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CHAPTER 2 Liquor by the Drink
SECTION:
4-2-1: Definitions
4-2-2: License Required
4-2-3: License Fee
4-2-4: Application for License
4-2-5: Investigation
4-2-6: Form of License; Display
4-2-7: Expiration of Licenses
4-2-8: Multiple Licenses Prohibited
4-2-9: Transfer of Licenses
4-2-10: Persons Not Qualified to be Licensed
4-2-11: Sanitary Requirements
4-2-12: Location Restrictions
4-2-13: Bartender’s Permit Required
4-2-14: Applications and Fees
4-2-15: Qualifications
4-2-16: Expiration; Renewal
4-2-17: Revocation by Clerk
4-2-18: Right of Entry
4-2-19: Hours of Sale
4-2-20: Restriction of Sales by Licensee
4-2-21: Sales to Disqualified Persons under Age 21
4-2-22: Liquor Catering Permit
4-2-23: Application for Liquor Catering Permit
4-2-24: Persons Under Specified Ages Prohibited to be at Licensed Places
4-2-25: Exceptions
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4-2-1: DEFINITIONS. Certain words and phrases used in this Chapter are defined as
follows:
DIRECTOR: The Director of the Idaho Department of
Law Enforcement.
LICENSEE: The person to whom a license to sell and
dispense liquor by the drink is issued under
the provisions of this Chapter.
LICENSE: A license issued by the Council to a
qualified person, under which it shall be
lawful for the licensee to sell and dispense
liquor by the drink at retail.
LIQUOR: Any kind of liquor which may be sold by a
State liquor store.
INTERDICTED PERSON: A person to whom the sale of liquor is
prohibited under the laws of the State.
PREMISES: The building, room or place in which the
sale of liquor by the drink at retail by a
licensee is authorized under the provisions
of Title 23, Chapter 9, Idaho Code, as
amended, and under this Chapter.
BARTENDER: Any person, whether agent, servant,
employee, or person acting in any other
capacity, who pours, mixes, or prepares
any liquor by the drink upon any licensed
premises. This shall not apply to any
person who solely pours, mixes or prepares
wine by the drink at retail as defined by
Section 4-4-1 of this Code.
4-2-2: LICENSE REQUIRED. No person shall sell or dispense liquor by the drink at
retail on any premises in the City without first obtaining licenses as required by this Chapter and
Title 23, Chapter 9, Idaho Code, as amended.
4-2-3: LICENSE FEE. Each licensee shall pay in advance an annual license fee of five
hundred dollars ($500.00).
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4-2-4: APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Each applicant for a license shall file with the
Clerk an application in writing, verified under oath, stating the following:
(A) That the applicant lawfully holds a license issued by the Director pursuant to the provisions
of Title 23, Chapter 9, Idaho Code, as amended.
(B) A description of the premises for which the license is sought, their location and the name
of the owner of the premises.
(C) The names and addresses of all persons who will have any ownership or equity interest in
any business to be carried on in the licensed premises, including without limitation interests
arising from conditional sales contracts, partnerships, trusts or shares of corporate stock
and the amount and nature of such interest.
(D) The names and addresses of the applicant and all members of a partnership or association
and all officers, members of the governing board and all stockholders of any corporation
or any entity identified pursuant to subsection (C) above.
(E) Any other information reasonably necessary for the City Clerk to determine the applicant's
qualifications or disqualifications for a license.
If during the term of any license issued under this Chapter any change shall take place in any of
the information stated in the application, the licensee shall deliver a verified report of the change
to the Clerk no later than seven (7) working days after the change occurs.
4-2-5: INVESTIGATION. Upon receipt of an application for a license or for a transfer
of a license under this Chapter, accompanied by the necessary license or transfer fee, the Clerk
and Chief of Police shall investigate all information stated in the application and report the results
of the investigation to the City Council. If the Council determines that the contents of the
application are true, that the applicant is qualified to receive a license, that the premises are suitable
for carrying on the intended business and that the requirements of this Chapter have been met, a
license shall be issued or transferred. Otherwise, the application shall be denied and the license or
transfer fee refunded.
