TITLE VI. BUSINESS AND
OCCUPATION
CHAPTER 600: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
SECTION 600.010: DEFINITIONS
When used in this Chapter,
the following words shall have the following meanings:
AMUSEMENT PLACE: Any establishment whose
business building contains a square footage of at least six thousand (6,000)
square feet, and where games of skill commonly known as billiards, volleyball,
indoor golf, bowling or soccer are usually played or has a dance floor of at
least twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet or any outdoor golf course with a
minimum of nine (9) holes, and which has annual gross receipts of at least one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) of which at least fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00) of such gross receipts is in non-alcoholic sales.
BEER: Any beer manufactured from pure hops or pure
extract of hops, and pure barley malt or other wholesome grains or cereals, and
wholesome yeast, and pure water, and free from all harmful substances,
preservatives and adulterants, and having an alcoholic content of more than
three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight and not exceeding five and
one-half percent (5.5%) by weight.
CLOSED PLACE: A place where all doors are
locked and where no patrons are in the place or about the premises.
COMMON EATING AND DRINKING AREA: An area or
areas within a building or group of buildings designated for the eating of food
and drinking of liquor sold at retail by establishments which do not provide
areas within their premises for the consumption of food and liquor, where the
costs of maintaining such area or areas are shared by the payment of common
area maintenance charges, as provided in the respective leases permitting the
use of such areas or otherwise, and where the annual gross income from the sale
of prepared meals or food consumed in such common eating and drinking area is,
or is projected to be, at least two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars
($275,000.00).
INTOXICATING LIQUOR: 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.
LIGHT WINES: An intoxicating liquor
consisting of wine containing not in excess of fourteen percent (14%) of
alcohol by weight made exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits and
vegetables.
MALT LIQUOR: An intoxicating liquor
containing alcohol in excess of three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight
and not in excess of five percent (5%) by weight, manufactured from pure hops
or pure extract of hops or pure barley malt or wholesome grains or cereals and
wholesome yeast and pure water.
§ 600.010
ORIGINAL PACKAGE: 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 or non-intoxicating beer, where the package and/or container(s)
describes the contents thereof as intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating
beer. "Original Package" shall also be construed and held to
refer to any package containing three (3) or more standard bottles of beer.
PERSON: An individual, association,
firm, joint stock company, syndicate, partnership, corporation, receiver,
trustee, conservator, or any other officer appointed by any State or Federal
court.
RESORT: Any establishment having at
least thirty (30) rooms for the overnight accommodation of transient guests, 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, or means a restaurant provided with special space and accommodations
where, in consideration of payment, food, without lodging, is habitually
furnished to travelers and customers, and which restaurant establishment's
annual gross receipts immediately preceding its application for a license shall
not have been less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) per year
with at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) of such gross receipts from
non-alcoholic sales, or means a seasonal resort restaurant with food sales as
determined in Subsection (2) of Section 311.095, RSMo. Any facility which is owned and operated as a
part of the resort may be used to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for
consumption on the premises of such facility and, for the purpose of meeting
the annual gross food receipts requirements of this definition, if any facility
which is a part of the resort meets such requirement, such requirement shall be
deemed met for any other facility which is a part of the resort.
RESTAURANT BAR: Any establishment having a
restaurant or similar facility on the premises at least fifty percent (50%) of
the gross income of which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or food
consumed on such premises or which has an annual gross income of at least two
hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) from the sale of prepared meals or food
consumed on such premises.
SALE BY THE DRINK: 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 and when so made, the container in every case shall be emptied
and the contents thereof served as other intoxicating liquors sold by the drink
are served. (Ord. No. 04-896 §1,
SECTION 600.020: LICENSE
REQUIRED─CLASSES OF
LICENSES
A. No person shall sell or
offer for sale intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer in the City of
B.
General Licenses. Any person possessing the qualifications and
meeting the requirements of this Chapter may apply for the following licenses
to sell intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer:
B.1. Package liquor─malt liquor
only: Sales of malt liquor at retail in the original package not for
consumption on the premises where sold.
B.2. Package liquor─beer: Sales of beer at retail in the original
package not for consumption on the premises where sold.
§ 600.020 Alcoholic
Beverages §
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B.3. 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.
B.4. 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) and (5) of this Section.
B.5. Liquor by the drink─beer: Sales of 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.
B.6. Liquor by the drink─all kinds: Sales of intoxicating liquor of all kinds at
retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, including
package sales as set forth in Subsection (B)(3) of this Section.
B.7. Common eating and drinking areas: Sales
of intoxicating liquor of all kinds by the drink at
retail not for consumption
on the premises where sold but for consumption in a common eating or drinking
area.
C.
Sunday Sales. Any person who is licensed under the
provisions of this Chapter or who otherwise possesses the qualifications and
meets the requirements of this Chapter may apply for the following licenses to
sell intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer on Sundays between the hours
of
C.1. Package liquor─all kinds: Sales of liquor of all kinds in the original
package at retail, not for consumption on the premises where sold.
C.2. Liquor by the drink─restaurant
bar: Sales of liquor of all kinds by the drink at
retail for consumption on the premises of any restaurant bar.
C.3. Liquor by the drink─amusement
place: Sales of liquor of all kinds by the drink at
retail for consumption on the premises of any amusement place.