package or for consumption on the premises, shall have, keep or secrete, on or about the premises described and covered by such license, any intoxicating liquor of any kind or character; nor shall any manufacturer or wholesale distributor sell any intoxicating liquor of any character containing alcohol in excess of three and two-tenths (3.2) percent by weight to any person holding a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this article to sell nonintoxicating beer only, either in the original package or to be consumed upon the premises where sold.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.430.
[Code 1964, § 4-46]
It shall be the duty of each holder of a permit authorizing the manufacture and sale, or the sale, of nonintoxicating beer, on or before the fifth day of each calendar month, to file in the office of the supervisor of liquor control a sworn statement showing the amount of nonintoxicating beer manufactured and sold, or sold and to whom sold during the next preceding calendar month, and it shall be the duty of each holder of a permit authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer for consumption and not for resale, on or before the fifth day of each month, to file in the office of the supervisor of liquor control a sworn statement showing the amount of nonintoxicating beer purchased and from whom purchased, and the amount of nonintoxicating beer sold, during the next preceding calendar month. Every such statement shall be signed and sworn to by the holder of such permit if an individual, or by some authorized officer of the holder if a corporation.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 311.170.
[Code 1964, § 4-47]
Every railroad company, express company, airplane company, motor transportation company, steamboat company, or other transportation company who shall transport into, out of, or within this city any nonintoxicating beer, whether brewed or manufactured within this city or outside this city, shall, when requested by the city collector, furnish such city collector a duplicate of the bill of lading covering or receipt for such nonintoxicating beer, showing the name of the brewer or manufacturer, and the name and address of the consignor and consignee, and the date and place received, and the destination and quantity of nonintoxicating beer received from such manufacturer, or brewer, or other consignor, for shipment from any point within or without this city, to any point within this city.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 311.180(1).
[Code 1964, § 4-48]
Any license issued under the provisions of this article authorizing the sale of nonintoxicating beer at retail for consumption on the premises described in such license shall be construed to authorize the sale of such nonintoxicating beer by the bottle, by the glass, on draught and in the original package.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.420.
[Code 1964, § 4-49]
Except as otherwise provided in this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale in the city any nonintoxicating beer unless the same shall be sold or offered for sale in the original bottle or in the original package containing bottles bearing the original label and full name of the brewer or manufacturer thereof, both upon the label, upon the bottle and upon the cap or cork of such bottle, or, in the case of the sale of nonintoxicating beer on draught, unless the same is drawn from the original keg or barrel having stamped on the ends thereof the full name of the manufacturer or brewer of the nonintoxicating beer contained therein.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.300.
[Code 1964, § 4-50]
It shall be unlawful for any person authorized to sell nonintoxicating beer in the original package to allow such original package to be broken or to allow any of such nonintoxicating beer to be consumed in or upon the premises where sold.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.390.
[Code 1964, § 4-51]
It shall be the duty of every holder of a license to manufacture and sell or sell nonintoxicating beer to use every precaution to prevent any person on the premises described in such license from pouring into, mixing with or adding to such nonintoxicating beer any alcohol or other liquid, any alcohol cubes or other ingredients that will increase or tend to increase the alcoholic content of such nonintoxicating beer.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.440.
[Code 1964, § 4-52]
Brewers or manufacturers of nonintoxicating beer or the employees, officers, agents, subsidiaries or affiliates thereof shall not, under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, have any financial interest in the retail business for the sale of such nonintoxicating beer nor shall they, directly or indirectly, give away or furnish equipment, money, credit or property of any kind, except ordinary commercial credit, for such nonintoxicating beer sold to such retailers. All contracts entered into between such brewers or manufacturers, or their officers or employees, directors or agents, in any way concerning any of their products, obligating any retail dealer or dealers to buy or sell only the products of any such brewers or manufacturers, or obligating any such retail dealer to buy or sell the major part of such products required by such retail dealer from any such brewer or manufacturer shall be void, and proof of the execution of such contract shall be grounds for revoking the license of both the vendor and the vendee.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.060.
[Code 1964, § 4-53]
No person except a duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler shall possess nonintoxicating beer within the city unless the same has been originally acquired from some person duly authorized to sell the same, or unless the nonintoxicating beer is had or kept with the written or printed permission of the city collector.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.160.
[Code 1964, § 4-54]
It shall be the duty of every manufacturer or brewer manufacturing or brewing nonintoxicating beer in the city and of every manufacturer or brewer, distributor or wholesaler outside of the city shipping any nonintoxicating beer into the city for sale therein at wholesale or retail to cause every bottle, barrel, keg and other container of such nonintoxicating beer to have on the label thereon, in plain letters and figures, "Alcoholic content not in excess of three and two-tenths (3.2) percent by weight" or "Alcoholic content not in excess of four (4) percent volume". Any beer not so labeled shall be deemed to have an alcoholic content in excess of three and two-tenths (3.2) percent by weight, and the sale thereof in the city shall be subject to all the regulations and penalties provided by this chapter for the sale of beer having an alcoholic content in excess of three and two-tenths (3.2) percent by weight.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.310.
[Code 1964, § 4-55]
No person licensed under this article shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of or suffer the same to be done on his premises any nonintoxicating beer in any quantity between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.310.
[Code 1964, § 4-56]
No person or his employee shall sell or supply nonintoxicating beer or permit the same to be sold or supplied to a habitual drunkard or to any person who is under or apparently under the influence of alcoholic beverages.
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State law reference — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.400.
[Code 1964, § 4-57]
Nonintoxicating beer shall not be given, sold or otherwise supplied to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, but this shall not apply to the supplying of nonintoxicating beer to a person under such age for medicinal purposes only, or by the parent or guardian of such person or to the administering of such nonintoxicating beer to such person by a physician.
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Cross reference — Minors generally, Ch. 16.
State law references — Similar provisions, RSMo. § 312.400.
[Code 1964, § 4-61; Ord. No. 1874 § 1, 2-15-2001]
It shall be the duty of the police of the city to see that the provisions of this article are obeyed, and it shall be their duty to report to the chief of police the names of the persons and their addresses and all places where nonintoxicating beer is sold at retail, where such places are not kept in an orderly manner and the same shall, by the chief of police, be transmitted to the board of aldermen.