§ 2325.22 — Restrictions on sale of beer and liquor

2325.22 - Restrictions on sale of beer and liquor.

Sales of beer and intoxicating liquor under all classes of permits and from State liquor stores are subject to the following restrictions, in addition to those imposed by the rules or orders of the Department of Liquor Control: (A) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no beer or intoxicating liquor shall be sold to any person under twenty-one years of age. (2) No low-alcohol beverage shall be sold to any person under eighteen years of age. (3) No intoxicating liquor shall be handled by any person under twenty-one years of age, except that a person eighteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle or sell beer or intoxicating liquor in sealed containers in connection with wholesale or retail sales, and any person nineteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle intoxicating liquor in open containers when acting in the capacity of a waiter or waitress in a hotel, restaurant, club, or night club, as defined in division (B) of Section 2325.01 of the Columbus City Codes, or in the premises of a D-7 permit holder. This section does not authorize persons under twenty-one years of age to sell intoxicating liquor across a bar. Any person employed by a permit holder may handle beer or intoxicating liquor in sealed containers in connection with manufacturing, storage, warehousing, placement, stocking, bagging, loading, or unloading, and may handle beer or intoxicating liquor in open containers in connection with cleaning tables or handling empty bottles or glasses. (B) No sales shall be made to an intoxicated person. (C) No intoxicating liquor shall be sold to any individual who habitually drinks intoxicating liquor to excess, or to whom the Department of Liquor Control has, after investigation, determined to prohibit the sale of such intoxicating liquor, because of cause shown by the spouse, parent, sibling, or other person dependent upon, or in charge of such individual, or by the mayor of any municipal corporation, or a township trustee of any township in which the individual resides. The order of the Department in such case shall remain in effect until revoked by the Department of Liquor Control. (D) No sales of intoxicating liquor shall be made after 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, except that intoxicating liquor may be sold on Sunday under authority of a permit which authorizes Sunday sale. (E) (1) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, shall be fined not less than five hundred and not more than one thousand dollars, and, in addition to the fine, may be imprisoned for a definite term of not more than sixty days. (2) Whoever violates division (A)(3), (B) or (C) of this section is guilty of misdemeanor of the third degree. (3) Whoever violates division (A)(2) or (D) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(ORC 4301.22) (ORC 4301.99(I)) (ORC 4301.99(E).) (ORC 4301.99(15); Ord. 2535-94; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)