§ 16-166. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Beer means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation, infusion or decoction or barley malt, hops or other such ingredients not drinkable or any combination of them.

Brewer means any person who manufactures beer to sell.

Club means any establishment as defined by section 4-101, Arizona Revised Statutes.

Distiller means any person who manufactures any spirituous liquor to sell, other than beer and wine.

Off-sale retailer means any person operating a bona fide regularly established retail liquor store selling spirituous liquors, wines and beer, and any established retail store selling commodities other than spirituous liquors and engaged in the sale of spirituous liquors only in the original package, to be taken away from the premises of the retailer and to be consumed off the premises.

On-sale retailer means any person operating an establishment where spirituous liquors are sold in the original container for consumption on or off the premises and in individual portions for consumption on the premises.

Sell means soliciting or receiving an order for keeping or exposing for sale, delivering for value, peddling, keeping with intent to sell and trafficking in.

Special event means the sale of spirituous liquor on a temporary basis for consumption on the premises where sold.

Spirituous liquor includes alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, tequila, mescal, gin, wine, porter, ale, beer, any malt liquor, malt beverage, absinthe or compound or mixture of any of them, or of any of them with any vegetable or other substance, alcohol bitters, bitters containing alcohol and any liquid mixture or preparation, whether patented or otherwise, which produces intoxication, fruits preserved in ardent spirits, and beverages containing more than one-half of one (0.5) percent of alcohol by volume.

Wine means the product obtained by the fermentation of grapes or other agricultural products containing natural or added sugar or any such alcoholic beverage fortified with grape brandy and containing not more than twenty-four (24) percent of alcohol by volume.

Winer means any person who manufacturers wine for sale.

(Code 1972, § 6-121; Ord. No. 2554, § 1, 6-1-93)

State law reference

Similar provisions, A.R.S. § 4-101.