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§ 600.010 Citation of Chapter.
§ 600.040 Sale or Consumption in Certain Places Prohibited.
§ 600.050 License or Permit Required.
§ 600.070 License to Be Kept Posted.
§ 600.080 General Requirements for License Application.
§ 600.090 Information Required for License Application.
§ 600.100 Sunday License Generally.
§ 600.120 Sunday Restaurant-Bar License.
§ 600.140 Sunday Charitable Organization License.
§ 600.150 Sunday Distiller's Retail License.
§ 600.165 Wine and Malt Beverages Tasting Permit.
§ 600.170 Investigation of Application.
§ 600.180 Approval of Application of Board of Aldermen.
§ 600.190 Issuance of Licenses by the Excise Commissioner — License Year.
§ 600.200 Suspension or Revocation of Liquor License — Cause.
§ 600.210 Suspension and Revocation of License — Procedure.
§ 600.220 Renewal of License.
§ 600.230 License Standards for Issuance.
§ 600.240 Sale to Minor — Certain Other Persons, Misdemeanor — Exceptions — Permitting Drinking or Possession by a Minor, Penalty, Exception — Defenses.
§ 600.250 Persons Eighteen Years of Age or Older May Sell or Handle Intoxicating Liquor, When.
§ 600.260 Time Fixed for Opening and Closing Premises — Closed Place Defined.
§ 600.270 Controlled Access Liquor Cabinet Systems.
§ 600.280 Sales of Liquor Prohibited Near Schools and Churches.
§ 600.290 Licenses Non-Transferable — Exceptions.
§ 600.300 Change of Business Location.
§ 600.310 Unauthorized Liquor on Premises — Secreting.
§ 600.330 Employment of Individuals Convicted of a Felony.
§ 600.340 Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Etc. — Sale, Etc., to Unlicensed Persons.
§ 600.350 Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Etc., Having Financial Interest, Etc., in Retail Sale.
§ 600.360 Mixing Liquor With Drugs Prohibited.
§ 600.370 Misrepresentation of Brand of Liquor Unlawful.
§ 600.380 Fees, Number, Location Restrictions.
§ 600.390 Licenses for Charitable and Other Organizations.
§ 600.400 Temporary Location for Liquor by the Drink, Caterers — Permit and Fee Required.
§ 600.410 Department of Revenue, Division of Licenses to Issue License — Fee.
§ 600.430 Payment With United States Currency by Retail License Prohibited.
§ 600.440 Fire Safety Requirements.
Cross References — As to offenses involving smoking, §§215.1820 et seq.; as to alcohol-related traffic offenses, ch. 342.
Section 600.010 Citation of Chapter.
Section 600.040 Sale or Consumption in Certain Places Prohibited.
Section 600.050 License or Permit Required.
Section 600.070 License to Be Kept Posted.
Section 600.080 General Requirements for License Application.
Section 600.090 Information Required for License Application.
Section 600.100 Sunday License Generally.
Section 600.120 Sunday Restaurant-Bar License.
Section 600.140 Sunday Charitable Organization License.
Section 600.150 Sunday Distiller's Retail License.
Section 600.165 Wine and Malt Beverages Tasting Permit.
Section 600.170 Investigation of Application.
Section 600.180 Approval of Application of Board of Aldermen.
Section 600.190 Issuance of Licenses by the Excise Commissioner — License Year.
Section 600.200 Suspension or Revocation of Liquor License — Cause.
Section 600.210 Suspension and Revocation of License — Procedure.
Section 600.220 Renewal of License.
Section 600.230 License Standards for Issuance.
Section 600.240 Sale to Minor — Certain Other Persons, Misdemeanor — Exceptions — Permitting Drinking or Possession by a Minor, Penalty, Exception — Defenses.
Section 600.250 Persons Eighteen Years of Age or Older May Sell or Handle Intoxicating Liquor, When.
Section 600.260 Time Fixed for Opening and Closing Premises — Closed Place Defined.
Section 600.270 Controlled Access Liquor Cabinet Systems.
Section 600.280 Sales of Liquor Prohibited Near Schools and Churches.
Section 600.290 Licenses Non-Transferable — Exceptions.
Section 600.300 Change of Business Location.
Section 600.310 Unauthorized Liquor on Premises — Secreting.
Section 600.330 Employment of Individuals Convicted of a Felony.
Section 600.340 Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Etc. — Sale, Etc., to Unlicensed Persons.
Section 600.350 Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Etc., Having Financial Interest, Etc., in Retail Sale.
