Sec. 6-130Specific rules for consumption on premises

(a) Rules applicable to all alcoholic beverages. No person who is the holder of any alcoholic beverage license issued by the city or any agent, servant or employee of any business in which any alcoholic beverage license is utilized shall sell or distribute alcoholic beverages for consumption upon the premises under any of the following circumstances:

(1) Serve multiple servings for a single price or offer all a person can drink for a set price;

(2) Make a single price the basis for a required purchase of two or more servings;

(3) Selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages at reduced prices based upon redemption or surrender of coupons, receipts, or other devices authorizing the serving of alcoholic beverage drinks on a subsequent day;

(4) Require or encourage the purchase of a second or subsequent alcoholic beverage at the same time another alcoholic beverage is purchased or before the first such beverage is consumed;

(5) Allow or permit any unconsumed alcoholic beverage sold for consumption on the premises to be removed from the licensed premises;

(6) For purposes of this section, the term "special events days" shall mean those certain days generally recognized nationwide as festive or celebratory and specifically approved in advance in writing as such by the chief of police and set forth on a list made available to all holders of on premises consumption alcoholic beverage licenses. For purposes of this section, the term "normal retail price" shall mean the price charged during the majority of the business hours, excluding the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., of such business for that particular alcoholic beverage during the preceding seven-day period of time.

a. Except for special events days, sell or furnish any alcoholic beverage prior to 4:00 p.m. or after 8:00 p.m. at a price less than the normal retail price of the business in which the associated alcoholic beverage license is utilized.

b. Except for special events days, sell or furnish any alcoholic beverage between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. for less than one-half of the normal retail price.

c. On special events days only, alcoholic beverages may be sold or furnished at any time that the business and, as applicable to distilled spirits, the restaurant is open at any price set by the business so long as such price is not less than one-half of the normal retail price.

(7) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the dispensing of malt beverages in pitchers or in jumbo sizes which are available at all times that the business in which the alcoholic beverage license is utilized is open for business at the usual, customary or established retail price therefor.

(b) Rules applicable to distilled spirits. In addition to the rules set forth in subsection (a) of this section, these rules shall likewise apply to the on premises consumption of distilled spirits:

(1) Sponsor, conduct, allow or permit contests or promotions which have as their primary purpose the increasing of the consumption of distilled spirits on the premises.

(2) Sell or furnish distilled spirits at any time that the restaurant or private club to which such license is attached is closed.

History: (Ord. No. 2012-07, § 2(Exh. A), 12-6-2012)