§ 5-160. Possession or consumption by minors prohibited; exceptions.

(a)

No licensee or any owner, officer or employee thereof, shall knowingly or unknowingly permit the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor or CMB by a minor on premises where alcoholic beverages are sold by such licensee, except that a licensee's employee who is not less than 18 years of age may serve alcoholic liquor or CMB under the on-premises supervision of the licensee, or an employee who is 21 years of age or older.

(b)

Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $200.00 or more than $500.00, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both.

(c)

It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section if:

(1)

The defendant permitted the minor to possess or consume the alcoholic liquor or CMB with reasonable cause to believe that the minor was 21 or more years of age; and

(2)

To possess or consume the alcoholic liquor or CMB, the minor exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, state nondriver's identification card or other official or apparently official document that reasonably appears to contain a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such minor was 21 or more years of age.

(Code 1967, § 3-67; Ord. No. 1679, § 26, 10-24-2011)