§ 3-61. Hours of sale.

(a)

No person licensed under this article, nor any employee of such person, shall sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done upon or about his premises, any intoxicating liquor in any quantity between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 1:30 a.m. Sunday and 6:00 a.m. Monday. If the person has a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink, his premises shall be and remain a closed place as defined in this section between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 1:30 a.m. Sunday and 6:00 a.m. Monday. Where licenses authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink are held by clubs or hotels, this section shall apply only to the room or rooms in which intoxicating liquor is dispensed; and where such licenses are held by restaurants whose business is conducted in one (1) room only and substantial quantities of food and merchandise other than intoxicating liquors are dispensed, then the licensee shall keep securely locked during the hours and on the days specified in this section all refrigerators, cabinets, cases, boxes, and taps from which intoxicating liquor is dispensed.

(b)

In this section, "closed place" means a place where all doors are locked and where no patrons are in the place or about the premises.

(c)

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sale or delivery of any intoxicating liquor during any of the hours or on any of the days specified in this section by a licensed wholesaler to a person licensed to sell the intoxicating liquor at retail.

(d)

When January first, March seventeenth, July fourth, or December thirty-first falls on Sunday, and on the Sundays prior to Memorial Day and Labor Day and on the Sunday on which the national championship game of the national football league is played, commonly known as "Super Bowl Sunday", any person having a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink under this chapter may be open for business and sell intoxicating liquor by the drink under the provisions of his license on that day after 6:00 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. the following day.

(e)

Nothing stated above shall prevent any person holding a valid license for the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package or for retail sale of liquor by the drink on Sunday from selling said products on Sundays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight.

(Code 1978, § 600.110, 600.120; Ord. No. 6126, § I, 4-12-88; Ord. No. 6220, § 1, 12-12-89; Ord. No. 6504, § 2, 7-13-93; Ord. No. 01-20, § I, 3-13-2001; Ord. No. 10-37, §§ I, II, 10-26-10)

State law reference

Similar provisions, RSMo 311.290, RSMo 311.298