Garten Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This is an appeal from a district court order upholding as valid a city ordinance regulating the hours for consumption of alcoholic beverages in private clubs and prescribing the times during which no person may remain on the premises of these clubs.

On November 12, 1974, the city of Kansas City enacted an ordinance making it unlawful for any private club, “as defined in K. S. A. 1971 Supp. 41-2601 (2) and (3)”, to allow the serving, mixing or consumption of alcoholic liquor on its premises between the hours of 1:30 a. m. and 9:00 a. m on any…