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79 <br />CHAPTER 529 <br />Liquor Control <br />529.01 Definitions. <br />529.02 Sales to and use by <br /> underage persons; <br /> securing public <br /> accommodations. <br />529.021 Purchase, consumption or <br /> possession by minor; <br /> misrepresentation. <br />529.03 Sales to intoxicated persons. <br />529.04 Liquor consumption in <br /> motor vehicle. <br />529.05 Permit required. <br />529.06 Low-alcohol beverages: sale <br /> to and purchase by underage <br /> persons prohibited. <br />529.07 Open container prohibited. <br />529.08 Hours of sale or <br /> consumption. <br />529.99 Penalty. <br />CROSS REFERENCES <br />See sectional histories for similar State law <br />Prohibiting sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday -see <br />Ohio R.C. 4301.22(D) <br />Local option -see Ohio R.C. 4301.32 et seq., 4303.29 <br />Disorderly conduct; intoxication -see GEN. OFF. 509.03 <br />Using weapons while intoxicated -see GEN. OFF. 549.03 <br />529.01 DEFINITIONS. <br />As used in the Codified Ordinances: <br />(a) "Alcohol" means ethyl alcohol, whether rectified or diluted with water or not, <br />whatever its origin may be, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. Such term <br />excludes denatured alcohol and wood alcohol. <br />(b) "Intoxicating liquor" and "liquor" include all liquids and compounds, other than <br />beer as defined in subsection (c) hereof, containing one half of one percent <br />(0.5 %) or more of alcohol by volume which are fit to use for beverage <br />purposes, from whatever source and by whatever process produced, by <br />whatever name called and whether the same are medicated, proprietary or <br />patented. Such phrase includes wine as defined in Ohio R.C. 4301.01 even if it <br />contains less than four percent (4 %) of alcohol by volume, mixed beverages as <br />defined in Ohio R.C. 4301.01 even if they contain less than four percent (4%) <br />of alcohol by volume, alcohol and all solids and confections which contain any <br />alcohol. <br />(c) "Beer", "malt liquor" or "malt beverages" includes all brewed or fermented <br />malt products containing one-half of one percent (0.5 %) or more of alcohol by <br />volume but not more than six percent (6 %) of alcohol by weight. <br />(d) "Person" includes fums and corporations. (ORC 4301.01) <br />(e) "Low-alcohol beverage" means any brewed or fermented malt product, or any <br />product made from the fermented juices of grapes, fruits, or other agricultural <br />products, that contains either no alcohol or less than one-half of one percent <br />(0.5 %) of alcohol by volume. The beverages described in subsection (e) hereof <br />do not include a soft drink such as root beer, birch beer, or ginger beer. <br />(ORC 4301.01) <br />1998 Replacement <br />