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Timestamp: 2018-12-16 13:12:03
Document Index: 791712512

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 600', '§225', '§1', '§44', '§4', '§2', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§2', '§1']

City of Caruthersville, MO Alcoholic Beverages
§ 600.065 Eating/Entertainment Places, Drinking of Liquor on Premises, License Required, When, Hours — Regulations — Penalties — Exceptions.
Cross References — Health and sanitation, ch. 235; nuisances, ch. 220; alcoholic beverages prohibited in city parks, §225.050; police, ch. 200; licenses, permits and miscellaneous business regulations, ch. 610; motor vehicles and traffic, Title III.; municipal court, ch. 135; offenses and miscellaneous provisions, ch. 215; driving while intoxicated, ch. 342.
Editor's Note — Ord. no. 2009-11 §1, adopted April 20, 2009, repealed ch. 600 and enacted new provisions set out herein. Former ch. 600 derived from Code 1961 §§44.01, 44.09, 44.13 — 44.14, 44-15(b), 44-17; CC 1983 §§4-1 — 4-4, 4-7 — 4-13, 4-24 — 4-32, 4-35 — 4-42; ord. no. 643 §2(a), 3-5-84; ord. no. 674 §§1 — 2, 10-19-87; ord. no. 706 §1, 4-2-90; ord. no. 746 §§1 — 2, 8-2-93; ord no. 791 §2, 5-6-96.
Section 600.065 Eating/Entertainment Places, Drinking of Liquor on Premises, License Required, When, Hours — Regulations — Penalties — Exceptions.
[Ord. No. 2009-11 §1, 4-20-2009]
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, except for non-intoxicating beer as defined herein. 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.
No person shall sell or offer for sale intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in the City of Caruthersville 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 desires to engage as set forth herein.
Package liquor — malt liquor only. Sales of malt liquor at retail in the original package not for consumption on the premises where sold. This license may include Sunday sales from 9:00 A.M. to Midnight.
Package liquor — non-intoxicating beer. Sales of non-intoxicating beer at retail in the original package not for consumption on the premises where sold.
Package liquor — all kinds. Sales of all kinds of intoxicating liquors in the original package at retail not for consumption on the premises where sold, including sales as set forth in Subsections (B)(1) and (2) of this Section.
Liquor by the drink — malt liquor/light wine only. Sales of malt liquor and light wines at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, including sales as set forth in Subsections (B)(1), (5) and (6) of this Section.
Malt liquor by the drink. Sales of malt liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises, which license shall also permit the holder thereof to sell non-intoxicating beer as defined in Section 600.010 of this Chapter and set out in Subsection (6) hereof. This license may include Sunday sales from 9:00 A.M. to Midnight.
Liquor by the drink — non-intoxicating beer. Sales of non-intoxicating beer at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, including sales as set forth in Subsection (B)(2) of this Section.
Consumption of intoxicating liquor — eating/entertainment. Consumption of alcohol on premises of any premises where food, beverages or entertainment are sold or provided for compensation as provided in this Chapter.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler or brewer or designated employee may provide, furnish or pour distilled spirits, wine or malt beverage samples for customer tasting purposes on any temporary licensed retail premises as described in Sections 311.218, 311.482, 311.485, 311.486, or 311.487, RSMo., or on any tax exempt organization's licensed premises as described in Section 311.090, RSMo.
Druggists May Sell And Physicians Prescribe Liquor. Any druggist may have in his/her possession intoxicating liquor purchased by him/her from a licensed vendor under a license pursuant to State law, or intoxicating liquor lawfully acquired at the place of acquisition and legally transported into this State, and lawfully inspected, gauged and labeled as provided by State law; such intoxicating liquor to be used in connection with the business of a druggist in compounding medicines or as a solvent or preservant; provided that nothing in this Chapter shall prevent a regularly licensed druggist, after he/she procures a license therefor, from selling intoxicating liquor in the original package but not to be drunk or the packages opened on the premises where sold; and provided further, that nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as limiting the right of a physician to prescribe intoxicating liquor in accordance with his/her professional judgment for any patient at any time or prevent a druggist from selling intoxicating liquor to a person on prescription from a regularly licensed physician as above provided.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Subsection (2) of Section 311.080, RSMo., no license shall be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor, as defined in this Chapter, within a distance of one hundred (100) feet of any school, church or other building regularly used as a place of religious worship, except that when a school, church or place of worship shall hereafter be established within one hundred (100) 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 until at least ten (10) days' written notice has been provided to all owners of property within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed licensed premises.
Subsection (A) of this Section shall not apply to any premises holding a license issued before April 20, 2009, by the City 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.
Consumption of intoxicating liquor on premises: $90.00.
No person shall be granted a license hereunder unless such person is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and a taxpaying citizen of the County, Town, City or Village, nor shall any corporation be granted a license hereunder unless the managing officer of such corporation is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and taxpaying citizen of the County, Town, City or Village; and no person shall be granted a license or permit hereunder whose license as such dealer has been revoked, or who has been convicted, since the ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment to 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 law since the date aforesaid; provided that nothing in this Section contained shall prevent the issuance of licenses to non-residents of Missouri or foreign corporations for the privilege of selling to duly licensed wholesalers and soliciting orders for the sale of intoxicating liquors to, by or through a duly licensed wholesaler within this State.