Section 600.360 Mixing Liquor With Drugs Prohibited.
Section 600.370 Misrepresentation of Brand of Liquor Unlawful.
Section 600.380 Fees, Number, Location Restrictions.
Section 600.390 Licenses for Charitable and Other Organizations.
Section 600.400 Temporary Location for Liquor by the Drink, Caterers — Permit and Fee Required.
Section 600.410 Department of Revenue, Division of Licenses to Issue License — Fee.
Section 600.430 Payment With United States Currency by Retail License Prohibited.
Section 600.440 Fire Safety Requirements.
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alcoholic Beverages Code".
Sections 600.010 through 600.440 of this Chapter shall apply to the City of Brentwood, State of Missouri.
Malt liquor containing in excess of three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight, manufactured from pure hops or pure extract of hops or pure barley malt or wholesome yeast and pure water.
The Excise Commissioner for the City of Brentwood, Missouri.
As used in this Chapter shall mean and include 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%) by volume. All beverages having an alcoholic content of less than one-half of one percent (.5%) by volume shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter, but subject to inspection as provided by Sections 196.365 to 196.445, RSMo.
Wine containing not in excess of fourteen percent (14%) of alcohol by weight exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits and vegetables.
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.
As used in this Chapter shall mean and include any individual, association, joint stock company, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, receiver, trustee, conservator, or other officer appointed by any State or Federal court.
Includes the place or places within a specified structure where intoxicating liquor is sold and consumed, provided however, that said premises and the place or places where intoxicating liquor is sold and consumed shall, at the time of application for any liquor hereunder, be fully described in such application, the place or places described in the application need not be adjoining and contiguous rooms or areas. "Premises" does not include the surrounding property, including the parking lot and other property not enclosed within the specified structure.
The sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold. 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 as hereinafter provided and when so made, the container in every instance shall be emptied and the contents thereof served as other intoxicating liquors sold by the drink are served.
The sale or consumption, either in a vehicle or otherwise, of any intoxicating liquors, including all beer, whether the same be three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) or otherwise, wines or liquors, upon any public street, highway, thoroughfare, sidewalk, alley, or upon any private property without the permission of the owner or occupant of such property or in any place open to the public (other than an establishment specifically licensed to sell beer or intoxicating liquors) is hereby declared to be unlawful. This Section shall have no application to the sale or consumption of beer on special occasions when the Board of Aldermen prior to such special occasion has duly passed a resolution wherein the date, occasion and location are explicitly set forth in such resolution.
Notwithstanding anything provided in Subsection (A) of this Section, no person shall be allowed to bring any intoxicating liquors, including all beer, whether the same be three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) or otherwise, wines or liquors without prior Board of Aldermen approval into Brentwood Park, or breakable glass into any public park, City park, public recreational facility, City owned recreational facility, public parking lot, upon any private property without the permission of the owner or occupant of such property, or to any place open to the public.
Except as otherwise provided herein, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor in this City without first having obtained from the City a license or permit therefor.
Each licensee shall apply only to the class for which issued and for the premises specifically described in the license and shall not be transferable or assignable.
All licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of this Code shall be kept conspicuously posted in the premises for which such license was issued.
Applications for license either to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink or to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package shall be filed with the Excise Commissioner on forms furnished by him/her. Each application shall be signed by the applicant. If the applicant is a joint venture, partnership or group other than a corporation, the application shall be made by all individuals who are members of such joint venture, partnership or group. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be made by a managing officer of the corporation. A corporate applicant shall state the names and addresses of its registered agents, officers and directors, the number of shares in the corporation owned by each and the percentage those shares bear to the total outstanding shares of the corporation, the names and addresses of the ten (10) principal stockholders of the corporation and the names and addresses of each stockholder owning one percent (1%) or more of the total outstanding shares of the corporation. The signature of the applicant shall constitute an agreement that the applicant will assume responsibility for compliance with the provisions of this Code and the laws of the State of Missouri regulating the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink and the sale of beer or light wine by the drink and in the original package. Applications for Sunday license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink or to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package, in addition to the above mentioned requirements must show that the premises for which the license is desired satisfies the requirements for such a license and that the applicant already possesses a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink or to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package.
If, during the term for which a license is issued, there is a change of managing officer of a corporate licensee, a new application shall be filed with the Excise Commissioner and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). The Excise Commissioner shall take no action on said application unless the filing fee has been paid.
Whether or not the applicant has ever been arrested, charged, indicted or convicted of any Federal law, law of the State of Missouri or any other State or City or County ordinances involving moral turpitude or any violation of law regulating control or prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor.
