HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Chapter 3 of Municipal Code; Repealing Sunday Alcohol Sale Restrictions ORDINANCE NO. 2452
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER #3 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA; REPEALING SECTION 3-3001 AND ESTABLISHING
A NEW SECTION 3-3001; REPEALING RESTRICTIONS ON SUNDAY SALE OF
ALCOHOL AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
IT IS ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES,
IOWA:
Section 1. Section 3-3001 of the Municipal Code of the
City of Ames, Iowa, as hitherto existing is hereby repealed.
Section 2. A new section to be numbered 3-3001 is
hereby added to the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa,
as follows :
Sec. 3-3001. Miscellaneous prohibitions.
(a) No person shall sell, dispense, or give to any
intoxicated person, or one simulating intoxication, any alcoholic
liquor or beer.
(b) No person or club holding a liquor control license
or retail beer permit nor his agents or employees, shall do any
of the following:
(1) Knowlingly permit any unlawful gaming, gambling,
solicitation for immoral purposes, or immoral
or disorderly conduct on the premises covered
by the license or permit.
(2) Sell or dispense any alcoholic beverage or beer
on the premises covered by the license or permit,
or permit the consumption thereon between the
hours of two a.m. and six a.m, on any weekday,
and between the hours of two a.m, on Sunday and
six a.m. on the following Monday; however, a holder
of a liquor control license or class "B" beer permit
to whom the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
has granted the privilege of selling alcoholic
liquor or beer on Sunday may sell or dispense such
liquor or beer between the hours of Noon and ten p.m
on Sunday.
(3) Sell alcoholic beverages or beer to any person
on credit, except with a bona fide credit card.
This provision shall not apply to sales by a club
to its members nor to sales by a hotel or motel
to bona fide registered guests.
(4) Keep on any premises covered by a liquor control
license any alcoholic liquor in any container
except the original package purchased from the
department, except still wines placed in dispensing
or serving containers for temporary storage, and
except mixed drinks or cocktails mixed on the
premises for immediate consumption.
(5) Reuse for packaging alcoholic liquor any container
or receptacle used originally for packaging
alcoholic liquor; or adulterate, by the addition
of any substance, the contents or remaining
contents of an original package of alcoholic
liquor; or knowingly possess any original
package which has been so reused or adulterated.
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(6) Any person under legal age shall not be employed
in the sale or serving of alcoholic liquor or beer
for consumption on the premises where sold unless
the person shall be at least eighteen (18) years
old and the business of selling food or other
services constitutes more than fifty percent (500)
of the gross business transacted therein and then
only for the purpose of serving or clearing
alcoholic beverages or beer as an incident to
a meal. This paragraph shall not apply to class
"C" beer permit holders .
(7) Allow any person other than the licensee, permittee
or employees of such licensee or permittee, to use
or keep on the licensed premises any alcoholic
liquor in any bottle or other container which is
designed for the transporting of such beverages
except as permitted by Iowa law. This paragraph
shall not apply to the lodging quarter of a
class "B" liquor control licensee or beer permittee.
(8) Sell , give , or otherwise supply any alcoholic
beverage or beer to any person knowing or having
reasonable cause to believe him to be under legal
age , or permit any person knowing or having
reasonable cause to believe him to be under legal
age , to consume any alcoholic beverage or beer.
(9) In the case of a retail beer permittee, knowingly
allow the mixing or adding of alcohol or any
alcoholic beverage to beer or any other beverage
in or about his place of business .
(c) No person under legal age shall misrepresent his or
her age for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase
any alcoholic beverage or beer from any licensee or permittee.
If any person under legal age shall. misrepresent his or her
age, and the licensee or permittee establishes that he made
reasonable inquiry to determine whether such prospective
purchaser was over legal age, such licensee or permittee shall
not be guilty of selling alcoholic liquor or beer to minors .
Section 3 . All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4 . This ordinance is in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.
Passed this 4th day of September 1973 .
Mary E . aul, City Clerk Stuart N . Smith, Mayor
lst Reading - 8-7-73 - (Koerber-Huston)
Ayes : Koerber, Calhoun, Maxwell, Huston, Nelson. Absent : Pounds .
2nd Reading - 8-28-73 - (Huston-Koerber)
Ayes : Huston, Pounds, Koerber, Calhoun, Nelson. Absent : Maxwell.
Final Reading - 9-4-73 - (Maxwe" l-Calhoun)
Ayes : Pounds, Koerber, Calhoun, Maxwell, Huston, Nelson. Nays : N ne .