1. All managers or owners/operators registered with the state and the liquor licensing authority are required to attend an educational liquor seminar approved by the liquor licensing authority and receive a certificate of completion within two (2) months after the date the license is approved by the liquor licensing authority. Such certificate may take the form of a card or any other form decided upon by the liquor licensing authority. Successful completion of the educational liquor seminar must be recorded with the liquor licensing authority. The certificate of completion shall be valid for a period of four (4) years.

2. Except for volunteers serving alcoholic beverages pursuant to a special event permit, every licensee and permittee, including club licensees, shall ensure that seventy-five percent (75%) of all servers employed or engaged by the licensee, and one hundred percent (100%) of those servers employed or engaged by the licensee for at least six (6) months, shall have successfully completed within six (6) months of the effective date of the initial ordinance codified in this chapter, and at all times thereafter, an educational liquor serving seminar approved by the liquor licensing authority. When a new server is hired or begins to serve alcoholic beverages pursuant to a club license, the licensee shall have a two (2) month grace period to ensure that the new server has successfully completed an approved educational liquor serving seminar, TIPS training (responsible server of alcohol class) or a class sponsored or approved by the Parachute Police Department. The certificate received by servers who successfully complete the educational liquor serving seminar shall be valid for a period of four (4) years.

3. At every event for which a special event permit is issued, the permittee shall ensure that at least one (1) server, manager or owner/operator, including volunteers, who has successfully completed an approved educational liquor serving seminar, is present on premises at all times to supervise the dispensing of alcoholic beverages.

4. At the time an applicant files an application for issuance, renewal or transfer of a liquor or fermented malt beverages license, or to change the location or corporate structure of the licensed premises or entity, the applicant shall submit to the Town Clerk information to prove that the requisite percentage of servers, managers and/or owners/operators required to be certified under this section have certificates in full force and effect as a condition of approval of the application. Required information shall include the names of all servers, the date of hire of all servers, the date each server attended training and the date of expiration of each server’s certification. All licensees shall maintain a file of certificates on all managers and owners/operators employed by said licensee and shall exhibit said copies of certificates when requested to do so by the Town Clerk, the Chief of Police, police employees or other appropriate officials of the Town.

1. Every agency offering a course of instruction approved by the liquor licensing authority shall issue a certificate to those enrollees who successfully complete the liquor educational seminar. The certificate shall be dated to show the date of completion of the training and the date of certificate expiration, and shall be evidence that the person has been in actual attendance a minimum number of hours at the course and has achieved a reasonable mastery of the theories and facts presented. No agency approved by the liquor licensing authority to provide manager or owner/operator training shall issue a certificate unless the person has actually attended and achieved a reasonable mastery of the materials.

2. The liquor licensing authority shall establish by resolution the general criteria for courses and qualifications of instructors which shall satisfy the liquor educational requirements of this section. These requirements shall be available in the office of the Town Clerk. Any qualified person may submit to the Town Clerk a request that a particular seminar be deemed to meet the educational requirements. The Town Clerk or liquor licensing authority may make such determination.

1. Failure to comply with this section shall be considered a violation of the conditions for the issuance of a license and a violation of this code and may result in fines or other penalties.

2. Failure to maintain continuous compliance with the educational requirements of subsection (B) of this section may subject a licensee to suspension or revocation of a license as provided for in § 44-3-601, C.R.S. (Ord. 686 §2 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 756 §2, 2018)