The Excise Commissioner is authorized to require such additional information necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this Code.
Any person who possesses the qualifications required by this Chapter and who now or hereafter meets the requirements of this Chapter may apply for, and the Excise Commissioner may issue, either a license to sell intoxicating liquor on Sunday by the drink for consumption on the premises between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and Midnight on Sundays, including any establishment having at least forty (40) rooms for the overnight accommodations of transient guests, or a license to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package as authorized by this Chapter.
A Sunday license either to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink or a license to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package. Each application filed with the Excise Commissioner shall be accompanied by a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). The Excise Commissioner shall take no action on an application unless the filing fee has been paid.
Editor's Note — Section 600.110 "Sunday place of entertainment license" was removed since the similar statutory provisions of section 311.102, RSMo. were repealed by HB 1498 in 2012. Section 600.110 formerly derived from previous code §3-8.2 and ord. no. 3679 §1(Exh. A), 2-7-2000.
Expressing the opinion, based on experience with specific comparable facilities, that more than fifty percent (50%) of gross income of the restaurant-bar or that an annual gross income of at least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) will be derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the premises.
For the purposes of this Section, an applicant may submit a copy of the certificate which he/she submitted to obtain the State Sunday license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink.
Any person granted a Sunday restaurant-bar license to sell liquor at retail by the drink based on the certified projection under clause (3) of Subsection (A) shall file with the Excise Commissioner not later than one hundred (100) days after the issuance of such license the certificate showing either that at least fifty percent (50%) of gross income during the first (1st) ninety (90) days of operation under the license was derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the premises or, that based on the first (1st) ninety (90) days of operation under the license, it is projected that an annual gross income of at least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) will be derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the premises. The Excise Commissioner shall suspend or revoke any such license where the certificate is not filed or where the certificate fails to demonstrate operation of the premises as a restaurant-bar.
A person having a Sunday restaurant-bar license issued pursuant to this Section may sell all types of intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink to be consumed upon the premises of a restaurant-bar in the City of Brentwood between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and Midnight on Sunday.
Editor's Note — Section 600.130 "Sunday amusement place license" was removed since the similar statutory provisions of section 311.098, RSMo. were repealed by HB 1498 in 2012. Section 600.130 formerly derived from previous code §3-8.4 and ord. no. 3679 §1(Exh. A), 2-7-2000.
A copy of the Internal Revenue Service approval of the organization's exemption from the payment of Federal income taxes as a charitable, fraternal, religious, service or veterans' organization under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), 501(c)(19), or 501(d) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
A person having a Sunday charitable organization license issued pursuant to this Section may sell any type of intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink to be consumed upon the premises of a charitable organization in the City of Brentwood between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and Midnight on Sunday.
A distiller having a Sunday distiller's retail license issued by the Excise Commissioner pursuant to Section 600.350(A) may sell all types of intoxicating liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. on Sunday.
A certificate of insurance showing proof of liability insurance coverage in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) insuring against claims, demands or actions arising from any action, neglect, omission or default of the licensee as set forth in Subsection (1) herein.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this Chapter, who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor in the original package at retail pursuant to this Chapter, may apply to the City Collector for a special permit to conduct wine, malt beverage and distilled spirit tastings on the licensed premises. A licensee under this Section shall pay an additional twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year payable at the same time and in the same manner as other license fees.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell wine, malt beverages or distilled spirits for on-premise consumption.
The Excise Commissioner shall investigate all applications for license for sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink, all applications for license to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package and all applications for Sunday license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink and shall report, in writing, to the Board of Aldermen the results of such investigations and make recommendations concerning the applications.
Each application for the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink or to sell beer or light wine by the drink and in the original package and each application for a Sunday license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink shall be approved or disapproved by order of the Board of Aldermen. No person has a natural or inherent right or privilege to engage in the sale of liquor by the drink and the approval or disapproval of each application shall be within the sole discretion of the Board of Aldermen.
Prior to the approval of the application by the Board of Aldermen, any person objecting to the issuance of such license may request a public hearing. The request shall be in writing and specifically state why the license should not be granted. The Board of Aldermen may, in its discretion, grant or deny such a request for a public hearing.
Timely written notice of the hearing shall be given by the City Administrator or Clerk to the applicant and the party requesting the hearing.
Upon approval of the Board of Aldermen the Excise Commissioner shall issue a letter directed to the State Supervisors of Liquor Control of such approval.
