[CC 1996 §600.010]
When used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings set out herein:
Any establishment whose business building contains a square
footage of at least six thousand (6,000) square feet, and where games
of skill commonly known as billiards, volleyball, indoor golf, bowling
or soccer are usually played or has a dance floor of at least twenty-five
hundred (2,500) square feet or any outdoor golf course with a minimum
of nine (9) holes, and which has annual gross receipts of at least
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) of which at least fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000.00) of such gross receipts is in non-alcoholic
sales.
A place where all doors are locked and where no patrons are
in the place or about the premises.
Includes 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 preparations
or mixtures for beverage purposes containing in excess of one-half
of one percent (0.5%) by volume, except for non-intoxicating beer
as defined herein. All beverages having an alcoholic content of less
than one-half of one percent (0.5%) by volume shall be exempt from
the provisions of this Chapter, but subject to inspection as provided
by Sections 196.365 to 196.445, RSMo.
Wine containing not in excess of fourteen percent (14%) of
alcohol by weight exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits
and vegetables.
An intoxicating liquor containing alcohol in excess of three
and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight and not in excess of five
percent (5%) alcohol by weight, manufactured from pure hops or pure
extract of hops or pure barley malt or wholesome grains or cereals
and wholesome yeast and pure water.
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 one-half
of one percent (0.5%) by volume and not exceeding three and two-tenths
percent (3.2%) by weight.
Any package containing three (3), six (6), twelve (12) or
twenty-four (24) small standard beer bottles, and any package containing
three (3), six (6) or twelve (12) large standard beer bottles, when
such bottles contain non-intoxicating beer as defined by this Section,
provided however, that the phrase "original package" shall be construed and held to refer to any package containing three
(3) or more standard bottles of beer, when such bottles contain malt
liquor as herein defined. (As to intoxicating liquor, see the definition
herein of "Sale By The Drink".)
Includes any individual, association, joint stock company,
syndicate, co-partnership, corporation, receiver, trustee, conservator
or other officer appointed by any State or Federal Court.
Any establishment having at least thirty (30) rooms for the
overnight accommodation of transient guests having a restaurant or
similar facility on the premises at least sixty percent (60%) of the
gross income of which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or
food, or means a restaurant provided with special space and accommodations
where, in consideration of payment, food, without lodging, is habitually
furnished to travelers and customers, and which restaurant establishment's
annual gross receipts immediately preceding its application for a
license shall not have been less than seventy-five thousand dollars
($75,000.00) per year with at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
of such gross receipts from non-alcoholic sales, or means a seasonal
resort restaurant with food sales as determined in Subsection (2)
of Section 311.095, RSMo. Any facility which is owned and operated
as a part of the resort may be used to sell intoxicating liquor by
the drink for consumption on the premises of such facility and, for
the purpose of meeting the annual gross food receipts requirements
of this definition, if any facility which is a part of the resort
meets such requirement, such requirement shall be deemed met for any
other facility which is a part of the resort.
Any establishment having a restaurant or similar facility
on the premises at least fifty percent (50%) of the gross income of
which is derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed
on such premises or which has an annual gross income of at least two
hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) from the sale of prepared meals
or food consumed on such premises.
Sale of any intoxicating liquor except malt liquor, in the
original package, in any quantity less than fifty (50) milliliters
shall be deemed "sale by the drink" and may be made
only by a holder of a retail liquor dealer's license and when so made,
the container in every case shall be emptied and the contents thereof
served as other intoxicating liquors sold by the drink are served.
