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Ch 600 Art I
Drunkenness Prohibited at City Council Meetings and City Offices.
Sale, Possession, Consumption at Municipal Golf Course.
Consumption, Open Containers in Certain Areas Prohibited.
Written Evidence of Authority to Occupy Premises Required.
Petition Required.
Issuance of License — Time Limit for Operation.
Suspension, Revocation.
Hearing Before City Council.
Requirement of Conditional Use Permits for Establishments Located in the Central Business Districts.
State Law References — Liquor control law, ch. 311, RSMo.;
municipal authority to require liquor licenses, §311.220, RSMo.
of Poplar Bluff without a currently valid liquor license issued by
the City. A separate liquor license shall be required for each of
the categories and subcategories of liquor sales in which the licensee
2. Liquor by the drink — restaurant bar: Sales
premises of any restaurant bar.
3. Liquor by the drink — amusement place: Sales
premises of any amusement place.
4. Liquor by the drink — place of entertainment: Sales of liquor of all kinds by the drink at retail for consumption
on the premises of any place of entertainment.
1. Any new restaurant bar having been in operation for less than ninety
2. Any new amusement place having been in operation for less than ninety
for consumption on premises where sold to any church, school, civic,
for sale at a picnic, bazaar, fair or similar gathering. The permit
(7) days by any such club or organization.
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.
on Sunday and 6:00 A.M. on Monday, upon or about his/her premises,
except as otherwise authorized and licensed for Sunday sales. Any
person licensed to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink shall keep
a closed place during the aforementioned prohibited times.
upon the approval of the application by the Council. Any change of
location of the enterprise prior to issuance of such an amended license
shall constitute a violation of this Section.
[R.O. 2007 §5-5; Ord. No. 1864 §4, 4-7-1958; Ord.
No. 4673 §1, 5-27-1982]
in writing of the City Council, except that when a school, church
[R.O. 2007 §§5-32, 5-33; Rev. Ords. 1951 §§19.060,
19.220; Ord. No. 4060 §§3 —
4, 1-7-1974; Ord. No.
5220 §1, 11-7-1988; Ord. No. 5632 §2, 6-7-1993; Ord. No. 5678 §2, 11-1-1993; Ord. No. 6706 §1, 6-7-2004]
A. Fees For Liquor Licenses. Before any license shall be issued
for the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors in the City, the
applicant therefor shall pay to the City a fee as follows:
1. For the manufacturing, brewing, distilling or blending of intoxicating
a. Containing not more than five percent (5%) of alcohol by weight:
b. Containing not more than twenty-two percent (22%) of alcohol by weight:
c. Of all kinds: $300.00.
2. For selling to duly licensed wholesalers and soliciting orders for
the sale by or through a duly licensed wholesaler of intoxicating
c. Of all kinds: $375.00.
3. For the sale by a wholesaler to a person duly licensed to sell at
retail intoxicating liquor:
4. For the manufacture in quantities not exceeding seventy-five thousand
(75,000) gallons of light wines containing not more than fourteen
percent (14%) of alcohol by weight exclusively from grapes, berries
and other fruits and vegetables grown in the State, for each five
hundred (500) gallons or fraction thereof: $7.50.
A manufacturer hereunder may sell directly to the consumer at
the winery in lots not exceeding five (5) gallons and to duly licensed
wholesalers and retailers in lots of five (5) gallons or more.
5. For the sale at retail of all kinds of intoxicating liquors in the
original package: $150.00.
6. For the sale of malt liquor and five percent (5%) beer by grocers
and other merchants and dealers in the original package direct to
consumers, but not for resale: $75.00.
7. For the sale of malt liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises
where sold (five percent (5%) beer): $75.00.
This license shall also permit the sale of light wines containing
not in excess of fourteen percent (14%) of alcohol by weight made
exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits and vegetables by
the drink for consumption on the premises where sold.
8. For the sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquor by the drink for
consumption on the premises where sold: $450.00.
This license shall also permit the sale of intoxicating liquor
9. For the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package at retail
between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and Midnight on Sundays: $300.00.