Approval by the Board of Aldermen of the license application.
Issuance of a license from the State of Missouri.
Payment of a license fee in the amount set forth herein in Section 600.380.
Each license issued under the provisions of this Code shall particularly describe the premises at which intoxicating liquor by the drink may be sold and shall not be deemed to authorize or permit the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink at any place other than that described therein.
Whenever a license is issued by the Excise Commissioner pursuant to Section 600.190(A) and said license covers premises which describe two (2) or more places where intoxicating liquors are to be sold and consumed, which places are composed of non-adjoining or non-contiguous rooms or areas, the annual license fee set forth in Section 600.190(A) shall be paid for each such non-adjoining or non-contiguous place specified in the license, except, however, that if any charitable, fraternal, religious, service or veterans' organization has a license to sell intoxicating liquor on its premises and such premises includes two (2) or more buildings in close proximity, then only one (1) annual license fee need be paid.
The license year shall run from July first (1st) to June thirtieth (30th). New applicants who shall apply for licenses to commence business and shall commence business before July first (1st) shall pay for such license one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual fee for every month or part thereof from the date of issuance to the beginning of the ensuing license year.
Any violation of the provisions of this Code, including those provisions of this Code relating to the issuance of licenses, or the State laws and regulations governing the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink.
The Excise Commissioner, after public hearing, may suspend or revoke any license issued under this Code for violations of the provisions of this Code, subject to and only upon the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
The Excise Commissioner shall provide a minimum of ten (10) days' notice in writing to the licensee setting forth the date, time and place of the hearing.
The notice shall state the purpose of the hearing and the specific nature of the violation that is the subject of the hearing.
The Excise Commissioner shall render his/her decision within five (5) days from the hearing date and shall forthwith notify the licensee in writing of his/her decision. Any decision of the Excise Commissioner suspending or revoking a license shall become effective not later than five (5) days from the date of decision.
Any person whose license is suspended or revoked by the Excise Commissioner may appeal such suspension or revocation to the Board of Aldermen by filing a written notice of such appeal with the Board of Aldermen within fifteen (15) days after notice of the Excise Commissioner's decision. The appeal shall not stay the enforcement of the Excise Commissioner's decision.
Licensees desiring to renew current licenses shall, prior to the expiration of the license, file with the Excise Commissioner an application for renewal by the third (3rd) Monday of May of the year in which the license expires. Upon payment of the license fee, the Excise Commissioner shall renew the license for an additional license year if the conditions under which the original license was issued have not changed. The Excise Commissioner shall notify the Board of Aldermen of all renewed licenses.
In the event the Excise Commissioner determines that the conditions under which the original license was issued have changed, the license shall not be renewed and the Excise Commissioner shall within ten (10) days after receipt of the application for renewal forward it to the Board of Aldermen stating that the license has not been renewed and the reasons therefor.
The Board of Aldermen may in its discretion renew or reject the license for an additional license year and may prescribe conditions for the renewal thereof.
The licensee may request a public hearing before the Board of Aldermen concerning the renewal of the license.
A person or managing officer who is not a resident of the State; who is not of good moral character and reputation; has been convicted of a felony; a person or managing officer of a corporation who is not of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and a taxpaying citizen of the County, town, City or Village wherein he/she resides in the State of Missouri; or a person, managing officer or corporation not meeting the requirements of Section 311.060, RSMo., or whose license under this Code has been revoked for cause; or who at the time of application for renewal of any license hereunder would not be eligible for such license upon a first (1st) application.
A person who has been convicted of a violation of any Federal or State law concerning the manufacture, possession or sale of alcoholic liquor or of any of the provisions of this Code or any offense involving moral turpitude or who shall have forfeited his/her bond to appear in court to answer charges of any such violation.
A person for sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink or for the sale of beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package, on premises where such activity is not permitted by the City of Brentwood Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 400, as amended, nor shall any license be issued for premises which would be detrimental or incompatible with the character and welfare of the surrounding neighborhood.
Any licensee under this Chapter, or his/her employee, who shall sell, vend, give away or otherwise supply any intoxicating liquor 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 parent or guardian who shall procure for, sell, give away or otherwise supply intoxicating liquor 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, except that this Section shall not apply to the supplying of intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years for medical purposes only, or to the administering of such intoxicating liquor to any person by a duly licensed physician. No person shall be denied a license or renewal of a license issued under this Chapter solely due to a conviction for unlawful sale or supply to a minor when serving in the capacity as an employee of a licensed establishment.
