Chapter 8.20
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Sections:
8.20.010 Sale on election day.
8.20.020 Hours of sale of intoxicating liquor.
8.20.010 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: Ord. 14-16 § 2 (part), 2014. Formerly 6.08.010.)
8.20.020 Hours of sale of intoxicating liquor.
A. For bar or eating establishments, alcohol sales will be prohibited between the hours of two a.m. Sunday morning until ten a.m. Monday morning. Alcohol sales will be prohibited between the hours of one a.m. to ten a.m. Tuesday through Friday. Alcohol sales will be prohibited between two a.m. Saturday morning and ten a.m. Saturday morning.
However, licensed bars and eating establishments may provide for alcohol sales on Super Bowl Sunday from twelve p.m. until nine p.m., and on New Year’s Eve when the holiday falls on a Sunday from six p.m. until two a.m. the following Monday.
B. Packaged liquor stores shall be closed between the hours of nine p.m. and ten a.m., and on Sunday. (Ord. 97-5 § 1, 1997: Ord. 11-09 §§ 1, 2, 2012: Ord. 14-16 § 2 (part), 2014. Formerly 6.08.020.)
8.20.030 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: Ord. 14-16 § 2 (part), 2014. Formerly 6.08.030.)