Sec. 10-106. Hours of sale.

(a)   All stores, shops, restaurants, bars, and other places of business permitted under the provisions of this division shall suspend sales of alcoholic beverages at 2:00 a.m., and shall be closed at 2:30 a.m. continuously until 6:00 a.m. on the same day. However, all such places of business shall close at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday and remain closed until 6:00 a.m. on the following Monday, except as follows:

(1)   Businesses that hold a retailers Class B (package sales) permit or a retailers Class B (six percent or less alcohol content) (package sales) permit, and that realize at least 60 percent of their monthly revenues from the sale of merchandise other than alcoholic beverages, may be open for business and sell beer and other alcoholic beverages as authorized under their permits between 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight on Sunday;

(2)   Restaurant establishments that hold a retailers Class A-R (restaurant) permit may be open for business and sell alcoholic beverages as authorized under their permits, in connection with the serving and selling of meals, between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Sunday, and between 11:00 a.m. on New Year’s Eve and 2:00 a.m. on the following day whenever New Year’s Eve falls on a Sunday; and

(3)   Businesses that hold a retailers Class A-G (general bar) permit may be open for business and sell alcoholic beverages as authorized under their permits between 8:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and 2:00 a.m. on the following day whenever New Year’s Eve falls on a Sunday, and between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on “Super Bowl Sunday”.

(b)   All stores, shops, restaurants, and other places of business not required to be closed by other provisions of law may remain open for the sale of items permitted by law other than alcoholic beverages. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in such places of business during the prohibited periods set forth in subsection (a) of this section is expressly prohibited.

(Code 1987, § 14:65; Ord. No. 06-18, art. I, 10-23-06)