Alcohol is, by law, an age-restricted
product that is regulated differently than other products. The provisions
of this Chapter establish vital regulation of the sale and distribution
of alcoholic beverages in order to promote responsible consumption,
combat illegal underage drinking, and achieve other important policy
goals such as maintaining an orderly marketplace composed of licensed
alcohol producers, importers, distributors, and retailers.
When used in this Chapter, the following
words shall have the following meanings:
BEER
A beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion
or concoction of barley or other grain, malt and hops in water, and
includes, among other things, beer, ale, stout, lager beer, porter
and the like.
[Ord. No.
1401-21, 3-9-2021]
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. 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.
MICROBREWERY
A business whose primary activity is the brewing and selling
of beer, with an annual production of ten thousand (10,000) barrels
or less.
[Ord. No.
1401-21, 3-9-2021]
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, where
the package and/or container(s) describes the contents thereof as
intoxicating liquor. "Original package" shall also be construed and
held to refer to any package containing one (1) or more standard bottles,
cans or pouches 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.
TWENTY-TWO PERCENT (22%) WHOLESALE SOLICITOR
A business whose has a Missouri state license for the selling
of intoxicating liquor containing not in excess of twenty-two percent
(22%) alcohol by weight. [Section 311.180.1(8), RSMo.]
[Ord. No. 1573-24, 2-13-2024]
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. 2016 § 600.125; Ord. No. 806-08 § 1, 9-9-2008; Ord. No. 1016-13 § 1, 2-12-2013]
A. The City Administrator may issue a temporary
permit to caterers and other persons holding licenses to sell intoxicating
liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises issued
by any City or County who furnish provisions and service for use at
a particular function, occasion or event at a particular location
other than the licensed premises, but not including a festival as
defined in Chapter 316, RSMo. The temporary permit shall be effective
for a period not to exceed one hundred sixty-eight (168) consecutive
hours and shall authorize serving alcoholic beverages at such function,
occasion or event during the hours alcoholic beverages may lawfully
be sold or served upon premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages
for on-premises consumption. For every permit issued under this Section,
the permittee shall pay fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each calendar
day, or fraction thereof, for which the permit is issued.
B. All provisions of the ordinances, rules
and regulations of the City shall extend to the premises in which
such function, occasion or event is held and shall be in force and
enforceable during all the time that the permittee, its agents, servants,
employees or stock are in such premises. This temporary permit shall
allow the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package.
[R.O. 2016 § 600.126; Ord. No. 1019-13 § 1, 3-12-2013]
A. The City Administrator may issue a special
license to caterers and other persons holding licenses to sell intoxicating
liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises issued
by any City or County who furnish provisions and service for use at
a particular function, occasion, or event at a particular location
within the City of Park Hills other than the licensed premises, but
not including a festival as defined in Chapter 316, RSMo. The special
license shall be effective for a maximum of fifty (50) days during
any year, and shall authorize the service of alcoholic beverages at
such function, occasion, or event during the hours at which alcoholic
beverages may lawfully be sold or served upon premises licensed to
sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption within the City
of Park Hills. For every special license issued under this Subsection,
the licensee shall pay the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00)
a year.
B. The City Administrator may issue a special
license to caterers and other persons holding licenses to sell intoxicating
liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises issued
by any City or County who furnish provisions and service for use at
a particular function, occasion, or event at a particular location
within the City of Park Hills other than the licensed premises, but
not including a festival as defined in Chapter 316, RSMo. The special
license shall be effective for an unlimited number of functions during
the year, and shall authorize the service of alcoholic beverages at
such function, occasion, or event during the hours at which alcoholic
beverages may lawfully be sold or served upon premises licensed to
sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption within the City
of Park Hills. For every special license issued under this Subsection,
the licensee shall pay the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500.00) a year.
C. Caterers issued a special license pursuant to Subsections
(A) and
(B) of this Section shall report to the City Administrator the location of each function four (4) business days in advance. The report of each function shall include permission from the property owner, description of the premises, and the date or dates the function will be held.
D. Except as provided in Subsection
(E) of this Section, all provisions of the liquor control law and the ordinances, rules and regulations of the City of Park Hills shall extend to the premises in which such function, occasion, or event is held and shall be in force and enforceable during all the time that the licensee, its agents, servants, employees, or stock are in such premises. Any special license issued under this Section shall allow the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package.
E. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
any caterer who possesses a valid State and valid local liquor license
may deliver alcoholic beverages, in the course of his or her catering
business.
[R.O. 2016 § 600.130; CC 1994 § 11.205]
A. No person shall be granted a license hereunder unless such person is of good moral character nor shall any corporation be granted a license unless the managing officer of such corporation is of good moral character; and, except as otherwise provided under Subsection
(G) of this Section, no person shall be granted a license hereunder whose license as such dealer has been revoked, unless five (5) years have passed since the revocation as provided under Subsection
(F) of this Section, or who has been convicted, since the ratification of the 21st Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, of a violation of the provisions of any law applicable to the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor, or who employs in his/her business as such dealer, any person whose license has been revoked or who has been convicted of violating such laws since the date aforesaid.
B. No person, partnership or corporation shall be qualified for a license under this law if such a person, any member of such partnership, or such corporation, or any officer, director, or any stockholder owning legally or beneficially, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the stock of such corporation, or other financial interest therein, or ten percent (10%) or more of the interest in the business for which the person, partnership or corporation is licensed, or any person employed in the business licensed under this law shall have had a license revoked under this law, except as otherwise provided under Subsections
(F) and
(G) of this Section, or shall have been convicted of violating the provisions of any law applicable to the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor since the ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or shall not be a person of good moral character.
C. No
license issued under this Chapter shall be denied, suspended, revoked
or otherwise affected based solely on the fact that an employee of
the licensee has been convicted of a felony unrelated to the manufacture
or sale of intoxicating liquor so long as any such employee does not
directly participate in retail sales of intoxicating liquor. Each
employer shall report the identity of any employee convicted of a
felony to the Chief of Police.
D. The term "financial interest" as used in
this Chapter is defined to mean all interest, legal or beneficial,
direct or indirect, in the capital devoted to the licensed enterprise
and all such interest in the net profits of the enterprise, after
the payment of reasonable and necessary operating business expenses
and taxes, including interest in dividends, preferred dividends, interest
and profits, directly or indirectly paid as compensation for, or in
consideration of interest in, or for use of, the capital devoted to
the enterprise, or for property or money advanced, loaned or otherwise
made available to the enterprise, except by way of ordinary commercial
credit or bona fide bank credit not in excess of credit customarily
granted by banking institutions, whether paid as dividends, interest
or profits, or in the guise of royalties, commissions, salaries, or
any other form whatsoever.
E. The City shall require all applicants for
licenses to file written statements, under oath, containing the information
reasonably required to administer this Chapter. Statements by applicants
for licenses shall set out, with other information required, full
information concerning the residence of all persons financially interested
in the business to be licensed as required by regulation. All material
changes in the information filed shall be promptly reported to the
City Clerk.
F. Any person whose license or permit issued under this Chapter has
been revoked shall be automatically eligible to work as an employee
of an establishment holding a license or permit under this Chapter
five (5) years after the date of the revocation.
G. Any person whose license or permit issued under this Chapter has
been revoked shall be eligible to apply and be qualified for a new
license or permit five (5) years after the date of the revocation.
For purposes of determining violations
and prosecution under this Chapter, or any rule or regulation of the
Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, 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 no 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.
Any person who is licensed 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 by fourteen (11 x 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.