No person, partnership or corporation shall be qualified for a license under this law if such 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 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.
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 State Division of Liquor Control. The Division of Liquor Control shall promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of this Subdivision.
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.
The City Collector shall require all applicants for licenses to file written statements, under oath, containing the information reasonably required to administer this Section. 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. All material changes in the information filed shall be promptly reported to the City Collector.
The City Collector shall forward the application to the following officers who shall perform the following investigations and report their findings as provided below:
The City Building Inspector shall inspect the building to insure that it complies with all City building and property maintenance codes, zoning ordinances, and distances from schools or places of religious worship. If the premises is in compliance with the City's ordinances, the Building Inspector shall so indicate on the application. If the premises fails to comply, the Building Inspector shall report the particulars in which the premises is deficient on the application. The Building Inspector shall report his or her findings within ten (10) days of receipt of the application.
The Chief of Police shall investigate the qualifications of the applicant set forth in this Chapter. If the applicant satisfies all such qualifications, the Chief of Police shall indicate that fact on the application. If the applicant fails to satisfy any of the qualifications, the Chief of Police shall specify in the space provided on the application the qualifications that the applicant fails to satisfy. The Chief of Police shall report his or her findings within ten (10) days of the receipt of the application.
If the findings of the Building Inspector and Chief of Police indicate that the premises and the applicant are qualified for a license, the Collector shall grant the applicant a license to conduct business in the City for a term to expire with the thirtieth (30th) day of June next succeeding the date of such license, unless such license be revoked or suspended for cause before the expiration of such time.
If the findings of the Building Inspector or the Chief of Police indicate that either the premises or the applicant do not satisfy the qualifications for issuance of a license, the Collector shall deny the license. In the event of a denial of any license, the applicant shall have the right to appeal such denial and shall be granted a hearing before the City Council which shall follow the procedures set forth in this Chapter for revocation or suspension of a license.
Misrepresentation Of Age By Minor To Obtain Liquor — Use Of Altered Driver's License, Passport, Or I.D. Cards, Penalties.
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall purchase or attempt to purchase or have in his/her possession any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer as defined in Section 600.010 or shall be visibly intoxicated as defined in Section 577.001, RSMo., or shall have a detectable blood alcohol content of more than two-hundredths of one percent (0.02%) or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating any premises where food, beverages or entertainment are sold or provided for compensation, who does not possess a license for the sale of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer, to permit the drinking or consumption of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in the premises without having a license as in this Section provided.
Application for such license shall be made to the City Collector on forms to be prescribed by the City, describing the premises to be licensed and giving all other reasonable information required by the form. The license shall be issued upon the payment of the fee required in this Section. A license shall be required for each separate premises and shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June next succeeding the date of such license. The license fee shall be ninety dollars ($90.00) per year and the applicant shall pay seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) for each month or part thereof remaining from the date of the license to the next succeeding first (1st) of July. Applications for renewals of licenses shall be filed on or before the first (1st) of May of each year.
The drinking or consumption of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer shall not be permitted in or upon the licensed premises by any person under twenty-one (21) years of age or by any other person between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on any weekday and between the hours of 1:30 A.M. Sunday and 6:00 A.M. Monday. Licenses issued hereunder shall be conditioned upon the observance of the provisions of this Chapter governing the conduct of premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer by the drink. The provision of this Section regulating the drinking or consumption of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer between certain hours and on Sunday shall apply also to premises licensed under this Chapter to sell intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer by the drink. No person shall be granted a license hereunder unless such person is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and a taxpaying citizen of the County, Town, City or Village, nor shall any corporation be granted a license hereunder unless the managing officer of such corporation is of good moral character and a qualified legal voter and taxpaying citizen of the County, Town, City or Village.
Any premises operated in violation of the provisions of this Section, or where intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer is consumed in violation of this Section, is hereby declared to be a public and common nuisance and it shall be the duty of the City Council to enjoin such nuisance.
Any person operating any premises or any employee, agent, representative, partner or associate of such person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this Section, or any of the laws or regulations herein made applicable to the conduct of such premises, is guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both such fine or imprisonment.
Eating Places, Drinking Of Liquor On Premises, License Required, When, Hours.
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 City 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.
Automatic Revocation/Suspension. A license shall be revoked automatically if the licensee's State liquor license is revoked or if the licensee is convicted or receives a suspended imposition of sentence in any court of any violation of Chapter 311 or Chapter 312, RSMo., or of any felony violation of Chapter 195, RSMo., in the course of business. A license shall be suspended automatically if the licensee's State liquor license is suspended, and the suspension shall be for a term not less than that imposed by the State.
Effect Of Suspension. No person whose license shall have been suspended by order of the Council shall sell or give away any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer during the time such suspension is in effect. Any licensee desiring to keep premises open for the sale of food or merchandise during the period of suspension shall display the Council's order of suspension in a conspicuous place on the premises so that all persons visiting the premises may readily see the same.