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The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Alcoholic liquors means any spirituous malt, vinous, fermented, brewed or other liquors or any compound or mixture thereof, by whatever name called or known, which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage.
Nonalcoholic and nonintoxicating, as applied to beverages, means all beers, ales, porters and other similar malt or fermented beverages containing not in excess of five percent of alcohol by weight and all wines containing not in excess of 21 percent of alcohol by volume.
(Code 1995, § 9.24.010; Code 2006, § 113.01)