CHAPTER 04 Title 4 Wine
CHAPTER 4
WINE
SECTION:
4-4-1: Definitions
4-4-2: License Required
4-4-3: License Fees
4-4-4: Application for License
4-4-5: Qualifications
4-4-6: Issuance of License
4-4-7: Expiration; Transfer
4-4-8: Consumption on Premises
4-4-9: Location Restrictions; Schools or Churches
4-4-10: Age Restriction on Sale or Purchase
4-4-11: Hours of Sale
4-4-12: Penalty
4-4-1: DEFINITIONS: Certain words and phrases used in this Chapter are
defined as follows:
DIRECTOR: The director of the Idaho Department of Law
Enforcement.
Any alcoholic beverage containing not more than fourteen
WINE:
percent (14%) alcohol by volume obtained by the
fermentation of the natural sugar content of fruits or other
agricultural products containing sugar whether or not
other ingredients are added.
RETAIL WINE LICENSE: A license issued by the Director authorizing a person to
sell wine at retail for consumption off the licensed
premises. The term also means a license issued by the
City authorizing a person to sell wine at retail for
consumption off the licensed premises only.
WINE-BY-THE-DRINK LICENSE: A license to sell wine by the individual glass or open
bottle at retail for consumption on the premises.
A person to whom a retail wine license or wine-by-the-
RETAILER:
drink license has been issued.
DISTRIBUTOR: A person who is employed by or is an agent of, a retailer
to sell, serve or dispense wine.
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4-4-2: LICENSE REQUIRED: Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, no
person shall sell wine at retail for consumption off the premises or by the individual glass
or open bottle for consumption on the premises within the City, without first obtaining a
license under this Chapter. A person who holds a valid current wine-by-the-drink license
issued by the City may sell on the licensed premises wine at retail for consumption off
the premises without obtaining a retail wine license from the City. Any person, whether
agent, servant, employee, or person acting in any other capacity, who dispenses wine by
the drink upon any premise licensed to sell wine by the drink, in which said
establishment also holds a liquor by the drink permit, pursuant to section 4-2-2 of the
Ammon City Code, must hold a valid bartender’s license issued by the City of Ammon.
A copy of all employees licensed as a bartender shall be kept and maintained in
an orderly fashion. All bartender’s licenses, names of persons acting as
bartenders and hours worked shall be available upon request of any police or
enforcement officer representing the City of Ammon. It shall be the responsibility
of the business to confirm and maintain required documentation for all persons
acting as bartenders within the business. Failure to maintain such documentation
shall constitute a violation of this ordinance by the business. Further, the City
shall have the authority to revoke the business license until compliance is
established.
EXCEPTION: The State of Idaho Liquor Dispensary shall be exempt from the purchase
a wine license.
4-4-3: LICENSE FEES: License fees for the retail sale of wine in the City shall
be paid in advance as determined by a schedule of fees adopted by the City Council by
resolution which may be amended from time to time.
4-4-4: APPLICATION FOR LICENSE: Each applicant for a retail wine license
or wine-by-the drink license shall submit a written application on a form furnished by the
Clerk.
4-4-5: QUALIFICATIONS: An applicant for a retail wine license or wine-by-the-
drink license shall possess all qualifications necessary to obtain a license from the
Director. Licensees shall maintain qualifications throughout the period for which their
license is issued. Possession of licenses regularly issued by the Director and Bonneville
County shall be prima facie evidence of the applicant's qualifications and shall be a
requirement for the applicant to possess, prior to receiving a license under this Chapter.
4-4-6: ISSUANCE OF LICENSE: When the applicant for a retail wine license or
wine-by-the-drink license has produced evidence as required by Section 4-4-5 above
and paid the required license fee, the City Clerk shall,upon approval, issue the license to
the applicant.
4-4-7: EXPIRATION AND TRANSFER OF LICENSE: All licenses issued
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under this chapter shall be paid in advance and shall expire one (1) year from the date of
issue unless another date is endorsed on the license by the Clerk.
The procedure for the transfer of a retail wine license or a wine-by-the-drink license shall
be the same as provided in Idaho Code Section 23-1317, as amended, upon application
to the City Clerk. The fee for transfer of a retail wine license or wine-by-the-drink license
shall be determined by a schedule of fees adopted by the City Council by resolution
which may be amended from time to time. The license of the transferring licensee shall
be surrendered to the City Clerk before such transfer may be made.
4-4-8: CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES: Retailers who do not possess a valid
City license for the retail sale of liquor by the drink or wine-by-the-drink shall not permit
consumption of wine on the licensed premises.
4-4-9: LOCATION RESTRICTIONS: No wine-by-the-drink license shall be
issued to any person to operate at any place that is within three hundred (300) feet of
any public school, church or any other place of worship. Such distance shall be
measured in a straight line between the nearest entrance to the licensed premises and
the nearest property line of such school, church or place of worship. No person shall sell
or dispense wine for consumption on the premises at any place within three hundred
(300) feet of any public school, church, or other place of worship, similarly measured in a
straight line. This restriction shall not apply to any duly licensed premises that at the time
of first licensing did not come within the restricted area, but subsequent to such first
licensing came therein because of the construction or commencement of use of such
public facility or place of worship subsequent to such first licensing.
4-4-10: AGE RESTRICTION ON SALE OR PURCHASE:
(A) No person under twenty-one (21) years of age shall sell, purchase, possess, or
consume any wine; provided however, that any person who is nineteen (19)
years of age or older may sell, serve, deliver and dispense wine in the course of
his or her employment in such place where wine is lawfully present so long as
such place is the place of employment for such person under twenty-one (21)
years of age. Ordinance No. 274 dated 5-18-00.
(B) No person shall give, sell, or deliver wine to any person under the age of twenty-
one (21) years.
(C) No person under the age of twenty-one (21) shall represent to any retailer or
distributor that he or she is twenty-one (21) years or more of age, when in fact he
or she is under such age for the purpose of inducing the retailer or distributor, to
sell, serve, or dispense wine to such person.
(D) No person shall represent to any retailer or distributor that any other person is
twenty-one (21) years or more of age, when in fact that other person is under
such age for the purpose of inducing such retailer or distributor to sell, serve or
dispense wine to such other person.
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4-4-11: HOURS OF SALE: It shall be unlawful for any person in any place
licensed to sell wine or where wine is sold or dispensed to be consumed on the
premises, whether conducted for pleasure or for profit, to sell, dispense or give away
wine between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispense wine for consumption on the premises, in
any place not licensed as an eating place under Title 4, Chapter 1 of the City of Ammon
Code.
4-4-12: PENALTY: Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be
deemed a misdemeanor and shall be subject to penalties prescribed for such violations
under section 1-4-1 of this code.
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