COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ORDINANCE NO. 090721
Amending Chapter 10, Code of
Ordinances, by repealing Sections 10-1, Definitions, and 10-106, Extended hours
licenses, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject
matter which change the definition of a school as well as a convention hotel or
motel and change the eligibility requirements of receiving and maintaining a convention
trade area 3:00 a.m. closing permit.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances
of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing Sections
10-1, Definitions, and 10-106, Extended hours licenses, and enacting in lieu
thereof new sections of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:
Sec. 10-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Alcohol beverage vaporizer means any device which, by means of heat, a vibrating
element or any method, is capable of producing a breathable mixture containing
any one or more alcoholic beverages to be dispensed for inhalation into the
lungs via the nose and/or mouth.
Alcoholic beverages means intoxicating liquor, malt liquor or nonintoxicating
beer.
Annual gross sales means the gross sales shown on the prior year's state
sales tax receipt or the prior year's convention and tourism tax filings or
city occupational license tax receipt for an applicant or licensee.
Board
means the liquor control board of review established by the city under this
chapter to conduct regulatory hearings in connection with the administration
and enforcement of the provisions of chapter 10 of the city's Code of
Ordinances.
Caterer
means any establishment whose primary business is the preparation of food and
drinks for consumption away from the licensed premises. A caterer must derive
50 percent or more of its annual gross sales from the sale of prepared meals
and food consumed at other approved premises. For the purposes of determining
whether an establishment qualifies as a caterer under the provisions of this
chapter and calculating the amount and percentage of annual gross sales from
the sale of prepared meals and food, any nonalcoholic components mixed or
served in any alcoholic beverage shall be considered to be part of the
alcoholic beverage and shall not be considered to be prepared meals and food.
Church
means any building or structure regularly and primarily used as a place of
worship by any organized religious society, organization or congregation,
regardless of whether or not the building or structure was originally designed
and constructed for that purpose.
Closed place means a premises licensed under this chapter where all
doors are locked and where no customers are in or about the premises.
Coin-or-currency-operated amusement device means pinball machines, marble machines, music-vending
machines, pool tables or machines, coin-operated shuffleboards and any other
device operated by the insertion of a coin, currency, disc or other insertion
piece, whether or not also manipulated by the operator, and which operate for
the amusement of the operator, whether or not by registering a score. It shall
not include "slot machines," "claw machines," or other
machines prohibited by state law. It shall not include machines or devices used
bona fide and solely for the vending of service, food, confections or merchandise.
C.O.L. license means a license for the consumption of alcoholic beverages
in or upon a premises which does not possess a license for the sale of
alcoholic beverages and where food, beverages or entertainment are sold or
provided for compensation as provided in RSMo 311.480.
Concert venue means any establishment used for the presentation of live
musical performances, pre-advertised to the public including pre-event tickets
sales available through third party ticket vendors, and where total ticket
sales exceed $100,000.00 per year.
Commissioner means the commissioner of revenue of Kansas City, Missouri, or person authorized and designated by the commissioner.
Condominium means real estate, portions of which are designated for
separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common
ownership solely by the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a
condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in
the unit owners.
Convention hotel or motel means any hotel or motel containing not less than 100
transient guestrooms, having a meeting room or similar facility with a seating
capacity of not less than 50 persons and having a restaurant on the premises.
Customer
means any person not an employee who enters or remains upon a licensed premises
with actual or implied permission of the licensee or a person who purchases or
otherwise partakes of any merchandise, goods, entertainment or other services
offered upon the premises.
Dancer
means any person performing a semi-nude dance, or who performs a dance for any
customers upon the premises of an establishment that allows semi-nude dancing.
Director
unless otherwise described, means the director of neighborhood and community
services, or a person designated by the director.
Dwelling
means any place that is used regularly or irregularly as a place of repose,
sleep, rest or any place containing a bed, cot, divan, couch or any other
article of furniture on which an adult person may recline. However, this shall
not include any premises used as a hotel, motel, or hotel room.
