Sec. 3-133. - Hours of sale and operation.
(a) Retail licensees. It shall be unlawful for any retail licensee, its owner, manager, servant, agent, or employee, to sell, offer for sale or to serve, or to dispense for reward, or offer to serve, or dispense for reward, or to allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages upon the city licensed premises, on the days and during the hours hereinafter enumerated as follows: (1) Prohibited hours for on-premises lounge liquor retailers and special events retailers shall be from 2:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. weekdays, which includes Saturdays, and from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sundays; for special retailers prohibited hours shall be every day from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.; for all other on-premises licensed retailers prohibited hours shall be from 2:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. (2) Prohibited hours for off-premises class II lounge liquor retailers shall be everyday from 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.; for all other off-premises retailers prohibited hours shall be every day from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
(b) Other licensees. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler, or the owners, managers, servants, agents, or employees of the same, to sell, trade, or barter in alcoholic beverages between the hours of 9:00 p.m. of any Saturday and 2:00 a.m. of the following Monday.
(c) Business hours for class I lounge liquor retailers. It shall be unlawful for any class I lounge liquor retail licensee to remain open, or for any owner, manager, servant, agent, or employee to allow or cause said licensee to remain open, to the general public between the hours of 2:15 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on any weekday, which includes Saturdays, and between 2:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on any Sunday.
(d) Hours proscribed by zoning ordinance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, where the city's zoning laws, which includes variances and special exceptions granted under the authority of the zoning ordinance, provide for more restrictive hours than those set forth in subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section, such hours shall apply in lieu of the foregoing and it shall be a violation of this chapter for any licensee, its owner, manager, servant, agent, or employee to sell, offer for sale or to serve, or to dispense for reward, or offer to serve, or dispense for reward, or to allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages upon the city licensed premises, or, in the case of a class I lounge liquor retailer, to be opened for business or to allow or cause the same to be opened for business, during the prohibited hours established by the zoning laws.
(e) Entertainment district hours. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, unless prohibited by state alcoholic beverage control laws, on a day when an entertainment district established under article II of this chapter is open, then the hours of sale and operation provided for in subsection (a)(1) of this section and the business hours for class I lounge liquor retailers provided for in subsection (c) of this section will be extended to include the open hours of the particular entertainment district for those on-premises alcoholic beverage retailers that are holders of a permit issued by the city under the entertainment district regulations in article II of this chapter; otherwise the provisions of subsections (a)(1) and (c) of this section shall apply. Where an entertainment district is open outside of the regular hours for the particular district, then the chief of police shall provide at least 24 hours advance written notice of the opening to each such permit holder within the affected entertainment district, or portion thereof.
(Ord. No. 11-654, § 1, 9-22-2011; Ord. No. 17-088, § 3, 2-23-2017; Ord. No. 19-81, § 1, 2-28-2019)
(Ord. No. 26-245, § 1, adopted 3-26-2026; published 4-1-2026)
(Ord. No. 26-388, adopted 5-14-2026)