4-2-6: FORM OF LICENSE; DISPLAY. Every license issued under this Chapter shall
state the name of the person or business entity to whom issued and the location by street and
number or other definite designation of the premises. If issued to a partnership, the names of the
persons constituting the partnership shall be stated. If issued to a corporation or association, the
names of the principal officers and the members of the governing board shall be stated. The license
shall be signed by the licensee and shall be posted on the licensed premises in a place conspicuous
to the public. No person except the named licensee shall exercise any of the privileges granted
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under the license. Licenses issued under this Chapter apply only to premises for which they have
been issued.
4-2-7: EXPIRATION OF LICENSES. All licenses shall expire at midnight on
December 31 of the calendar year for which they are issued.
4-2-8: MULTIPLE LICENSES PROHIBITED. No person shall be granted more than
one license in any calendar year. No partnership, association or corporation holding a license
under this Chapter shall have as a member, officer or stockholder any person who has financial
interest of any kind in, or is a member of, another partnership or association or an officer or
shareholder of another corporation holding a license under this Chapter.
4-2-9: TRANSFER OF LICENSES. No license may be transferred to another person,
unless the transferee first obtains approval of the City Council upon application containing
substantially the same information required by Section 4-2-4 of this Chapter. If the proposed
transferee is qualified for the license, the Council shall approve the transfer and the City Clerk
shall reissue the license in the name of the transferee. The fee for each license transfer shall be
one hundred dollars ($100.00). The fee shall accompany the application for transfer.
4-2-10: PERSONS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE LICENSED. No license shall be issued
or transferred to:
(A) Any person, or any partnership, corporation, trust, association or other legal entity, at least
one of whose members, officers or governing board, within three years prior to the date of
making application, has been convicted of any violation of the laws of the United States,
the State of Idaho or any other state of the United States relating to the importation,
transportation, manufacture or sale of liquor; or who has been convicted of, paid any fine,
been placed on probation, received a deferred sentence, received a withheld judgment, or
completed any sentence of confinement for, any felony within five (5) years prior to the
date of making application for a license.
(B) A person who is engaged in the operation, or interested therein, of any house or place for
the purpose of prostitution or who has been convicted of any crime or misdemeanor
opposed to decency and morality.
(C) A person whose license issued under this Chapter has been revoked; an individual who was
a member of a partnership or association which was a licensee under this Chapter and
whose license has been revoked; an individual who was an officer, member of the
governing board or one (1) of the ten (10) principal stockholders of a corporation which
was a licensee under this Chapter and whose license has been revoked; a partnership or
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association one (1) of whose members was a licensee under this Chapter and whose license
was revoked; a corporation one (1) of whose principal stockholders was a licensee under
this Chapter and whose license has been revoked; an association or partnership, one (1) of
whose members was a member of a partnership or association licensed under the provisions
of this Chapter and whose license has been revoked; a partnership or association, one (1)of
whose members was an officer, a member of the governing board or one (1) of the ten (10)
principal stockholders of a corporation which was a licensee under this Chapter and whose
license has been revoked; a corporation, one (1) of whose officers, members of the
governing board, or ten (10) principal stockholders was a member of a partnership or
association licensed under this Chapter and whose license has been revoked; a corporation,
one (1) of whose officers, members of the governing board or ten (10) principal
stockholders was an officer, member of the governing board, or one (1) of the ten (10)
principal stockholders of a corporation which was a licensee under this Chapter and whose
license has been revoked.
(D) Any officer, agent or employee of any distillery, winery, brewery, or any wholesaler or
jobber of liquor or malt beverages, except as provided by section 23-912, Idaho Code.
(E) A person who does not hold a retail beer license issued by the State.
Any license, held by any person who later becomes disqualified under the provisions of this
Section, shall be promptly revoked by the Council.
(Ord. 127, 1/15/2008).
4-2-11: SANITARY REQUIREMENTS. All licensed premises shall be maintained in a
sanitary condition according to the applicable laws of the State and ordinances of the City.
4-2-12: LOCATION RESTRICTIONS. No license shall be issued for any premises in
any residential zone or within three hundred (300) feet of any public school, church or any other
place of worship, measured in a straight line between the nearest property line of such public
building or place of worship and the nearest entrance to the licensed premises. This limitation
shall not apply to any duly licensed premises that at the time of first licensing did not come within
the restricted area but subsequent to first licensing came therein. No licenses shall be issued to
any person for the operation of a licensed business upon any premises which were used by any
occupant whose license under this Chapter was revoked within one (1) year prior to the date of the
new application for issuance or transfer of a license.