Eligible consenter means an owner of property in the city which is wholly
within or intersected by a specified radius from a proposed premises and shall
include the board of parks and recreation commissioners with respect to park
property under its jurisdiction but with respect to all other property owned by
the city, or property owned by the federal government, the state, and political
subdivisions of the state or any parcel of such real estate on which a retail
sales-by-drink, C.O.L. or sales-by-package license is situated or any property
owned by a person who has any ownership interest or other financial interest in
the proposed premises, as determined by the director, the property owner shall
not be considered an eligible consenter and the property shall not be included
in calculating the number of required consents.
Employee
means and includes an agent or servant, and shall be construed to mean every
person working for or performing services on behalf of the licensee during
actual or scheduled work hours.
High density office building means an office building used exclusively for the
administrative functions of business firms, professional groups or societies,
or any combination of those organizations, under the conditions of section
80-90 of the Code of Ordinances.
Intoxicating liquor or liquor means alcohol for beverage purposes, alcoholic,
spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt or other liquors or combination of liquors,
a part of which is spirituous, vinous or fermented, and all preparation or
mixtures for beverage purposes containing in excess of 3.2 percent of alcohol
by weight.
Licensee
means the holder of any licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter.
Location
means the property parcel upon which a licensed premises is situated.
Malt liquor means any beer or other malt beverage manufactured from
pure hops or pure extract of hops, and pure barley malt or other wholesome
grains or cereals and wholesome yeast and pure water, and free from all harmful
substances, preservatives and adulterants, and having an alcoholic content in
excess of 3.2 percent by weight, but not in excess of five percent by weight.
Managing officer means the person(s) designated by the licensee who is in
actual management and control of a business licensed under this chapter, and
who would be eligible as an individual to receive a license for the sale of
alcoholic beverages, and who is a qualified voter of the state.
Microbrewery means a business whose activity is the brewing and selling
of beer, with an annual production of 10,000 barrels or less.
Nonintoxicating beer means any beer manufactured from pure hops or pure
extract of hops, and pure barley malt or other wholesome grains or cereals, and
wholesome yeast and pure water, and free from all harmful substances,
preservatives and adulterants, and having an alcoholic content of more than 0.5
percent by volume, and not exceeding 3.2 percent of alcohol by weight.
Original license means any license issued under this chapter on an
application for a new license whether or not the proposed premises was
previously licensed under this chapter but shall not mean a renewal license.
Original package means any package containing three or more standard
bottles or cans of malt liquor or nonintoxicating beer, a package containing 50
milliliters (1.7 ounces) or more of spirituous liquor and a package containing
100 milliliters (2.4 ounces) or more of vinous liquor in the manufacturer's
original container. A standard bottle or can is any bottle or can containing 12
ounces or less of malt liquor or nonintoxicating beer.
Permittee
means the holder of an employee's permit, issued under the provisions of this
chapter.
Person
means an individual, partnership, club or association, firm, limited liability
company or corporation, unless the context requires a contrary interpretation.
Place of entertainment means any establishment which has occupancy capacity for
at least 300 customers, annual gross sales in excess of $250,000.00, and has
been in operation for at least one year.
Premises
means the bounds of the enclosure where alcoholic beverages are permitted to be
sold, stored or consumed under the authority of this chapter.
Restaurant-bar means any establishment having a restaurant or similar
facility on the premises which derives 50 percent or more of its annual gross
sales from the sale of prepared meals and food made and consumed on the
premises, or which has an annual gross sales of at least $200,000.00 from the
sale of prepared meals and food consumed on the premises. For the purposes of
determining whether an establishment qualifies as a restaurant-bar under the
provisions of this chapter and calculating the amount and percentage of annual
gross sales from the sale of prepared meals and food, any nonalcoholic
components mixed or served in any alcoholic beverage shall be considered to be
part of the alcoholic beverage and shall not be considered to be prepared meals
and food.
School
means any building which is regularly used as a public or private elementary
school, middle school or high school.
Semi-nude dance means any live exhibition, performance or dance by a
person or persons in a state of dress in which opaque clothing covers no more
than the areola of the female breast, the genitals or pubic region and anus, as
well as portions of the body covered by straps or strings supporting that
clothing.
