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(a) It is unlawful for any person:

(1) To sell, serve, give away, dispose of, exchange or deliver or permit the sale, serving, giving or procuring of any alcohol beverage to or for any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, to a visibly intoxicated person or to a known, habitual drunkard.

(2) To obtain or attempt to obtain any alcohol beverage by misrepresentation of age or by any other method in any place where alcohol beverages are sold when such person is under the age of twenty-one (21) years.

(3) With knowledge, to permit or fail to prevent the use of his or her identification, including a driver’s license, by a person who is under twenty-one (21) years of age for the unlawful purchase of any alcohol beverage.

(4) To manufacture, sell or possess for sale any alcohol beverage unless licensed to do so as provided by state and local law and unless all licenses required are in full force and effect.

(b) It is unlawful for any person licensed under Articles 46, 47 and 48, Title 12, C.R.S., and any employee or agent of such licensee to sell, serve or distribute any malt, vinous or spirituous liquors at any time other than the following:

(1) For consumption on the premises on any day of the week, except between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(2) In sealed containers, on Monday through Saturday, beginning at 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. each day; except that for a limited winery licensee, sales of vinous liquors in sealed containers or by the glass shall be permitted on Sunday beginning at 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. No malt, vinous or spirituous liquors shall be sold, served or distributed in a sealed container on Christmas Day.

(3) Except as provided in Section 18-13-122, C.R.S., to sell fermented malt beverages to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years or to any person between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

(c) It is unlawful to fail to display at all times in a prominent place a printed card with a minimum height of fourteen (14) inches and a width of eleven (11) inches, with each letter to be a minimum of one-half (1/2) inch in height, which shall read as follows:

WARNING

IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL WHISKEY, WINE OR BEER TO ANY PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE AND IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE TO POSSESS OR ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE THE SAME. IDENTIFICATION CARDS WHICH APPEAR TO BE FRAUDULENT WHEN PRESENTED BY PURCHASERS MAY BE CONFISCATED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND TURNED OVER TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. IT IS ILLEGAL IF YOU ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER FOR YOU TO PURCHASE WHISKEY, WINE OR BEER FOR A PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE. FINES AND IMPRISONMENT MAY BE IMPOSED BY THE COURTS FOR VIOLATION OF THESE PROVISIONS.

(Ord. 348 § 1, 1992; Ord. 830 § 8, 2006)