Any owner, occupant, or other person or legal entity with a lawful right to the exclusive use and enjoyment of any property who knowingly allows a person under the age of twenty-one (21) to drink or possess intoxicating liquor or knowingly fails to stop a person under the age of twenty-one (21) from drinking or possessing intoxicating liquor on such property, unless such person allowing the person under the age of twenty-one (21) to drink or possess intoxicating liquor is his or her parent or guardian, is guilty of an ordinance violation.
To purchase the intoxicating liquor, the person exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Missouri non-driver's identification card, or other official or apparently official document, containing a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such minor was twenty- one (21) years of age and of the legal age for consumption of intoxicating liquor.
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.
In any place of business licensed in accordance with this Chapter, 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. Delivery of intoxicating liquor 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.
No person having a license issued pursuant to this Chapter, nor any employee of such person, shall sell, give away, or permit the consumption of any intoxicating liquor in any quantity between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on weekdays and between the hours of 1:30 A.M. Sunday and 6:00 A.M. Monday, upon or about his or her premises. If the person has a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink, his/her premises shall be and remain a closed place as defined in this Section between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on weekdays and between the hours of 1:30 A.M. Sunday and 6:00 A.M. Monday. Where such licenses authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink are held by clubs or hotels, this Section shall apply only to the room or rooms in which intoxicating liquor is dispensed; and where such 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 are dispensed, then the licensee shall keep securely locked during the hours and on the days specified in this Section all refrigerators, cabinets, cases, boxes, and taps from which intoxicating liquor is dispensed. A "closed place" is defined to mean a place where all doors are locked and where no patrons are in the place or about the premises. Any person violating any provision of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the sale or delivery of any intoxicating liquor during any of the hours or on any of the days specified in this Section by a wholesaler licensed under the provisions of Section 311.180, RSMo., to a person licensed to sell the intoxicating liquor at retail.
Cross References — As to licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, §§600.100 et seq.
A closed container, either refrigerated in whole or in part or non-refrigerated, access to the interior of which is restricted by means of a locking device which requires the use of a key as herein described.
A system for the sale of intoxicating liquor in qualified packages or containers in the rooms provided for the overnight accommodation of transient guests in a qualified establishment by means of a controlled access liquor cabinet and such system shall permit the licensee to maintain in the rooms provided for the overnight accommodation of transient guests a controlled access liquor cabinet in which such licensee may maintain for sale intoxicating liquor in qualified packages or containers, together with, if desired, other beverages or food and such system shall permit the adult registered guests of the room in which such controlled access liquor cabinet is located to use the key, magnetic card or other similar device to gain access to such controlled access liquor cabinet to obtain the intoxicating liquor or other beverages or food for consumption.
Any establishment having at least forty (40) rooms for the overnight accommodation of transient guests and 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, which restaurant's annual gross food sales for the past two (2) years immediately preceding its application for a license shall not have been less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per year, or if such restaurant has been in operation for less than two (2) years, such restaurant has been in operation for at least ninety (90) days preceding the application for license for sale of intoxicating liquor by means of controlled access liquor cabinets and has a projected experience based upon its sale of food during the preceding ninety (90) days which would exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per year.
Packages or containers for intoxicating liquor which holds not less than fifty (50) millimeters and not more than two hundred (200) milliliters, and any packages or containers for beer or other malt liquor.
Each person who signs his/her name to the guest register of the qualified establishment or takes some other equivalent action for the purpose of registering as a guest of such qualified establishment.
A room in a qualified establishment which is intended to be used as and which is provided for the overnight accommodation of transient guests.
The key, magnetic card or other similar device required to attain access to the controlled access liquor cabinet in a particular room may be provided only to each adult registered guest who is registered to stay in such room.
Prior to providing a key, magnetic card or other similar device required to attain access to the controlled access liquor cabinet in a particular room to the registered guest, the licensee shall verify that each such registered guest to whom such key, magnetic card or similar device is to be provided is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
All employees handling the intoxicating liquor to be placed in the controlled access liquor cabinet, including without limitation any employee who inventories and/or restocks and replenishes the intoxicating liquor in the controlled access liquor cabinet, shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age and shall obtain such employee permits as the City, County or other local governmental entity in which the qualified establishment is located requires to be obtained by employees of the restaurant operated at such qualified establishment; provided however, that no such employee permits shall be required of any employee who handles the intoxicating liquor in the original case and who does not open such original case.
