HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Exempting Stores selling packaged liquor from posting notice forbidding minors ORDINANCE NO. 3119
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 17.16(1)
OF THE AMES MUNICIPAL CODE AND READOPTING THE
SUBSECTION REVISED TO EXEMPT STORES SELLING PACK-
AGED LIQUOR; ESTABLISHING A PENALTY AND SETTING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall
be and is hereby amended by repealing subsection 17.16(1) thereof and
re-enacting the same revised to read as follows:
"Sec. 17.16. UNDERAGE PERSONS PROHIBITED ON
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 (50 0) of
the business conducted is the sale or dispensing of
alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, and
for any person employed 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 of
twenty-one. It shall be the duty of the licensee and of
the person or persons managing such premises to cause
to be posted and maintained at all times an easily
readable notice in the English language stating that
persons less than 21 years of age are prohibited from
entering the premises."
Section Two. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall
constitute a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $100
or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith shall be repealed to the extent of such conflict if any.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as required by law.
Passed this 16th day of February 1991.
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Nancy Dion ', City Clerk/ Larry R. Curtis, Mayor
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