10. Amusement places: $300.00.
11. Liquor by the drink — charitable organizations: $300.00.
12. Temporary permit — by the drink for certain organizations (7
13. Tasting permit: $37.50.
14. Caterers: $15.00 per each calendar day.
State Law References — Amount of state fees, §§311.180
— 311.200, RSMo.; amount charged by city regulated, §311.220,
amount as set out in Section 600.040(14) above, or fraction thereof,
an alcohol content of less than five percent (5%) by weight delivered
and invoiced under the catering permit number, but not used, if the
wholesaler removes the product within seventy-two (72) hours of the
expiration of the catering permit issued pursuant to this Section.
the appropriate license fee made payable to the City. Each application
shall accurately describe the premises where the business is to be
conducted. Each application shall accurately describe the premises
reviewed by the Council at its next meeting. Upon approval of the
majority of the Council and payment of the license fee provided herein,
the Clerk shall renew the license. In the event that any person residing
or conducting businesses within two hundred (200) feet of the applicant's
of such license, the Council shall conduct a hearing on the application
Editor's Note — Ordinance no. 7389 §2, adopted
January 7, 2013, repealed section 600.055 "liquor license" in its
entirety. Former section 600.055 derived from R.O. 2007 §§5-34,
5-42; ord. no. 3750 §1, 3-2-70; ord. no. 3930 §1, 7-3-72;
ord. no. 4113 §1, 12-2-74; and ord. no. 6966 §1, 5-7-07.
accept payment for, and sack for carry-out, intoxicating liquor. Delivery
[R.O. 2007 §5-17; Ord. No. 4060 §1, 1-7-1974; Ord.
No. 4403 §1, 6-4-1979]
employee or agent, to sell or supply intoxicating liquor or permit
H. Persons Under Twenty-One Not To Be On Premises. No person having a license under this Chapter shall allow any minor, unless accompanied by an adult over the age of twenty-one (21) years, to enter into or remain on the premises where intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises are sold unless the premises are the type described or by implication referred to in Section 600.060(A).
I. List Of Current Employees To Be Kept On File With City Clerk. Every person operating a premises which is licensed under this Chapter
and where the sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on
those premises constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the gross
income from all sales of all items sold from said premises shall file
with the City Clerk a current list of all employees working in said
premises. Said list shall be kept current at all times and contain
the name, age, address and date and place of birth of each employee.
As used herein, the word "premises", in addition
to meaning an entire building or structure, shall also mean any area
within a building or structure that is set aside, operated, identifiable
or promoted as a place engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages
J. "Free Drinks" Not Allowed. No person having a license under
this Chapter shall allow or permit any employee to accept free drinks
from any customer while said employee is on duty.
K. Illegal Acts Prohibited On Premises.
1. No person having a license under this Chapter shall allow any person
to come upon or remain on the licensed premises for the purpose of
engaging in prostitution or other illegal act; nor shall such license
holder allow any person to come upon or remain on the premises who
is known to engage in prostitution.
2. No person licensed hereunder shall allow on the premises any fights
or peace disturbances; nor shall they permit any lewd, indecent, profane
or obscene language, songs or entertainment; nor any printed, obscene
literature, pictures or advertising materials.
3. No person licensed hereunder shall allow or permit the licensed premises
to be frequented or become the meeting place, hangout or rendezvous
for known prostitutes or other immoral characters or those who are
known to engage in the use, sale or distribution of narcotics or any
other illegal activity or business.
L. Employees Not To Be Intoxicated While On Duty. No person
licensed hereunder shall allow or permit any employee to be in an
intoxicated condition while on duty.
M. Other Licenses Not Considered. The fact that a person having
a license under this Chapter shall be or be part of or employed by
a corporation or other business entity that has other business enterprises
not licensed under this Chapter shall not eliminate the compliance
by said person having a license under this Chapter with the provisions
of this Section and all other provisions of this Chapter.
A. Suspension Or Revocation Of License — When — Manner. The 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 ten (10) days prior to the effective date of revocation or suspension, and prior to the hearing the Clerk shall give not less than ten (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 Section 600.100 of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2007 §5-15; Rev. Ords. 1951 §§22.070,
22.080; Ord. No. 4403 §1, 6-4-1979]
It shall be unlawful for any person to remain at any meeting
of the Poplar Bluff City Council or any department, board or commission
of the City of Poplar Bluff while said person is in an intoxicated
State Law Reference — Public drunkenness generally,
§562.260, RSMo.
person shall sell, possess, drink or consume intoxicating liquor,
except for beer having an alcoholic content of no more than five percent
(5%) within the boundaries of the Poplar Bluff Municipal Golf Course.