Substantial quantities of food means the amount of prepared meals and food wherefrom at
least 50 percent of the gross income of an establishment has been derived
during the three most recent calendar months preceding. For the purposes of
determining whether substantial quantities of prepared meals and food
constitute at least 50 percent of the gross income of an establishment under
the provisions of this chapter, and calculating the amount and percentage of
annual gross income from the sale of prepared meals or food, any nonalcoholic
components mixed or served in any alcoholic beverage shall be considered to be
part of the alcoholic beverage and shall not be considered to be prepared meals
or food.
Tavern
means any licensed premises that sells liquor by the drink which derives the
majority of its annual gross sales from alcoholic beverages and does not
qualify to be categorized as a restaurant-bar, amusement place or place of
entertainment as defined in this chapter.
Unit
means a physical portion of a condominium designated for separate ownership or
occupancy, the boundaries of which described in the declaration which creates
the condominium.
Unit owner means a person who owns a condominium unit but does not include a
person having an interest in a unit solely as security for an obligation.
Sec.
10-106. Extended hours permits.
(a) Convention trade area 3:00 a.m.
closing permit--Eligibility.
(1) A convention
trade area 3:00 a.m. closing permit, authorized by RSMo 311.174, authorizes the
licensee who holds a section 10-102, 10-103, 10-134 or 10-135 sales-by-drink
license to remain open between 1:30 am. and 3:00 a.m., if:
a. The applicants
business is located within the convention trade area. Pursuant to RSMo 311.174,
the city's convention trade area is hereby designated as all that territory
within the corporate limits of the city; and
b. The applicant's
business is a convention hotel or motel or the applicant's business is not a
convention hotel or motel but is located not more than 1.5 drivable miles as
measured from the outside walls of a hotel, defined as any structure, or
building, under one management, which contains rooms furnished for the
accommodation or lodging of guests, with or without meals being so provided,
and kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public as a place
where sleeping accommodations are sought for pay or compensation by transient
guests or permanent guests, and having more than 100 bedrooms furnished for the
accommodation of such guests, and the applicant's annual gross sales at said
business for the year immediately preceding the application for a 3:00 a.m.
closing permit equals $125,000.00 or more; provided, however, that the director
may waive the foregoing gross sales requirement for a business located in the
downtown economic entertainment district if requested by the applicant and the
request is supported by documentation that the business should produce annual
gross sales equal to $125,000.00 or more. If this waiver is granted, the
applicant, after 90 days of operation, shall produce proof that the gross sales
for said 90 days of operation, when projected on an annualized basis by
multiplying the gross sales for the 90 days of operation times four, will be
satisfied, and, if not, the 3:00 a.m. closing permit will be canceled by the
director without refund. The cancellation shall be appealable to the board in
the manner set forth in section 10-62(b) of this chapter. Any convention hotel
or motel or business that has a current convention trade area 3:00 a.m. closing
permit that does not meet the requirement of having annual gross sales equal to
or greater than $125,000.00 at the time their 3:00 a.m. permit is up for
renewal after this ordinance has passed will have one year thereafter to fulfill
the $125,000.00 annual gross sales requirement.
c. A convention
hotel or motel that has a current convention trade area 3:00 a.m. closing
permit but has fewer than 100 transient guestrooms or a business that has a
current convention trade area 3:00 a.m. closing permit which is located more
than 1.5 drivable miles from a convention hotel or motel will be allowed to
maintain its convention trade area 3:00 a.m. closing permit as long as all
other requirements of this chapter have been met.
d. The director
may report to the city council once every three years to make recommendations
on adjusting the annual gross sales requirement.
