Entertainment district special license, sale by the drink dispensed from one or more establishments

311.083. Entertainment district special license, sale by the drink dispensed from one or more establishments — fee — requirements — ordinance procedures. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Common area", any public area within an entertainment district and any area of a public right-of-way that is within the entertainment district. Common area shall not include areas open to the public that are located within an establishment licensed under this chapter;

(2) "Entertainment district", any area in any county that:

(a) a. Borders on or that contains part of a lake with no less than one thousand miles of shoreline and that is located in any city with more than four thousand four hundred but fewer than four thousand nine hundred inhabitants and partially located in a county with more than forty thousand but fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants; or

b. Borders the Missouri river, and that is located in any city with more than forty-six thousand but fewer than fifty-one thousand inhabitants;

(b) Contains a combination of entertainment venues, bars, nightclubs, restaurants, and other licensed establishments and common areas; and

(c) Is designated as such by an ordinance of the governing body of the city;

(3) "Portable bar", any bar, table, kiosk, cart, or stand that is not a permanent fixture and can be moved from place to place.

2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any person who possesses the qualifications required under this chapter, and who meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control may issue, an entertainment district special license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for retail for consumption dispensed from one or more licensed establishments including, but not limited to, portable bars within the entertainment district, until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and from 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.

3. An applicant granted an entertainment district special license under this section shall pay a license fee of three hundred dollars per year.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, on such days and at such times during the hours a licensee is allowed under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages, licensed establishments holding an entertainment district special license under this section, may allow persons to leave the licensed premises located in portions of the entertainment district with an alcoholic beverage and enter upon and consume the alcoholic beverage within other licensed establishments and common areas located in portions of the entertainment district. No person shall take any alcoholic beverage or alcoholic beverages outside the boundaries of the entertainment district.

5. Every licensee within the entertainment district shall serve alcoholic beverages in containers that display and contain the licensee's trade name or logo or some other mark that is unique to that license and licensee.

6. The holder of an entertainment district special license is solely responsible for alcohol violations occurring on its premises, including any portable bar, and in any common area.

7. The governing body of the city in which the entertainment district is located shall be authorized to adopt by ordinance procedures for approval or rejection of such entertainment districts as well as rules and regulations for conduct and enforcement thereof consistent with this section.