sale, possession and consumption of all alcoholic beverages shall
be suspended during the scheduled junior golf league matches and play.
as specifically provided for herein, no alcoholic beverages shall
be otherwise offered for sale, possessed or consumed within the boundaries
of the Poplar Bluff Municipal Golf Course.
where authorized by appropriate City license, no person shall consume
intoxicating liquor or be in possession of any glass, can or open
container containing alcoholic liquor or non-intoxicating beer as
defined by this Chapter:
1. In or upon streets, alleys, sidewalks or public parking areas within
the Central Business District of the City, said district being the
area described by ordinance as such or within the eastern business
district of the City, said district being described as an area bordered
by U.S. Highway 60 on the north, Black River on the west, Almond Street
on the south and C Street on the east;
2. In or upon any commercial property located within the "C-1" Neighborhood
Commercial or "C-2" General Commercial Districts of the City or upon
streets, alleys, sidewalks or public parking areas lying adjacent
or contiguous to commercial property located within these districts;
3. Within five hundred (500) feet of any school, church or other building
regularly used as a place of religious worship.
The following shall apply to the issuing of licenses for the
sale of intoxicating liquor in and for the City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri:
Whenever any person, partnership, association of persons or
corporation shall apply to the City of Poplar Bluff for a license
to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises,
said application shall be accompanied by written evidence that the
applicant has a right to occupy the premises wherein liquor is to
be sold for the period for which the license is to be in effect.
No license for the sale, either at wholesale or retail, of intoxicating
liquors shall be granted to any person where the proposed place of
business is located in a block where at least seventy-five percent
(75%) of the bona fide residents of said block owning at least seventy-five
percent (75%) of the abutting front feet of said block are not engaged
in commercial business in said block unless the applicant secures
a petition signed by at least two-thirds (⅔) of the taxpaying
adult residents of said block consenting to the issuance of said license.
If any person or persons licensed hereunder shall fail to keep
at all times an orderly house or sells, gives away or otherwise disposes
of or suffers the same to be done about his/her or their premises
any intoxicating liquor in any quantity to any minor or otherwise
violates the provisions of this Chapter, other applicable City ordinance
or State or Federal law, in addition to other fines, penalties and
forfeitures provided by City ordinances, State Statutes and Federal
law, said person or persons shall be subject to the immediate forfeiture
of the license granted under this Chapter.
[R.O. 2007 §5-36; Rev. Ords. 1951 §§19.030,
19.210; Ord. No. 4060 §5, 1-7-1974; Ord. No. 4403 §1, 6-4-1979; Ord. No. 5547 §1, 6-15-1992]
applications for a license required by this Article shall be filed
with the office of the City Clerk. As a condition precedent to the
issuance of a license under the provisions of this Chapter, the applicant
must also procure a permit and license from the State under the provisions
of Chapter 311, RSMo. Upon compliance by the applicant with the provisions
of this Article and upon the finding by the City Clerk that the applicant
is qualified and has complied with all applicable provisions of this
Code of Ordinances and State law, the City Clerk shall issue a licenses
applicant who is denied a license by the City Clerk may appeal that
decision to the City Council. Upon a finding by a majority of the
members elected to the Council that the applicant is qualified and
has complied with all applicable provisions of this Code of Ordinances
and State law, the Council shall direct the issuance to such applicant.
holding of a license shall be open for business within one hundred
twenty (120) days after issued. Failure to do so shall be grounds
for revocation of said license by action of the City Clerk.
City Clerk, the City Manager or his/her designated representative
shall notify the City Council of any violation by the licensee or
his/her employees of any applicable provision of this Code, State
or Federal law, rules or regulations so that the Council may review
the matter and take any action deemed necessary under this Code.
[R.O. 2007 §5-38; Rev. Ords. 1951 §§19.080,
19.230]
Any license issued under this Article may be renewed upon application
therefor and compliance with the provisions of this Article in the
same manner as for the original issuance of such license.
Any license issued under the provisions of this Article may
be suspended or revoked by the City Council for the violation by the
licensee or his/her employees of any applicable provision of this
Code, State or Federal law or City ordinances, rules or regulations.
