CHAPTER III. BEVERAGESCHAPTER III. BEVERAGES\ARTICLE 3. PRIVATE CLUBS

It shall be unlawful for any person granted a private club license by the State of Kansas to sell or serve any alcoholic liquor authorized by such license within the city without first obtaining a local license from the city clerk.

(Ord. 1208; Code 2015)

(a)   There is hereby levied an biennial license fee on each private club located in the city which has a private club license issued by the state director of alcoholic beverage control, which fee shall be paid before business is begun under an original state license and within five days after any renewal of a state license. The city license fee for a Class A club shall be $500.00 and the city license fee for a Class B club shall be $500.00.

(b)   All applications for new or renewal city licenses shall be submitted to the city clerk. Upon presentation of a state license, payment of the city license fee and the license application, the city clerk shall issue a city license for the period covered by the state license, if there are no conflicts with any zoning or alcoholic beverage ordinances of the city.

(c)   The license period shall extend for the period covered by the state license. No license fee shall be refunded for any reason.

(d)   Every licensee shall cause the city club license to be placed in plain view next to or below the state license in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.

(K.S.A. 41-2622; Ord. 1208; Code 2015)

(a)   No club licensed hereunder shall allow the serving, mixing or consumption of alcoholic liquor on its premises between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on any day. No patron shall be allowed to remain within the licensed premises after 2:00 a.m.

(b)   Cereal malt beverages may be sold on premises licensed for the retail sale of cereal malt beverages for on-premises consumption at any time when alcoholic liquor is allowed by law to be served on the premises.

(c)   No club membership shall be sold to any person under 21 years of age;; nor shall alcoholic beverages or cereal malt beverages be given, sold or traded to any person under 21 years of age.

(d)   No person under the age of 21 shall be allowed within the licensed premises at any time.

(e)   The licensed premises shall be open to law enforcement officers and not to the public. The entrance door into the licensed premises shall be equipped with a window of sufficient size and material to allow law enforcement officers to see into the premises and be seen at the door from inside the premises.

(f)   Limitations and restrictions on the number of persons allowed to occupy the licensed premises and the number and nature of emergency exists from the premises shall from time to time be determined by city fire department personnel.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon a determination that a licensee, or an employee or agent of a licensee, has violated any provision of this article, the governing body of the city may suspend or revoke the license in the same manner as provided by K.S.A. 41-2708, and impose a fine of not more than $1,000.

(K.S.A. Supp. 41-2614; Ord. 1208; Code 2015)