(2) Unless stated otherwise
in section 10-215, the applicant shall, within 45 days of the filing of the
application, furnish to the director, consent forms signed and notarized from a
majority of eligible consenters as defined in this chapter from a minimum of 30
property parcels located in the city as defined by Geographic Information
Systems maps based on the North American Datum 1983 Missouri West State Plane
Coordinate System, maintained by the public works department of the city,
wholly within or intersected by a radius of 500 feet from the proposed
premises, as measured from the center of the door for the main entrance to the
premises. For any premises that does not either intersect or include the
boundaries of a minimum of 30 property parcels within a radius of 500 feet, the
radius will be increased by segments of 100 feet not to exceed 1,500 feet until
the premises is intersected by or within the boundaries of a minimum of 30
property parcels. The center of the door for the main entrance to the premises
shall be determined by the entrance most used by the public frequenting the
establishment. The applicant shall furnish to the director with the
application, two coordinates expressed in feet, based on the North American
Datum 1983 Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System, identifying the center
of the door for the main entrance to the premises. If within the initial 45 day
period for furnishing consents, an applicant files with the director a written
request demonstrating good cause for an extension of time to furnish consents,
the director may grant one extension of time for furnishing consents under this
section up to an additional 45 days. If an eligible consenter chooses to
abstain from giving their consent, they will not be included in the total
number of eligible consenters for which the applicant must obtain consents;
however, the applicant must furnish a signed and notarized consent form from
the property owner indicating that they have chosen to abstain from the consent
process. For purposes of this section, a condominium as defined in this chapter
shall be considered as a single property parcel entitled to a single consent,
which consent shall be validated if signed by the unit owners of a majority of
the condominium units. In lieu of a signed consent from an eligible property
owner under this section, an applicant may furnish and the director shall
accept a signed consent in proper form from a tenant of the property owner
under the following conditions:
a. That the tenancy is
for a term not less than one year; and
b. That the
applicant shall furnish to the director sufficient proof that the applicant has
sent a notification to the eligible consenting owner in a form approved by the
director, by U.S. certified mail; and
c. That the
notification shall include the date of application, name and address of the
applicant, the name and address of the proposed establishment, the type of
license or permit applied for, the proposed hours of operation, the proposed
type of entertainment, if any, a statement that if the owner does not file an
objection with director within 30 days of the date of the certified mailing of
the notification, that the director will accept the signed consent of the
tenant, the name, address, telephone and facsimile numbers of the director's
office and instructions to the property owner for filing an objection to
accepting the signed consent of the tenant.
(3) The director
shall provide written notification of the filing of an application for a
license or permit under this section to all eligible consenters identified for
the application and owners of property parcels located in the city, as defined
by geographic information systems maps based on the North American Datum 1983
Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System, maintained by the public works
department of the city, wholly within or intersected by a radius of 500 feet
from the proposed premises, as measured from the center of the door for the
main entrance to the premises. The director shall provide written notification
of the filing of an application for a license or permit under this section to
all to neighborhood associations registered with the city planning and
development department whose boundaries are wholly within or intersected by a
radius of 500 feet from the proposed premises, as measured from the center of
the door for the main entrance to the premises.
(4) Form of
consent. Consents required under the provisions of this section shall be
in writing on a form provided by the director and shall contain a statement
that the person signing is a bona fide eligible consenter under the provisions
of this section. Each signature on a consent shall be verified before a notary
public.
(5) Package
sales. No retail licensee holding a convention trade area 3:00 a.m.
closing permit pursuant to this section, nor employee of the licensee, shall
sell, give away, otherwise dispose of or allow the removal from the licensed
premises any alcoholic beverages in the original package or suffer the same to
be done on or about the licensed premises:
a. Between the
hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday;
b. Between the hours
of 12:00 midnight Sunday and 6:00 a.m. Monday.
(6) Notwithstanding
the limitations contained in subsection (a)(1)b. herein, a sales by drink
establishment licensed under this chapter located in that area bounded by and
including the block face frontage of the north side of 17th Street Terrace, the
east side of Woodland Avenue, the south side of 19th Street and the west side
of Paseo Boulevard that has annual gross sales of $125,000.00 or more for the
year immediately preceding the application for a 3:00 a.m. closing permit and
meets all other requirements herein is eligible for such permit.
(b) Nonprofit Organization 6:00 a.m.
closing permit--Eligibility.
(1) A nonprofit
organization 6:00 a.m. closing permit authorized by RSMo 311.174 authorizes a
licensee who holds a section 10-102, 10-103, 10-134 or 10-135 sales-by-drink to
remain open between 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., if:
a. The applicant
is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxes under section
501(C)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended; and
b. The applicant
is located in a building designated as a National Historic Landmark by the
United States Department of Interior; and
c. The applicants
business is located within the convention trade area. Pursuant to RSMo 311.174,
the city's convention trade area is hereby designated as all that territory
within the corporate limits of the city.
