Sponsor
Alderman Helding
Title
Ordinance No. 19-07
To amend Article 1, Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Alcoholic Beverages.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Article 1. Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of Article 1:
“Sec. 6-20. Purpose.
The identification of purchasers/providers of keg fermented malt beverages (beer) for consumption by underage persons is a major law enforcement concern in the City of Racine. When keg fermented malt beverages are found where underage persons are present it is necessary to readily identify those responsible. The investigation of offenses involving the furnishing of alcohol to minors and related offenses involving keg fermented malt beverages is inhibited by the inability to identify who purchased the keg alcohol. Registration/identification information must be available on all keg fermented malt beverages in the City. Individual identification number, purchaser and retail seller identity information will better enable law enforcement to identify providers of keg fermented malt beverages to underage persons. Therefore, it is in the public interest to place reasonable keg registration/identification rules as hereafter set forth. This ordinance provides for the registration and documentation of retails sales of keg fermented malt beverage.
Sec. 6-21. Registration and Return Procedure.
All retail sales/purchases of fermented malt beverages by keg container of a two gallon volume or more in the City for off site (at a location which does not hold a liquor or fermented malt beverage license) consumption must comply with the following registration, documentation and labeling requirements and restrictions imposed by this ordinance:
(a) Purchasers shall provide a current government issued photo identification with the purchaser’s name, address and individual identi...
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