Columbia Hours of sale and consumption ordinance (§ 4-29)

(a) Package liquor. No person having a license under the provisions of this article shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of or suffer the same to be done on or about his premises, any intoxicating liquor in any quantity between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily.

(b) Package liquor Sunday sales. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any person who possesses the qualifications required by this chapter, who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor in the original package at retail under this chapter, may apply for, and may be issued, a special license to sell intoxicating liquor in the original package at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 1:30 a.m. on Monday.

(c) Liquor by the drink. The premises of persons having a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink shall be and remain a closed place, as defined in this chapter, between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily.

(d) Applicability. Where such licenses authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink are held by clubs or hotels, this section shall apply only to the room or rooms in which intoxicating liquor is dispensed; and where such licenses are held by restaurants whose business is conducted in one room only and substantial quantities of merchandise, other than intoxicating liquors, are dispensed, then the licensee shall keep securely locked during the hours and on the days herein specified, all refrigerators, cabinets, cases, boxes and taps from which intoxicating liquor is dispensed.

(e) Restaurant bars and hotels. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any person who possesses the qualifications required by this chapter, and who now or hereafter meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and may be issued, a license to sell intoxicating liquor, as in this chapter defined, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 1:30 a.m. on Monday, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises of any restaurant bar as described in the application or on the premises of any establishment having at least forty (40) rooms for the overnight accommodations of transient guests.

Any new restaurant bar having been in operation for less than ninety (90) days may be issued a temporary license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 1:30 a.m. on Monday for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days if the restaurant bar can show a projection of annual business from prepared meals or food consumed on the premises of at least fifty (50) per cent of the total gross income of the restaurant bar for the year or can show a projection of annual business from prepared meals or food consumed on the premises which would exceed not less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00). The license fee shall be prorated for the period of the temporary license based on the cost of the annual license for the establishment.

Applications for a restaurant bar license, records thereof, or temporary license for such purposes shall be subject to procedures, rules and regulations now or hereafter established by the Missouri Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco Control on the same subject.

(f) Amusement places. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any person who possesses the qualifications required by this chapter, and who now or hereafter meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and may be issued, a license to sell intoxicating liquor, as defined in this chapter, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 1:30 a.m. on Monday by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises of any amusement place as described in the application.

Any new amusement place having been in operation for less than ninety (90) days may be issued a temporary license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 1:30 a.m. on Monday for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days if the amusement place can show a projection of gross receipts of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) of which at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) of such gross receipts are in nonalcoholic sales for the first year of operation. The license fee shall be prorated for the first period of the temporary license based on the cost of the annual license for the establishment.

(g) Malt liquor Sunday sales. Retailers selling intoxicating malt liquor who are licensed under section 4-47(5) or (8) may sell malt liquor at retail between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 1:30 a.m. on Monday.

(h) Wine shop Sunday sales. Any person who possesses the qualifications required by this chapter, and who meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises of any wine shop, as defined in this chapter, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and 1:30 a.m. on Monday.

(i) To-go alcohol. The holder of a valid license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for on-premises consumption may sell retailer-packaged liquor to a consumer in a container, filled on such premises by any employee who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, for off-premises consumption if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) The container is rigid, durable, leak-proof, sealable, and designed to prevent consumption without removal of the tamperproof cap or seal. A "sealable" container does not include a container with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws; and

(2) The contents of the container do not exceed one hundred twenty eight (128) ounces; and

(3) The consumer orders and purchases a meal prepared on the premises at the same time as the consumer purchases the alcoholic beverage; and

(4) The licensee provides the customer with a dated receipt or an electronic record for the meal and alcoholic beverage(s); and

(5) The number of alcoholic beverages sold under this section by a licensee for off-premises consumption is limited to twice the number of meal servings sold by the licensee for off-premises consumption; and

(6) The sealed container is placed in a one-time-use, tamperproof, transparent bag that is securely sealed; or the container opening has been sealed with tamperproof tape; and (7)

The container shall have a label or a tag with the name and address of the business that filled the container, in type not smaller than three (3) millimeters in height and not more than twelve characters per inch, and states, "THIS BEVERAGE CONTAINS ALCOHOL".

(j) Violation. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.