[Amended 6-5-2024 by L.L. No. 6-2024]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, cider, and every liquid, solid, powder or crystal, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable of being consumed by a human being.
LIQUOR
Includes any and all distilled or rectified spirits, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, cordials or similar alcoholic beverages, including all dilutions and mixtures of one or more of the foregoing.
REFRESHMENT BUSINESS
A business conducted or proposed to be conducted for the sale or offering for sale for consumption on the premises where sold, either as a separate business or in connection with any other business, any alcoholic beverages, any soft drinks including tea, coffee, milk, chocolate and cocoa, any carbonated beverages and any other beverages produced by the process by which beer, ale, porter, wine or spirits are produced.
SPIRITS
Any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation mixed with drinkable water and other substances in solution.
No person shall operate a refreshment business without having first obtained a license therefor in accordance with this article and Chapter 171, Licenses.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999]
The license fee for a refreshment business shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Schedule of Fees is on file in the Village offices.
A refreshment business license may be refused by the license officer to any applicant if:
A. 
Any of the persons in the application or connected or associated therewith are not of good moral character or have, within three years of the date of the application, been convicted of a felony or, within one year, of a misdemeanor;
B. 
Any such persons have previously been connected with a refreshment business, the license for which has been revoked or in which business any of the provisions of this article or Chapter 171, Licenses, with reference to the refreshment business have been violated; or
C. 
The refreshment business sought to be licensed does not comply in any way with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable thereto.
Any room in which a refreshment business is conducted shall be so constructed and maintained that a clear view of the interior of such place may be had from the street in which such business is located, and shall be free from any screens, partitions or obstructions which prevent a clear view from the street; provided, however, that if such place of business is not located on the ground floor or, which room does not directly front or abut on any street, it shall be so constructed and maintained that such view of the interior, as above described may be had from any entrance to such room. If a bar is maintained in such place, it shall be unlawful to obstruct the entrance behind such bar by gates, fences, doors or any other thing to obstruct the entrance to the rear of such bar. This section shall not apply to a drugstore or pharmacy where a pharmacist duly registered under the laws of the state is in actual and personal charge and the business therein is carried on in good faith as a drugstore or pharmacy.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, conducting or in charge of any refreshment business, as defined in this article, to harbor intoxicated persons on the premises or to permit the drinking of intoxicating beverages therein unless the same be allowed by law or to allow intoxicated persons or partially intoxicated persons to resort thereto.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, conducting or in charge of any refreshment business as defined in this article to permit any disorderly, indecent, immoral or unlawful conduct on or in such premises.
No person to whom a license is granted under the provisions of this article and Chapter 171, Licenses, shall receive, possess, give away or sell or have or permit upon the premises any liquor or beverage which contains any alcohol in excess of the amount permitted by law. This section shall not apply to any drugstore or pharmacy wherein a pharmacist, duly registered under the laws of the state of New York, is in actual and personal charge.