4-2-13: BARTENDER’S PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall act as a bartender in
any premises licensed within the City to sell liquor by the drink unless that person holds a
bartender's permit issued by the City.
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4-2-14: APPLICATIONS AND FEES. Applications for bartender's permits shall be made
on forms furnished by the Clerk and shall be accompanied by a permit fee of twenty dollars
($20.00), or ten dollars ($10.00) for the renewal of any bartender's permit that has not been revoked
or terminated for cause. No licensee shall employ any person, allow the employment of any
person, or permit any person to perform the services of a bartender unless that person holds a valid
bartender's permit issued by the City.
4-2-15: QUALIFICATIONS. The City Council shall approve issuance of bartender's
permits only to persons who satisfy the following conditions:
(A) The person must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and of good moral character.
(B) The person shall not have been convicted, paid any fine or received any withheld judgment
or deferred sentence for a violation of any law relating to the importation, transportation,
manufacture or sale of liquor.
(C) The person shall not have been convicted of, paid any fine, been placed on probation,
received a deferred sentence, received a withheld judgment or completed any sentence for
any felony within five (5) years prior to the date of applying for a permit.
(D) The person shall not have been a licensee under Title 23, Chapter 9, Idaho Code or under
this Chapter, who has had a license revoked within five (5) years prior to the date of
applying for a bartender's permit.
(E) The person shall not have been a member of a partnership or association or an officer,
member of the governing board or one (1) of the ten (10) principal stockholders of a
corporation which was licensed under Title 23, Chapter 9, Idaho Code, or under this
Chapter and whose license was revoked within five (5) years prior to the date of applying
for a bartender's permit.
(F) The person shall not have had a bartender's permit issued by the City revoked within five
(5) years prior to the date of applying for a subsequent bartender's permit.
4-2-16: EXPIRATION; RENEWAL. Bartender’s permits shall expire one (1) year from
the date issued.
4-2-17: REVOCATION BY CLERK. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment of
conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, the City Clerk immediately shall revoke a
bartender's permit issued to any person convicted of any violation of this Chapter which would
disqualify the person from holding the permit. Nothing herein shall prevent the Council from
revoking a bartender’s permit prior to the entry of such judgment.
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4-2-18: RIGHT OF ENTRY. Any duly authorized police officer shall have the right at
any time to enter and examine the premises of any licensee to ascertain compliance with the laws
of the State and the City. It shall be unlawful to refuse any police officer admittance to the premises
for such purpose.
4-2-19: HOURS OF SALE. No liquor shall be sold, offered for sale or given away upon
any licensed premises during the following hours:
(A) Sunday, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas from one o'clock (1:00) a.m. to
ten o'clock (10:00) a.m., the following day; provided, however, that on any Sunday not
otherwise being a designated holiday, it shall be lawful for a licensee having a banquet area
or meeting room facility, separate and apart from the usual dispensing area (bar room) and
separate and apart from a normal public dining room unless the dining room is closed to
the public, to dispense liquor between the hours of two o'clock (2:00) p.m. and ten o'clock
(10:00) p.m. to bona fide participants of banquets, reception or conventions for
consumption only within the banquet area or meeting room facility.
(B) On any day of a state general or primary election or City general or special election until
after the time when the polls are closed.
(C) On any day between one o'clock (1:00) a.m. and ten o'clock (10:00) a.m.
4-2-20: RESTRICTION OF SALES BY LICENSEE. No licensee or its employed
agents, servants or bartenders shall sell, deliver or give away, or cause or permit to be sold,
delivered, or given away, any liquor to:
(A) Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, proof of which, for every resident of
this State, shall be a valid driver's license, military identification card or an identification
card issued by the Idaho Department of Transportation.
(B) Any person actually or obviously intoxicated.
(C) An habitual drunkard.
(D) An interdicted person.
4-2-21: SALES TO DISQUALIFIED PERSONS UNDER AGE 21.
(A) Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years who shall purchase, attempt to
purchase, possess, serve, dispense, or consume beer, wine or other alcoholic liquor shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor provided, however, that any person who is nineteen (19) years
of age or older may sell, serve, possess and dispense liquor, beer or wine in the course of
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his employment in any place as defined in section 23-942, Idaho Code, or other place where
liquor, beer or wine are lawfully present so long as such place is the place of employment
for such person under twenty-one (21) years of age.
