[Ord. No. 4147-11 §1, 5-18-2011]
No person shall dispense, give away or sell intoxicating liquor by the package within the City without first procuring a license as required in this Article. See Article
I for general license information.
[Ord. No. 4147-11 §1, 5-18-2011]
A. The
annual fee for each license issued for the sale of intoxicating liquor
by the package shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
B. The
annual fee for each Sunday license to sell intoxicating liquor in
the original package at retail on Sundays shall be three hundred dollars
($300.00).
C. The
annual fee for each license to sell malt liquor containing alcohol
in excess of three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight and not
in excess of five percent (5%) by weight in the original package direct
to consumers but not for resale shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
[Ord. No. 4147-11 §1, 5-18-2011; Ord.
No. 4932-22, 12-21-2022]
A. All
applications for licenses pursuant to the provisions of this Article
shall be addressed to the Council and shall be delivered to the City
Clerk, together with such supporting proofs as may be required by
the provisions of this Article or any rule, regulation, order or direction
of the Council.
B. Upon
receipt by the Council of a new application for a package liquor license,
the City Clerk shall mail within ten (10) days a written notice to
the last known place of abode of the owners of all property lying
within one hundred eighty-five (185) feet of all boundaries of the
property wherein the license is to be issued. This notice shall advise
the property owners of such application and the date the Council will
consider the application.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
600.080(B) above or any other law to the contrary, any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this Chapter who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor in the original package at retail hereunder may apply to the City for a Sunday license to sell intoxicating liquor in the original package at retail between the hours of 6:00 A.M. on Sunday and 1:30 A.M. on Monday.
[Ord. No. 4147-11 §1, 5-18-2011]
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed only to sell intoxicating
liquor in the original package to allow such original package to be
broken or to allow any of such intoxicating liquor to be consumed
in or upon the premises where sold.
[Ord. No. 4147-11 §1, 5-18-2011; Ord. No. 4699-19, 7-3-2019; Ord. No. 4932-22, 12-21-2022]
A. Package
sales licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor by the package
under this Article shall be limited to one (1) license for each one
thousand four hundred and fifty (1,450) inhabitants or fraction thereof.
B. No license shall be issued except to a person engaged in and to be
used in connection with the operation of one (1) or more of the following
businesses: a drugstore, cigar and tobacco store, grocery store, general
merchandise store, confectionery store, delicatessen or vehicle service
station where motor vehicle fuel is dispensed.
C. There
shall be on hand, at the time of application and continuously thereafter
maintained, a bona fide stock of goods, wares and merchandise, exclusive
of fixtures and intoxicating liquors, of not less than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) invoice value.
D. No
person shall, after having obtained such license, cause or permit
any intoxicating liquor so sold in its original package to be opened
or consumed in or upon any part of the premises of the applicant;
and there shall be displayed in full view of the public an appropriate
notice that the opening or consumption of the same upon any part of
the premises is prohibited.
E. There
shall be displayed in full view of the public an appropriate notice
that no sales of intoxicating liquors will be made to minors or on
Sundays (if applicable) or at other times when prohibited by law.
F. Any
violation of the provisions contained in this Section shall be sufficient
grounds upon which to revoke the license.
[Ord. No. 4147-11 §1, 5-18-2011; Ord.
No. 4665-19, 3-6-2019; Ord. No. 4699-19, 7-3-2019; Ord. No. 4932-22, 12-21-2022]
A license may be issued to grocers and other merchants and dealers,
including facilities at which motor vehicle fuel is offered for sale,
authorizing the sale of malt liquor containing alcohol in excess of
three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) by weight and not in excess of
five percent (5%) by weight in the original package direct to consumers
but not for resale. As used in this Section, the phrase "original
package" shall be construed and held to refer to any package containing
one (1) or more standard bottles of beer, cans, or pouches of beer.
Any person licensed pursuant to this Section may also sell malt liquor
at retail between the hours of 6:00 A.M. Sunday and 1:30 A.M. Monday.