HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Minors on Certain Premises ORDINANCE NO. 3052
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY
OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SEC. 17.16 AND ENACTING A
NEW SEC. 17.16 REGULATING MINORS ON CERTAIN PREMISES;
ESTABLISHING A PENALTY; REPEALING ALL OR-DINANCE OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND ESTAB-
LISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall be
and is hereby amended by repealing Sec. 17.16 and enacting a new
Sec. 17.16 as follows:
"Sec. 17.16. MINORS PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN PREMISES.
(1) It shall be unlawful for the holder of a license or
permit issued pursuant to the 'Iowa Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act' for premises where more than fifty percent
(500) of the business conducted is the sale or dispens-
ing of alcoholic beverages and for every person em-
ployed with respect to such premises to knowingly
permit or fail to take reasonable measures to prevent
the entry onto such premises of any and all persons
who have not yet attained the age for lawful purchase
and possession of alcoholic beverages.
(2) However, the provisions of subsection (1) above shall
not apply when:
(a) The underage person is an employee of the
license holder, or performing a contracted service
with respect to said premises.
(b) The underage person is accompanied. by a parent,
guardian or spouse who is of legal age for the
purchase of alcoholic beverages.
(c) The underage person is on the premises during a
time that the licensee has, in accordance with a
written notice and plan given in advance to the
Chief of Police, suspended dispensing alcoholic
beverages on the licensed premises or on a
clearly delineated part of the licensed premises
operated under a differentiating trade name. It
shall be the strict duty of a licensee permitting
such underage persons onto the licensed premises
pursuant to such a plan, and of all persons
employed with respect to said premises, to
prevent underage persons from consuming or
possessing alcoholic beverages on said premises.
Police officers shall be admitted to the premises at
any time to monitor compliance with all applicable
laws. Failure in that duty whether knowingly or
otherwise, shall be punishable as a violation of
this section.
(d) Persons aged 19 and 20 can be on the premises
during a time that the licensee has, in accordance
with a written plan approved by the Police Chief,
undertaken to identify and mark all persons on
the premises as being of either lawful age or not
for purchase and possession of alcoholic beverag-
es. All persons shall be identified by means of a
distinctive wrist band that can only be removed
by cutting or by an ink stamp on the hand placed
there by an employee of the licensed premises.
It shall be the strict duty of a licensee permitting
such underage persons onto the licensed premises
pursuant to such a plan, and of all persons
employed with respect to said premises, to
prevent underage persons from consuming or
possessing alcoholic beverages on said premises.
Failure in that duty whether knowingly or
otherwise, shall be punishable as a violation of
this section. Police officers shall be admitted to
the premises at any time to monitor compliance
with all applicable laws. This subsection shall be
in effect only until January 1, 1990.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person who has not yet
attained the age for lawful purchase and possession of
alcoholic beverages to go onto such premises as are
described in subsection (1) except as is provided for
by subsection (2) .
Section Two. Violation of this ordinance shall constitute a midemeanor.
Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, if any.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on .Tune
1, 1989.
Adopted this 27th day of _ June 1989.
act.
Nancy Dion ig', City Clerk Larry, C tis, Mayor Pro Tem
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