Registered guests may use the key, magnetic card or other similar device required to attain access to the controlled access liquor cabinet in such registered guest's room at any time; provided however, that no controlled access liquor cabinet may be restocked or replenished with intoxicating liquor, nor shall any intoxicating liquor be delivered to a room in order to restock or replenish the supply of intoxicating liquor in the controlled access liquor cabinet at any time when the restaurant operated at the qualified establishment is not permitted to sell liquor by the drink at retail pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
Upon request from the registered guest at any time, the qualified establishment shall cause all intoxicating liquor to be removed from the controlled access liquor cabinet in the room of such registered guest as soon as reasonably practicable.
The qualified establishment shall have the right to collect payment for the intoxicating liquor or other beverages or food taken from the controlled access liquor cabinet in the room of a registered guest in such manner as it shall determine to be appropriate including, without limitation, the inclusion of such charges together with the charges made to such registered guest for the use of the room or for the purchase of meals at the restaurant operated at such qualified establishment.
Any new qualified establishment having been in operation for less than ninety (90) days may be issued a temporary license to sell intoxicating liquor in the rooms of such qualified establishment by means of a controlled access license cabinet system for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days if such establishment can show a projection of an annual business from prepared meals or food which would exceed not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per year.
In addition to any right to sell granted pursuant to any other provision of this Chapter, a duly licensed wholesaler shall be permitted to sell intoxicating liquor to a qualified establishment in any size of qualified packages or containers for use in a controlled access liquor cabinet system, provided however, that as to any size of qualified packages or containers which could not be legally sold to the qualified establishment except for the provisions of this Section, any such size of qualified packages or containers shall be sold by the qualified establishment only by means of the controlled access liquor cabinet system.
No license shall be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor, as defined in this Chapter, within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any school, church or other building regularly used as a place of religious worship, unless the applicant for the license shall first obtain the consent in writing of the Board of Aldermen, except that when a school, church or place of worship shall hereafter be established within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any place of business licensed to sell intoxicating liquor, the license shall not be denied for this reason. Such consent shall not be granted pursuant to this Section until at least ten (10) days' written notice has been provided to all owners of property within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the proposed licensed premises.
Subsection (A) of this Section shall not apply to a license issued by the Excise Commissioner for the sale of intoxicating liquor pursuant to Section 311.218, RSMo., or to a license issued to any church, school, civic, service, fraternal, veteran, political, or charitable club or organization which has obtained an exemption from the payment of Federal taxes.
Subsection (A) of this Section shall not apply to any premises holding a license issued before January 1, 2004, by the Excise Commissioner for the sale of intoxicating liquor. To retain a license under this Subsection, the licensed premises shall not change license type, amend the legal description, or be without a liquor license for more than ninety (90) days.
No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferable or assignable except as herein provided. In the event of the death of the licensee, the widow or widower or the next of kin of such deceased licensee, who shall meet the other requirements of this law may make application and the Excise Commissioner may transfer such license to permit the operation of the business of the deceased for the remainder of the period for which a license fee has been paid by the deceased.
Whenever one (1) or more members of a partnership withdraws from the partnership the Excise Commissioner, upon being requested, shall permit the remaining partner, or partners, originally licensed, to continue to operate for the remainder of the period for which the license fee has been paid, without obtaining a new license.
Any person licensed to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink or to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package under the provisions of this Code may, upon application to the Board of Aldermen, be authorized to change the location of his/her place of business during the term of such license, provided that the proposed new location complies with all the conditions prescribed in this Code relating to the location where intoxicating liquor by the drink or beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package may be sold.
It shall be unlawful for the holder of the license authorized by this Code for the sale of any intoxicating liquor by the drink or the sale of beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package to keep or secrete, or to allow any person to keep or secrete in or upon the premises described in such license, any intoxicating liquor except for the character and kind expressly authorized to be sold by such particular license.
Editor's Note — Section 600.320 "Applicability of code to druggist" was removed since the similar statutory provisions of section 311.470, RSMo. were repealed by HB 1965 in 2010. Section 600.320 formerly derived from previous code §3-23 and ord. no. 3679 §1(Exh. A), 2-7-2000.
No person holding a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail or to sell beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package shall cause or permit any individual who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude to be employed on the licensed premises.
It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, brewer or distiller of intoxicating liquor or any wholesaler dealer therein, either directly or indirectly, to sell or deliver intoxicating liquor of any kind to any person not licensed under the provisions of this Code to sell such intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail, except, however, that this provision shall not apply to any manufacturer, brewer or distiller of intoxicating liquor or any wholesaler dealer with both a microbrewer's license under Section 600.380 of this Code, as amended, and a license to sell either intoxicating liquor by the drink or beer and light beer by the drink and in the original package or to a winery licensed under Section 600.380 of this Code, as amended.