(2) Unless stated
otherwise in section 10-215, the applicant shall, within 45 days of the filing
of the application, furnish to the director, consent forms signed and notarized
from a majority of eligible consenters as defined in this chapter from a
minimum of 30 property parcels located in the city as defined by Geographic
Information Systems maps based on the North American Datum 1983 Missouri West
State Plane Coordinate System, maintained by the public works department of the
city, wholly within or intersected by a radius of 500 feet from the proposed
premises, as measured from the center of the door for the main entrance to the
premises. For any premises that does not either intersect or include the
boundaries of a minimum of 30 property parcels within a radius of 500 feet, the
radius will be increased by segments of 100 feet not to exceed 1500 feet until
the premises is intersected by or within the boundaries of a minimum of 30
property parcels. The center of the door for the main entrance to the premises
shall be determined by the entrance most used by the public frequenting the
establishment. The applicant shall furnish to the director with the
application, two coordinates expressed in feet, based on the North American
Datum 1983 Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System, identifying the center
of the door for the main entrance to the premises. If within the initial 45 day
period for furnishing consents, an applicant files with the director a written
request demonstrating good cause for an extension of time to furnish consents,
the director may grant one extension of time for furnishing consents under this
section up to an additional 45 days. If an eligible consenter chooses to
abstain from giving their consent, they will not be included in the total
number of eligible consenters for which the applicant must obtain consents,
however, the applicant must furnish a signed and notarized consent form from
the property owner indicating that they have chosen to abstain from the consent
process. For purposes of this section, a condominium as defined in this chapter
shall be considered as a single property parcel entitled to a single consent,
which consent shall be validated if signed by the unit owners of a majority of
the condominium units. In lieu of a signed consent from an eligible property
owner under this section, an applicant may furnish and the director shall
accept a signed consent in proper form from a tenant of the property owner
under the following conditions:
a. That the tenancy is
for a term not less than one year; and
b. That the applicant
shall furnish to the director sufficient proof that the applicant has sent a
notification to the eligible consenting owner in a form approved by the
director, by U.S. certified mail; and
c. That the
notification shall include the date of application, name and address of the
applicant, the name and address of the proposed establishment, the type of
license or permit applied for, the proposed hours of operation, the proposed
type of entertainment, if any, a statement that if the owner does not file an
objection with director within 30 days of the date of the certified mailing of
the notification, that the director will accept the signed consent of the
tenant, the name, address, telephone and facsimile numbers of the director's
office and instructions to the property owner for filing an objection to
accepting the signed consent of the tenant.
(3) The director
shall provide written notification of the filing of an application for a
license or permit under this section to all eligible consenters identified for
the application and owners of property parcels located in the city, as defined
by geographic information systems maps based on the North American Datum 1983
Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System, maintained by the public works
department of the city, wholly within or intersected by a radius of 500 feet
from the proposed premises, as measured from the center of the door for the
main entrance to the premises. The director shall provide written notification
of the filing of an application for a license or permit under this section to
all to neighborhood associations registered with the city planning and
development department whose boundaries are wholly within or intersected by a
radius of 500 feet from the proposed premises, as measured from the center of
the door for the main entrance to the premises; and
(4) Form of
consent. Consents required under the provisions of this section shall be
in writing on a form provided by the director and shall contain a statement
that the person signing is a bona fide eligible consenter under the provisions
of this section. Each signature on a consent shall be verified before a notary
public.
(5) Package
sales. No retail licensee holding a nonprofit organization 6:00 a.m.
closing permit pursuant to this section, nor employee of the licensee, shall
sell, give away, otherwise dispose of or allow the removal from the licensed
premises any alcoholic beverages in the original package or suffer the same to
be done on or about the licensed premises:
a. Between the
hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday;
b. Between the
hours of 12:00 midnight Sunday and 6:00 a.m. Monday.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Kathy
Adams
Assistant City Attorney