HomeMy WebLinkAbout1817 Amending Municipal Code Hours for Sunday Liquor Sales BILL NO. 2020-060 ORDINANCE NO. /S l 7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING HOURS FOR
SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 — AMENDMENT. That Section 600.020 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Riverside,Missouri is hereby amended to read as follows(language to be added is underlined; and
language to be deleted contains a strip:
Section 600.020 License Required—Classes of Licenses.
A. No person shall sell or offer for sale intoxicating liquor in the City of Riverside 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.
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:
1. Package liquor— malt liquor only: Sales of malt liquor at retail by grocers and other
merchants and dealers for sale in the original package direct to consumers but not for resale
and not for consumption on the premises where sold. This license may include Sunday
sales from 9:00 A.M. to Midnight 6:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. the following Monday.
2. 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 Subsection (B)(1) of this Section.
3. 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(4) of this Section.
4. Malt liquor by the drink: Sales of malt liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on
the premises. This license may include Sunday sales from 9:00 A.M.to Midnight 6:00 a.m.
to 1:30 a.m. the following Monday.
5. 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)(2) of this Section.
6. Wholesale and distributor's license. A wholesale and distributor's license shall authorize
the sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquors by wholesalers or distributors.
C. Sunday Sales. Except for any establishment that may apply for a license under Section
311.089, RSMo., any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this
Chapter, who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor at retail, may apply to the City for a special
license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail between the hours of 9:00 A.M.and Midnight on Sundays
6:00 a.m. on Sunday to 1:30 a.m. the following Monday.
SECTION 2 — AMENDMENT. That Section 600.030.0 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Riverside, Missouri is hereby amended to read as follows(language to be added is underlined; and
language to be deleted contains a stri1ellifeugh):
Section 600.030 License Regulations.
C. Temporary Permit For Sale By Drink—Certain Organizations.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a permit for the sale of all
kinds of intoxicating liquor, including intoxicating liquor in the original package, at retail
by the drink for consumption on the premises of the licensee may be issued to any church,
school, civic, service, fraternal, veteran, political or charitable club or organization for the
sale of such intoxicating liquor at a picnic, bazaar, fair or similar gathering. The permit
shall be issued only for the day or days named therein and it shall not authorize the sale of
intoxicating liquor for more than seven(7) days by any such club or organization.
2. If the event will be held on a Sunday, the permit shall authorize the sale of
intoxicating liquor on that day beginning at 11:00 A.M 6:00 a.m.
3. At the same time that an applicant applies for a permit under the provisions of this
Subsection, the applicant shall notify the Director of Revenue of the holding of the event
by certified mail and by such notification shall accept responsibility for the collection and
payment of any applicable sales tax.
4. No provision of law or rule or regulation of the City shall be interpreted as
preventing any wholesaler or distributor from providing customary storage, cooling
or dispensing equipment for use by the permit holder at such picnic, bazaar, fair or
similar gathering.
SECTION 3 — AMENDMENT. That Section 600.030.D of the Municipal Code of the City of
Riverside, Missouri is hereby amended to read as follows(language to be added is underlined; and
language to be deleted contains a strikethrough):
Section 600.030 License Regulations.
D. Operating Hours, Days.
1. No person having a license issued pursuant to this Chapter nor any employee of
such person shall sell, give away, or permit the consumption of any intoxicating liquor in
any quantity between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. daily on weekdays and
between the hours of 1:30 n M S, „da „a 6:00 n M „ Monda rt otherwis _
authorized and licensed for Sunday sales,and if said person has a license to sell intoxicating
liquor by the drink, his/her premises shall be and remain a "closed place" as defined in
Section 600.010 of this Chapter and between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. daily
on weekdays and 1:30 A.M. on Sunday and 6:00 n M o,, Monday Where such licenses
authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink are held by clubs,hotels, or bowling
alleys, this Section shall apply only to the room or rooms in which intoxicating liquor is
dispensed; and where such licenses are held by restaurants or bowling alleys whose
business is conducted in one room only,then the licensee shall keep securely locked during
the hours and on the days herein specified all refrigerators, cabinets, cases, boxes and taps
from which intoxicating liquor is dispensed. Any person violating any provision of this
Subsection shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation. Nothing in this Subsection
shall be construed to prohibit the sale or delivery of any intoxicating liquor during any of
the hours or on any of the days specified in this Section by a wholesaler licensed under the
provisions of Section 311.180, RSMo. to a person licensed to sell the intoxicating liquor at
retail.
2. When January first(1st), March seventeenth(17th), July fourth (4th) or December
thirty-first (31st) falls on Sunday, and on the Sundays prior to Memorial Day and Labor
Day and on the Sunday on which the national championship game of the National Football
League is played, commonly known as "Super Bowl Sunday", any person having a license
to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink may be open for business and sell intoxicating liquor
by the drink under the provisions of his/her license on that day from the time and until the
time which would be lawful on another day of the week, notwithstanding any provisions
of this Chapter to the contrary.
SECTION 4 — EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and approval.
BE IT REMEMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, PASSED AND
APPROVED by a majority of the Board of Aldermen and APPROVED by the Mayor of the City
of Riverside this VA' day of B r,�er , 2021.
yor Kathleen L. Rose
;ATTEST:
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Robin l incaid,`ejty'Clerkk