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Ideas and Examples <br />What City Government can do to help ensure age of sale law is being <br />followed. <br /> <br />1. Using zoning, licensing, and administrative penalties to reduce access. <br /> <br />Examples of controlling where, when and how alcohol is sold include measures <br />such as prohibiting the sale of single cans and bottles, requiring outlets to <br />illuminate their parking lots, and restricting hours of alcohol sales. Illuminating <br />parking lots makes it easier for employees and police to identify adults who are <br />purchasing alcohol for underage individuals. <br /> <br />Zoning restrictions can be used to prohibit alcohol outlets close to schools, parks, <br />playgrounds, and residential areas. <br /> <br />City can use their authority to deny, restrict, or revoke liquor licenses to any <br />merchant who commits license violations, including selling to underage persons. <br /> <br />2. Conducting compliance checks. Enforcing laws and ordinances related to <br />selling alcohol is an effective way to reduce underage access to alcohol, as well as <br />setting norms for the community. To encourage employers to monitor their <br />employees, some communities develop civil fines and penalties against licensees <br />for sales to underage individuals and then conduct routine compliance checks. <br /> <br />3. Working with community liquor merchants. There are several steps cities can <br />take to support responsible liquor merchants and encourage cooperation from <br />others. First and foremost, a community can encourage a merchant to establish <br />clear policies regarding service to underage persons. Cities may require liquor <br />merchants to provide regular training for their employees to emphasize the need to <br />card, how to spot fake ID's and about server/seller liability and responsibilities. <br />Many insurance carriers also provide incentives for beverage server training by <br />offering a reduction on liability premiums'. (Note: Right now there is no standard <br />for what a training should include and how it should be conducted. We are <br />finding many establishments have gone through some sort of training - whether <br />what is out there is the quality needed to impress upon server/sellers the <br />importance of checking I.D.'s and not selling to minors, I can't be sure. How <br />important the owner/manager feels it is may be a bigger key than the actual <br /> <br /> <br />