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[ Ord. No. 10340 , 6-2-2016 ] (a) Suspension or revocation of license; when; manner. The City Council may suspend or revoke the license of any person for cause shown. In such cases the City Clerk shall schedule a hearing before the Council not less than 10 days prior to the effective date of revocation or suspension, and prior to the hearing the Clerk shall give not less than 10 days' written notice specifying grounds for the suspension or revocation thereof to the licensee of the grounds upon which the license is sought to be revoked or suspended and the time, date and place of the hearing. Notice may be accomplished by personal delivery, U.S. mail or by posting on the licensed premises. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with § 3-4 of this cha...

[ Ord. No. 10340 , 6-2-2016 ] (a) Testimony; evidence. The licensee shall be given reasonable notice of hearing and the grounds upon which discipline will be considered. Hearings before the City Council shall be in the nature of informal investigations. Testimony of witnesses and other evidence pertinent to the inquiry may be taken in such hearings, and all proceedings in such hearings shall be recorded. Any person residing or conducting a business within 200 feet of the proposed establishment shall have the right to produce witnesses and testimony. (b) Witnesses; how summoned. Subpoenas may be issued by the Council for any person whose testimony is desired at any hearing. Such subpoenas may be served and returns thereon made by any agent and in the same ...

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.01; Ord. No. 4745 , §§ 1, 2, 1-11-1962 ; Ord. No. 6259 , § 1, 3-23-1978 ; Ord. No. 6864 , § 1, 4-15-1982 , Ord. No. 8230 , 7-15-1993 ; Ord. No. 10806 , 5-4-2023 ; Ord. No. 10897 , 4-17-2025 ] As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them: [1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1 , General Provisions, Art. II ). [2] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1 , General Provisions, Art. II ). [3] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1 , General Provisions, Art. II ).

CRAFT BREWERY, WINERY, or DISTILLERY A small-scaled, licensed manufacturing establishment that produces, processes, ferments, rectifies or blends craft brews, wines, or distilled spirits. This use may include tastings and/or on-site sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor by the drink as an accessory use that accounts for less than 50% of the business's gross income. If sale for on-site consumption is conducted, other than for malt liquor or wine, said business must derive at least 15% of its gross income from the sale of non-alcoholic beverages or prepared food.

INTOXICATING LIQUOR 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 1/2 of 1% by volume. All beverages having an alcoholic content of less than 1/2 of 1% by volume shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. [1]

LIQUOR LICENSE Any license issued under the provisions of this article.

MALT LIQUOR Liquor manufactured from pure hops, or pure extract of hops, or pure barley malt, or wholesome grains or cereals and wholesome yeast and pure water, and commonly called and known as beer, and containing alcohol not in excess of 8% by weight.

ORIGINAL PACKAGE Any package containing one or more standard bottles, cans, or pouches of beer. With reference to the sale of intoxicating liquor other than malt liquor or beer, the term means a package or container containing a quantity of not less than 1/2 pint of intoxicating liquor. [2]

PERSON Includes any individual, association, joint stock company, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, receiver, trustee, conservator or other personal representative or other representative appointed by any state or federal court.

PREMISES That portion of any building in which a licensee under this article has his place of business and any additional building or portion thereof used in connection therewith, and the entire lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land on which said buildings are situated, or which are used in connection with the buildings.

RESTAURANT or FOOD STORE A business establishment at which at least 50% of the gross income is derived from the sale of non-alcoholic beverages, prepared food, or non-prepared food.

SALE BY DRINK The sale of any intoxicating liquor except malt liquor, in the original package, in any quantity less than 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. [3]

WHOLESALER Any person who exposes for or makes one or more sales for resale of intoxicating liquor within the City or conducts a business of exposing for sale or selling intoxicating liquor for resale from an established place of business within the City.

WINE Liquor manufactured exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits and vegetables and containing not in excess of 14% of alcohol by weight.

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.241; Ord. No. 4549 , § 1, 11-21-1959 ; Ord. No. 6250 , § 2, 3-23-1978 ; Ord. No. 8796 , § 1, 2-18-1999 ; Ord. No. 9669 , § 1, 4-5-2007 [1] ] (a) Any person under the age of 21 years, who purchases or attempts to purchase, or has in his or her possession, any intoxicating liquor as defined in § 3-31 or who is visibly in an intoxicated condition as defined in Section 577.001 , RSMo. or has a detectable blood alcohol content of more than 0.02 of 1% or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood is guilty of an offense. 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 21 years of age, a manufacturer-sealed con...

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.242; Ord. No. 4549 , § 1, 11-21-1959 ] It shall be unlawful for any person to give, lend, sell or otherwise provide any person between the ages of 17 and 21 any falsified identification or the identification of another person for the purpose of establishing the age of the minor as being 21 years of age or older.

[1] Editor's Note: Former § 3-34, Article not to affect professional activities of physicians and pharmacists, Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.06, and § 3-35, Duty of Police Department to enforce, Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.25, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1 , General Provisions, Art. II ).