§ 8.20.360. Transport of liquor.  


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  • (a) It is unlawful for any licensee to employ any minor person to sell or handle any alcoholic liquor of any kind, or to permit any minor person to handle such liquor in his place of business in any way, regardless of whether such place of business may be a duly licensed restaurant, eating establishment of any kind, drugstore, grocery store, shopping center, supermarket, hotel, import-wholesaler beverage licensee, package liquor establishment, tavern or other license, and whenever such practice is permitted, the license of such licensee may be suspended or revoked; provided, however, that grocery store, shopping center, and supermarket licensees affording "box-boy" or other delivery service from the place of sale to the conveyance of the purchaser shall be responsible under the foregoing prohibition only until the sale is completed, and that minors may nevertheless carry or transport alcoholic liquors from the place of such consummated sale to the conveyance of the purchaser, in which event such purchaser shall be deemed to have assumed full and complete ownership of and responsibility for such alcoholic liquor.

    (b)

    The following words shall have the meaning ascribed to them for the purposes of this section:

    "Delivery" means the transportation of goods from the retail store where those goods were purchased to the purchaser's location:

    "Internet" means a global network of computers, connected to one another through the use of common electronic communications protocols.

    (c)

    Notwithstanding other provisions in this code, a licensee approved by the licensing board for the off-premises retail sale of package liquor and package beer, wine and spirit based products in conjunction with a grocery store may petition to the board for approval to sell package liquor and package beer, wine and spirit based products over the Internet for delivery to the purchaser subject to the following regulations:

    (1)

    The licensee must adopt a policy, pursuant to NRS 202.055, to prevent minors from obtaining the licensee's alcoholic beverages through the use of the Internet;

    (2)

    A copy of that policy must be submitted, along with the petition requesting approval to conduct Internet sales of package alcohol, to the director along with an application processing fee of five hundred dollars;

    (3)

    Delivery of the alcoholic beverages may only be made to the person placing the Internet purchase order;

    (4)

    The person placing the Internet purchase order must be of legal age to purchase alcoholic liquor;

    (5)

    Each Internet sales transaction shall have written documentation of the sale and delivery on forms acceptable to the Director, which shall include at a minimum:

    (a)

    The business name and address of the grocery store;

    (b)

    A detailed list of the items, including alcoholic beverages, purchased in each sales transaction;

    (c)

    The name and address of the purchaser;

    (d)

    The type of identification used to prove the age of the purchaser; and

    (e)

    The signature of the delivery person and the purchaser involved in the sales transaction;

    (6)

    All changes to the written policy submitted to the department must be reported to the director within ten working days prior to implementation of the new policy;

    (7)

    The board reserves the right, through the director, to implement reviews and audits necessary to ensure compliance with these regulations.

    (d)

    Grocery stores in adjacent licensing jurisdictions that hold valid liquor licenses for the Internet sale and delivery of alcohol within their respective jurisdictions may deliver alcohol into the unincorporated area of Clark County provided those stores: (1) apply for and maintain a Clark County interjurisdictional general business license pursuant to Chapter 6.12 of this code; and (2) comply with all requirements of subsection (c) of this section except the city licensee is exempt from the application processing fee as identified in subsection (c)(2) of this section and in lieu of filling a petition to the director, the applicant must submit a copy of the applicant's city business license as proof that the applicant holds a valid liquor license for the Internet sale and delivery of alcohol within an adjacent licensing jurisdiction.

(Ord. L-221-04 § 1, 2004: Ord. L-7-65 § 5(7), 1965)