Distillers, wholesalers, winemakers, brewers or their employees, officers or agents shall not, except as provided in this Section, directly or indirectly, have any financial interest in the retail business for sale of intoxicating liquors, and shall not, except as provided in this Section, directly or indirectly, loan, give away or furnish equipment, money, credit or property of any kind, except ordinary commercial credit for liquors sold to such retail dealers. However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, for the purpose of the promotion of tourism, a distiller whose manufacturing establishment is located within this City may apply for and the Excise Commissioner may issue a license to sell intoxicating liquor, as in this Chapter defined, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold; and provided further that the premises so licensed shall be in close proximity to the distillery and may remain open between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and Midnight, Monday through Saturday and between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M., Sunday. The authority for the collection of fees by Cities and Counties as provided in Section 311.220, RSMo., and all other laws and regulations relating to the sale of liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, shall apply to the holder of a license issued under the provisions of this Section in the same manner as they apply to establishments licensed.
Distillers, wholesalers, brewers and winemakers, or their officers or directors shall not require, by agreement or otherwise, that any retailer purchase any intoxicating liquor from such distillers, wholesalers, brewers or winemakers to the exclusion in whole or in part of intoxicating liquor sold or offered for sale by other distillers, wholesalers, brewers, or winemakers.
Distillers, wholesalers, winemakers, brewers or their employees or officers shall be permitted to make contributions of money or merchandise to a licensed retail liquor dealer that is a charitable, fraternal, civic, service, veterans', or religious organization as defined in Section 313.005, RSMo., or an educational institution if such contributions are unrelated to such organization's retail operations.
A brewer or manufacturer, its employees, officers or agents may have a financial interest in the retail business for sale of intoxicating liquors at entertainment facilities owned, in whole or in part, by the brewer or manufacturer, its subsidiaries or affiliates including, but not limited to, arenas and stadiums used primarily for concerts, shows and sporting events of all kinds.
For the purpose of the promotion of tourism, a wine manufacturer, its employees, officers or agents located within this State may apply for and the Excise Commissioner may issue a license to sell intoxicating liquor, as defined in this Chapter, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold, if the premises so licensed is in close proximity to the winery. Such premises shall be closed during the hours specified under Section 311.290, RSMo., and may remain open between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and Midnight on Sunday.
No holder of a license under this Code or any person shall hold for any purpose whatsoever, or mix or permit, or cause to be mixed with any intoxicating liquor except for sale, sold or supplied by him/her as a beverage, a drug or form of methyl alcohol or impure form of alcohol.
No person holding a license or permit shall sell malt liquor, or any other intoxicating liquor in this State, or shall offer for sale any such malt liquor, or other intoxicating liquor whatsoever, brewed, manufactured or distilled by one manufacturer, in substitution for, or with the representation that any such malt liquor or other intoxicating liquor, is the product of any other brewer, manufacturer or distiller. Whosoever shall violate the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (A) of this Section, no person holding a license or permit shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation for offering for sale, or for the sale of, wine or brandy so long as the manufacturer of the brandy or the wine manufacturer has provided the Excise Commissioner with a copy of the certificate of label approval issued by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and, if necessary, has properly registered such label or name with the appropriate State agency.
No license shall be issued for the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package, not to be consumed upon the premises where sold, except to a person engaged in, and to be used in connection with, the operation of one or more of the following businesses: a drug store, a cigar and tobacco store, a grocery store, a general merchandise store, a confectionery or delicatessen store, nor to any such person who does not have and keep in his/her store a stock of goods having a value according to invoices of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), exclusive of fixtures and intoxicating liquors. Under such license, no intoxicating liquor shall be consumed on the premises where sold nor shall any original package be opened on the premises of the vendor except as otherwise provided in this law. For every license for sale at retail in the original package, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per year.
For every license issued for the sale of malt liquor and light wine at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of fifty-two dollars fifty cents ($52.50) per year.
For every license to sell malt liquor and light wine at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold is a club, the license fee which shall be paid to the City shall be the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year.
If the applicant for a license to sell intoxicating liquor of alcoholic content in excess of five percent (5%) by weight at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises of the licensee is a club, the license fee which shall be paid to the City shall be in the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year, which license shall be limited to the retail sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink. This Subsection shall have no application to the sale of beer on special occasions when the Board of Aldermen prior to such special occasion has duly passed a resolution wherein the date, occasion and location are explicitly set forth in such resolution.
