§ 3.30.070. Hours of operation.  


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  • (a)

    It is unlawful for any licensee, owner, manager, or responsible person of a teen club to permit or allow entertainment between the hours of midnight and noon. No person, except an employee, licensee, owner, manager or responsible person shall be on the licensed premises of a teen club and the premises shall be closed between the hours of midnight and 7:00 a.m.

    (b)

    Other than those types of establishments set forth in subsection (d), it shall be unlawful for any licensee, owner, manager or responsible person of an entertainment establishment to permit or allow entertainment between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and noon. No person, except an employee, licensee, owner, manager or responsible person shall be on the licensed premises of an entertainment establishment and the premises shall be closed between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.

    (c)

    For the purposes of this section, "employee" shall be defined as an individual who is employed by, works on or upon the licensed premises and receives financial compensation from the licensee.

    (d)

    For any establishment offering entertainment that is regulated by this Chapter and is an art gallery, coffee shop or music store/music only venue as those terms are defined in Section 3.30.020, it shall be unlawful for any licensee, owner, manager or responsible person of such an establishment to permit or allow entertainment between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and noon. Provided, however, music student recitals, music lessons, or closed recording sessions may be conducted at any time the premises are open. Such premises shall be closed between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

    (e)

    At closing time, all entertainment establishments and teen clubs shall conform to the following procedures:

    (1)

    The lights are to be fully illuminated;

    (2)

    Except as set forth below for premises located within the Old Town Entertainment District, the music, dancing or other live entertainment is to be stopped no later than closing time;

    (3)

    For establishments that sell and/or allow the serving and consumption of alcoholic liquor, all alcoholic liquor is to be removed from all tables and no patron shall be in possession of any alcoholic liquor; and

    (4)

    Patrons are to be directed to vacate the premises in a timely and orderly manner as required by Section 3.30.075 of this Code.

    (5)

    All music, live dancing or other live entertainment must stop thirty minutes before closing or at 1:30 a.m., whichever time is later, for all entertainment establishments located within the Old Town Entertainment District.

(Ord. No. 48-352, § 9, 3-23-09; Ord. No. 48-548, § 5, 12-1-09; Ord. No. 49-177, § 3, 1-10-12; Ord. No. 49-360, § 3, 10-16-12; Ord. No. 49-751, § 2, 5-20-14; Ord. No. 50-409, § 3, 1-17-17)