No person whose license has been revoked under this Section shall
be issued another license hereunder for a period of one (1) year from
such date of revocation. In the event any such license is suspended
or revoked, no portion of the license fee shall be refunded to the
the City Council shall have reasonable cause to believe that a license
holder has made any false statements in his/her application or violated
any of the provisions of this, Chapter, the license holder shall be
notified in writing setting out the alleged violation and shall set
a time not sooner than five (5) days for the license holder to appear
at a hearing before the City Council and show cause why said license
should not be suspended or revoked. At the designated time, the City
Council shall conduct a hearing of all of the evidence pertaining
to the alleged violation. The City Council shall have the authority
to conduct the hearing and prescribe reasonable rules in relation
thereto. The City shall secure the services of a qualified verbatim
court reporter who shall record the evidence. After hearing the evidence,
the City Council shall have authority to dismiss the complaint, to
suspend the license for a specified period of time or revoke the license
is further provided that no license shall be transferred from person
to person or from place to place after written notice to the license
holder has been given by the City Council as provided herein and before
final action has been taken by the City Council.
Unless a specific fine is referred to herein, upon conviction
of a violation of the provisions of this Chapter, the offender shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished according to the general
penalty provision of the Poplar Bluff Code of Ordinances. Further,
any premises operated in violation of any of the provisions of this
Chapter dealing with alcoholic beverages is hereby declared to be
a public and common nuisance and it shall be the duty of the City
Attorney to seek to abate such nuisance by injunctive or other relief
available to the City under the Statutes of the State of Missouri
or in the court of equity or law.
Licenses provided for and issued hereunder may be issued on
a temporary basis if the State Supervisor of Liquor Control, prior
to the issuance of the City of Poplar Bluff license or contemporaneously
therewith, issues a temporary license or special certificate. In that
event, the Poplar Bluff temporary license shall authorize the licensee
to engage in and carry on the business that the permanent license
calls for, for the identical period of time provided for in the State
temporary license or special certificate. The Poplar Bluff temporary
license shall expire or be extended, as the case may be, simultaneously
with the State temporary license or special certificate. However,
nothing to the contrary herein withstanding, any violation of the
provisions of this Chapter will result in the suspension or revocation
of the Poplar Bluff temporary license or regardless of the existence
or effect of the State temporary license or special certificate.
establishment shall sell or otherwise dispense any intoxicating liquor
within the Central Business District of the City as defined in this
Chapter without first having obtained a conditional use permit authorized
by the City Council of the City. The term "establishment" shall include any bar, tavern or any private club owned or operated
by a corporation, association, person or persons for a social, education
or recreational purpose. The Central Business District shall be defined as the area bounded on the east by the east shore
of Black River; on the west by the west right-of-way line of Seventh
Street; on the south by the south right-of-way line of Park Avenue,
including an imaginary line extending the right-of-way line of Park
Avenue to the east shore of Black River and on the north by the north
right-of-way line of Davidson Street, including an imaginary line
extending the north right-of-way line of Davidson Street to the east
shore of Black River; the east right-of-way line of North Second Street;
the north right-of-way line of College Street; the west right-of-way
line of North Main Street and the north right-of-way line of Lester
B. No conditional use permit shall be issued for any such establishment and no application for such conditional use permit shall be accepted, unless the proposed establishment meets the spacing/density requirements as set forth in Section 600.035 of this Chapter and unless such establishment is spaced at least one thousand (1,000) feet from any similar on-premises establishment in all directions regardless of location of the other establishment. Said distance shall be measured from main entrance to main entrance of the buildings involved.
spacing requirements of this Section shall not apply to restaurants.
As used in this Subsection, "restaurants" shall include
any business which derives a majority of its gross revenues from the
sale of food, does not sell alcoholic beverages in the package and
derives more than twenty percent (20%) of its gross revenues from
the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink.
D. Restaurants granted a conditional use permit under this Section and as defined in Subsection (C) shall not display any sign, light, advertisement or other material which promotes any brand of alcoholic beverage; nor shall restaurants store any container, package, bottle or can containing alcoholic beverages where they may be easily observed by the public prior to the time said beverages are served.
conditional use permits granted under this Subsection shall be valid
for such period of time as the City Council may, in its discretion,
elect, except that said permit shall be valid for a period of not
less than one (1) year and no more than three (3) years. Anyone granted
a conditional use permit for said purposes must apply for renewal
of said permit at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of
said conditional use permit. Said application shall include a detailed
accounting showing the permittee is in compliance with the terms of