TITLE 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Chapter 9-64 Minors and Alcohol
9-64-010 Selling alcohol to person under twenty-one years of age prohibited; sign required.
9-64-020 Minors prohibited in taverns; exceptions.
9-64-030 Sale of liquor near schools prohibited.
9-64-040 Presentation of false credentials prohibited.
9-64-050 Use of alcoholic beverages prohibited.
9-64-060 Engaging another to procure unlawful articles prohibited.
9-64-070 Making unlawful purchase for minor prohibited.
9-64-010 Selling alcohol to person under twenty-one years of age prohibited; sign required.
(A) It is unlawful for any person to sell, serve, give away,
dispose of, exchange, deliver, or permit the sale, serving, giving, or procuring
of any alcoholic beverages to or for any person under the age of twenty-one
years.
(B) It is the duty of any person who is the proprietor or
keeper of a place of business which sells, serves, or disposes of any alcoholic
beverages to post conspicuously in his or her or her place of business the
following sign: "PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS NOT SERVED HERE."
Failure to post such sign shall constitute an unlawful act.
(C) For the purpose of this chapter, alcoholic beverages
include any one or more of the following:
(1) Any fermented malt beverage, as defined in section
12-46-103(1.5), C.R.S.;
(2) Any malt liquors, as defined in section 12-47-103(11),
C.R.S.;
(3) Any special malt liquors, as defined in section
12-47-103(25.5), C.R.S.;
(4) Any spirituous liquors, as defined in section
12-47-103(26), C.R.S.;
(5) Any vinous liquors, as defined in section 12-47-103(28),
C.R.S. (Ord. 15 §19, 1963; Ord. 923 §1, 1992)
9-64-020 Minors prohibited in taverns; exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person who is the proprietor or
keeper of a tavern to permit any minor under the age of twenty-one years to
frequent or be in or about such place, unless accompanied by an adult,
twenty-one years or older, or to permit any minor under the age of twenty-one
years to drink any intoxicating liquors or beer or any other fermented malt
beverage in or about the same, or to permit any alcohol beverage to be sold or
dispensed by a person under eighteen years of age, or to permit any such person
to participate in the sale or dispensing thereof. Notwithstanding any provision
of this section to the contrary, no person under twenty-one years of age shall
be employed to sell or dispense malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors unless he or
she is supervised by another person who is on the premises and has attained
twenty-one years of age. (Ord. 15 §20, 1963; Ord. 1545 §3,
2001)
9-64-030 Sale of liquor near schools prohibited.
It is unlawful to sell, offer, or expose for sale or gift,
beer or any vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors within a distance of 500 feet
from any private, public, or parochial school, said distance to be computed by
direct measurement from the nearest property lines; provided, however, that this
prohibition shall not affect the rights of any person now holding a lawful
permit or license to conduct such business within the restricted area hereby
established; nor shall this prohibition prevent the renewal, upon the expiration
thereof, of any license in effect at this time authorizing such business within
the restricted area hereby established. (Ord. 15 §23, 1963)
9-64-040 Presentation of false credentials prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to
make false statements; or to furnish, present, or exhibit any fictitious or
false statements; or to furnish, present, or exhibit any fictitious or false
registration card, identification card, note, or other document for any unlawful
purpose; or to furnish, present, or exhibit such document or documents issued to
a person other than the one presenting the same for the purpose of gaining
admission to prohibited places or for the purpose of procuring the sale, gift,
or delivery of prohibited articles, including beer, liquor, wine, or fermented
malt beverages (3.2 beer). (Ord. 15 §25, 1963)
9-64-050 Use of alcoholic beverages prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of
age to possess, consume, or use alcoholic beverages. (Ord. 720 §1, 1987;
Ord. 923 §2, 1992)
9-64-060 Engaging another to procure unlawful articles prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one
years to engage or utilize the services of any other person, whether for
remuneration or not, to procure any article which the minor himself or herself
is forbidden by law to purchase. (Ord. 15 §27, 1963)
9-64-070 Making unlawful purchase for minor prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person, whether for remuneration or
not, to procure for any person under twenty-one years of age any article which
the person is forbidden by law to purchase. (Ord. 15 §28, 1963)
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