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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 732ORDINANCE NO. 732 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PURCHASE, CONSUMPTION, POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND IMPOSING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Definitions: For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following definitions will apply: l. The term "alcoholic beverage" shall mean and include ethyl alcohol and any distilled, fermented, spirituous, and vinous beverages containing in excess of 3.2 per cent of alcohol by weight as well as any malt beverages with an alcoholic content of more than one-half of one pe~ cent by volume. 2. The term "mino~" shall mean and include any person who has not attained the age of 2l years. 3. The term "licensee" shall mean and include any 'person having a license for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages and any municipal liquor store. Section 2. Violations: It shall be unlawful for any: 1. Licensee or his employee to sell or serve any alcoholic beverage to a minor or to permit a minor to consume any at~oho]ic beverage. 2. Person to procure any alcoholic beverage for a minor. 3. Person to induce a minor to purchase or procure any alcoholic beverage. 4. Minor to enter any premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic beverage or any municipal liquor store for the purpose of purchasing or having served or delivered to him or her any glcoholic beverage. 5. A minor to misrepresent his age for the purpose of obtaining any alcoholic beverage. 6. A minor to purchase or attempt to purchase any alcoholic beverage. 7. A minor to have in his possession any alcoholic beverage with intent to consume same. Possession of any alcoholic beverage at a place other than the household of his parent or gaurdian will be prima facie evidence of his intent to consume same. 8. A minor to consume any alcoholic beverage. 9. A minor to sell any alcoholic beverage. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Penalty. Any violator of this Ordinance within the City of Columbia Heights will be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Three Hundred Dollare ($300) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both. Should any section, subdivision, clause or other provision of this ordinance be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, nor any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid. Time~.of taking effect. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after thirty (30) days after its passage. First Reading: April 27, 1970 Second Reading: May 25, 1970 Offered by: Land Seconded by: Heintz Roll Call - All ayes Secretary 7to the/C~unci 1' B'~UCE G. 'NAWROCKI , Mayor