For every license issued for the sale of intoxicating liquor in the form of five percent (5%) beer and light wine and in that form only sold at retail in the original package not to be consumed on the premises where sold, the licensee shall pay to the City the sum of twenty-two dollars fifty cents ($22.50) per year. No such license shall be issued except to a person engaged in and to be used in connection with one (1) or more of the following businesses: An establishment operated primarily as a retail package liquor store, a drugstore, a cigar and tobacco store, a grocery store, a confectionery or a delicatessen store and a service station.
For every license issued for the sale of all types of intoxicating liquor and malt beverages at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises of the licensee, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) per year, which shall include the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package not for consumption on the premises where sold.
An additional license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year shall be charged for licenses permitting sales of intoxicating liquors by the drink on Sundays payable to the City Collector.
An additional license fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per year shall be charged for licenses permitting sales of intoxicating liquors in the original package at retail on Sundays payable to the City Collector.
For every license issued for the manufacture, brewing, distilling or fermenting of intoxicating liquors of all kinds, which shall include the sale of such liquor at wholesale to wholesalers only, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per year.
For every license issued for the manufacture, brewing, distilling or fermenting of intoxicating liquors containing not in excess of twenty-two percent (22%) alcohol by weight, which shall include the sale of such liquor at wholesale to wholesalers only, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year.
For every license issued for the manufacture, brewing, distilling or fermenting of malt liquor containing not in excess of five percent (5%) alcohol by weight, which shall include the sale of such malt liquor at wholesale to wholesalers only, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year.
For every license issued for the sale of intoxicating liquors of all kinds at wholesale, which shall include bottling and packaging of intoxicating liquor, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) per year.
For every license issued for the sale of intoxicating liquor containing not in excess of twenty-two percent (22%) alcohol by weight at wholesale, which shall include bottling and packaging of such liquors, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year.
For every license issued for the sale of malt liquors containing not in excess of five percent (5%) alcohol by weight at wholesale, which shall include bottling and packaging of such liquors, the licensee shall pay to the City Collector the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
A license authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises where sold may be issued to any church, school, civic, service, fraternal, veteran, political or charitable club or organization for the sale of such intoxicating liquor at a picnic, bazaar, fair or similar gathering. The license shall be issued only for the day or days designated therein, but in no case shall such a license be issued to any one (1) club or organization for more than seven (7) days during any calendar year. For each such license issued, the licensee shall pay the sum of one dollar ($1.00).
The Excise Commissioner 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 pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter 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 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. For every permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the permittee shall pay to the Excise Commissioner the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each calendar day, or fraction thereof, for which the permit is issued.
Except as provided for in this Code, the Excise Commissioner is directed to issue a proper liquor license upon application to him/her presented by the holder of a State liquor license or permit for the same type license and same location as stated on said permit and upon payment to the City of the license fee herein proposed and upon payment to the Excise Commissioner a one dollar ($1.00) fee. All fees stated herein shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund.
Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and shall upon conviction be punished as set out in Section 100.080 of this Code.
No person holding a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail or beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package, who accepts delivery of such beer or liquor at premises located in that portion of St. Louis County outside of the incorporated Cities, Towns and Villages, shall make payment for such beer or liquor with United States currency or double endorsement checks at said location, provided however, that payment with United States currency shall be lawful and proper at the wholesale vendor's place of business.
Retail intoxicating liquor or beer and light wine licenses or having been notified in writing by a wholesaler that a check, draft, money order or script given in payment to such wholesaler for such delivered beer or liquor has been dishonored, shall, within three (3) days after receipt of such notice, make good such dishonored check, draft, money order or script. Upon the failure of such retailer to satisfy such indebtedness within said time, the Excise Commissioner shall suspend the license of such retailer for a period of three (3) days for a first (1st) violation, one (1) week for a second (2nd) violation within six (6) months of the first (1st) violation and shall revoke such license for a third (3rd) violation occurring within one (1) year.
It shall be unlawful for the holder of the license authorized by this Code for the sale of any intoxicating liquor by the drink or the sale of beer and light wine by the drink and in the original package or his/her agent or employee to permit the overcrowding or admittance of any person beyond the maximum occupant load as posted on the premises by the office of fire and accident prevention in accordance with the provisions of the current City Building Codes or to allow any condition to exist which may cause obstruction of any exit path, exit component or exit door.

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