If a majority of the voters voting in any election held pursuant to this part vote ‘‘Yes’’, then, upon the proper certification and declaration of the results of such election, it shall be legal, on each Sunday during the two-hour period between 12:00 o’clock midnight of the preceding Saturday and 2:00 o’clock, A.M., and for the remainder of Sunday after 12:00 o’clock noon, but not between the hours of 2:00 o’clock, A.M. and 12:00 o’clock noon, in every part of Jefferson County, including all municipalities or parts thereof located in such county, for properly licensed persons, as provided in the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code, Chapter 3A, Title 28, or successor provisions of law, to do all of the following:
(1) To sell and dispense at retail alcoholic beverages for onpremises consumption in a lounge or bar.
(2) To sell and dispense at retail alcoholic beverages for onpremises consumption in a restaurant, hotel, dinner theater, convention center, or other establishment which provides meals to the public as one of its principal or commercial activities or which provides meals, entertainment, or meeting support services to the public or selected groups of people in connection with its various activities.
(3) To sell at retail any alcoholic beverages for offpremises consumption.
(4) To sell beer and table wine at retail for onpremises and offpremises consumption.
(5) To sell alcoholic beverages at retail by retail common carrier with a passenger capacity of at least 10 people.
(6) To sell alcoholic beverages at retail under special license issued upon terms and conditions and for the period of time prescribed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
(7) To sell alcoholic beverages at retail under a special event retail license issued upon terms and conditions prescribed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
(8) To consume alcoholic beverages on the premises of any establishment licensed to sell and dispense such alcoholic beverages for onpremises consumption. The enumeration in this part of any activity involving the sale, distribution, or consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday in Jefferson County that becomes legal as a result of this part and any election held pursuant thereto shall not be construed to make unlawful any other activity that is lawful in Jefferson County prior to March 16, 1990, including, without limitation thereto, the sale at retail of alcoholic beverages by properly licensed private clubs, as well as the consumption of such alcoholic beverages on the premises of such clubs, on Sunday without limitation as to time. Upon the authorization of the expanded sale, distribution, and consumption of alcoholic beverages in Jefferson County on Sunday by an election held pursuant to this part, all persons holding licenses from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or successor licensing authority, or thereafter obtaining initial or renewal licenses, for activities involving the sale at retail of alcoholic beverages, whether for onpremises consumption or offpremises consumption or both, shall retain the previously existing right to engage in such activities on Sunday during the two-hour period between midnight of the preceding Saturday and 2:00 o’clock, A.M., and shall have the further right to engage in such activities on Sunday after 12:00 o’clock noon without the filing of any new or supplemental application, the obtaining of any additional governmental permit or approval, whether state, county, or municipal, or the payment of any additional license fee, it being the express intention and purpose of this part that the increased conduct of such activities on Sunday as herein provided shall be fully authorized and covered by licenses generally applicable to days of the week other than Sunday.
Last modified: May 3, 2021