Chapter 6.08
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Sections:

6.08.010    Sale on election day.

6.08.020    Hours of sale of intoxicating liquor.

6.08.030    Protest of liquor licenses of establishments that sell beverages containing more than ninety percent alcohol.

6.08.010 Sale on election day.

The sale of intoxicating liquor is permitted within the city during election day for any federal, state or local election. (Ord. 74-3, 1974.)

6.08.020 Hours of sale of intoxicating liquor.

A.    For bar or eating establishments, alcohol sales will be prohibited between the hours of 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning until 10:00 a.m. Monday morning. Alcohol sales will be prohibited between the hours of 1:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Tuesday through Friday. Alcohol sales will be prohibited between 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning and 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

However, licensed bars and eating establishments may provide for alcohol sales on Super Bowl Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., and on New Year’s Eve when the holiday falls on a Sunday from 6:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. the following Monday.

B.    Packaged liquor stores shall be closed between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m., and on Sunday. (Ord. 97-5 § 1, 1997: Ord. 11-09 §§ 1, 2, 2012.)

6.08.030 Protest of liquor licenses of establishments that sell beverages containing more than ninety percent alcohol.

A.    The council finds that the sale of beverages containing more than ninety percent alcohol is a serious threat to public health and welfare.

B.    The city shall protest the issuance, renewal or transfer of any liquor license for an establishment within the city unless the applicant notifies the city that it has not within the past thirty days, and will not in the future, sell beverages containing more than ninety percent, or one hundred eighty proof, alcohol.

C.    The application for a liquor license for any establishment within the city that in fact sells beverages containing more than ninety percent, or one hundred eighty proof, alcohol after notifying the city that it would not do so shall also be protested.

D.    The city manager is directed to take reasonable steps to ensure that this section is being enforced. Any establishment affected by this provision shall have the right to appear before the council at the public hearing and present evidence or arguments in its behalf.

E.    Nothing in this chapter operates to prevent the city from protesting applications for liquor licenses on other reasonable grounds, as permitted by state law. (Ord. 90-04 § 1, 1990.)