Legal Documents of Maryville

Permits for the off-premises sale of beer shall be issued according to the following classes and limitations, except that this provision shall not be applicable to the renewal of any permit existing and outstanding prior to July 1, 2025.

1. Off-premises where beer is sold at the site of the manufacturer. A "manufacturer" shall mean a business establishment whose business is the manufacture of beer to be consumed on- or off-premises. There shall be no limit on the number of beer permits for manufacturers.
2. Off-premises where beer is sold by a craft beer retailer. A "craft beer retailer" means an enterprise whose primary business is the retail sale of "craft beer." "Craft beer" means beer as defined in this article that is further manufactured by breweries with an annual production of six million (6,000,000) barrels or less, and less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the brewery is owned or controlled by a beverage alcohol industry member that is not itself a craft beer brewer. (1999 Code, § 8-211, as replaced by Ord. #2025-14, July 2025 Ch1_12-2-25)