Keeping place where intoxicating liquors are sold.
Columbus City Codes § 2325.09
in effect2325.09 - Keeping place where intoxicating liquors are sold.
(A) No person shall keep a place where beer or intoxicating liquors are sold, furnished, or given away in violation of law.
(B) No person shall recklessly purchase, possess or consume beer or intoxicating liquor in a place where beer or intoxicating liquor is sold, furnished or given away in violation of law.
(C) Upon conviction of a subsequent offense, the elements of which occurred at or upon such premises, any place where beer or intoxicating liquor is sold in violation of law is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, subject to abatement, and an action may be brought in equity to abate such nuisance and to perpetually enjoin the person maintaining the same from further maintenance thereof.
(D) Property used in violation of this section shall be seized and forfeited to the city of Columbus upon motion made in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of keeping a place where intoxicating liquor or beer is sold in violation of law, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender has previously been convicted under this section or Section 4399.09 of the Revised Code, a mandatory penalty of at least thirty (30) days imprisonment and a fine of at least five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be imposed. If the offender has previously been convicted two or more times under this section and/or Section 4399.09 of the Revised Code, a mandatory penalty of at least forty-five (45) days imprisonment and a fine of at least seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) shall be imposed.
(ORC 4399.09(C); Ord. 2535-94.)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT23GEOFCO_CH2325LICO_2325.09KEPLWHINLIARSOFetched: 10/27/2026