(B) Any person who knowingly misrepresents his or her age or qualifications for the purpose
of obtaining liquor from a licensee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(C) No person shall represent to any licensee, to any agent or employee of a licensee, or to any
bartender that any other person is twenty-one (21) years or more of age, when in fact the
other person is under the age of twenty-one (21) years, for the purpose of inducing such
licensee, or the licensee's agent or employee, or a bartender to sell, deliver or give away
any liquor to such other person.
(D) No person shall purchase liquor for the purpose of delivering the same to any person under
the age of twenty-one (21) years, nor shall such person sell, give away or deliver liquor to
any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
4-2-22: LIQUOR CATERING PERMIT. Any person holding a retail liquor license may
serve and sell liquor, retail by the drink at a party or convention at a location other than at the
licensed premises for a period not to exceed three (3) consecutive days, upon obtaining a liquor
catering permit. Applications for such permit shall be made to the City Clerk on such form as
prescribed by the Clerk, which form shall contain the following information:
(A) The name and address of the applicant and the number of his state liquor license.
(B) The dates and hours during which the permit is to be effective, not to exceed three (3)
consecutive days.
(C) The names and addresses of the organizations, groups, or persons sponsoring the event.
(D) The address at which the liquor is to be served, and if a public building, the rooms in which
the liquor is to be served.
The application shall be verified by the applicant and filed with the Clerk. A filing fee in the
amount of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each day the permit is to be effective shall be paid to the
City Clerk. Such fee shall be nonrefundable irrespective of whether the party or convention is
held.
4-2-23: APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR CATERING PERMIT. Upon the filing of an
application for a liquor catering permit, the Council shall upon the advice and recommendation of
the Chief of Police approve or disapprove the application and indicate the determination on the
face of the application by indorsement signed by the Clerk. Copies of the application with signed
indorsements thereon shall be mailed or delivered immediately to the Chief of Police, the Director
of the Idaho Department of Law Enforcement and the applicant, and a signed copy shall be retained
by the Clerk. An application approved in this manner shall constitute a permit, unless disapproved
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by the Director by notice served upon the applicant for the retail sale of liquor by the drink, beer
and wine for the period authorized by the permit.
4-2-24: PERSONS UNDER SPECIFIED AGES PROHIBITED TO BE AT
LICENSED PLACES. No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall enter, remain in
or loiter in or about any premises licensed for the sale of liquor by the drink at retail, or sale of
beer for consumption on the premises, nor shall any licensee of either such place, or any person in
charge of a licensed premises or on duty while employed by the licensee therein, permit or allow
any person under such age to remain in or loiter in or about such place. Provided, however, it is
lawful for persons who are musicians and singers eighteen (18) years of age or older, to enter and
to remain in any place as defined in Section 23-942, Idaho Code, but only during and in the course
of their employment as musicians and singers. Provided further, that it is lawful for persons who
are nineteen (19) years of age or older to sell, serve, possess or dispense liquor, beer or wine in the
course of their employment in any place as defined in section 23-942, Idaho Code, or in any other
place where liquor, beer or wine are lawfully present, so long as such place is the place of
employment for such person. However, the foregoing shall not permit the sale or distribution of
any alcoholic beverages to any person under the ages specified for sale of alcoholic beverages.
4-2-25: EXCEPTIONS. Notwithstanding the preceding section, any person under the age
of twenty-one (21) years may enter or be upon or within:
(A) Any railroad observation or club car or any airplane of a commercial airline,
notwithstanding that such premises may also be licensed for the sale of liquor by the drink
or for the sale of beer for consumption on the premises or that alcoholic beverages, or beer,
or both, are prepared, mixed or dispensed and served and consumed therein.
(B) Any building, a part or portions of which are used as a licensed premises, provided such
premises are separate or partitioned from the remainder of said building and access to such
place through a doorway or doorways or other means of ingress can be controlled to prevent
persons under twenty-one (21) years of age from entering therein.
(C) Any baseball park, sports arena or fairgrounds, notwithstanding that such premises or any
portion thereof may be licensed for the sale of beer for consumption on the premises or that
beer is dispensed and served and consumed therein.
(D) The premises of any licensed winery notwithstanding that such premise or any portion
thereof may also be licensed for the sale of beer or wine for consumption on the premises
or that wine is dispensed and served and consumed therein.
(E) The licensed premises of a wine retailer, wholly owned and operated by a licensed winery
which retails exclusively the products of that winery.