[Ord. No. 98-23 §1, 2-18-1998]
If during the period for which a liquor license is granted there
be any change of facts or information differing from that set forth
in the original or in any renewal application on file with the City
Clerk for the City of Bridgeton, Missouri, written notice shall be
given him/her within ten (10) days after the change.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-020, 9-20-1989]
This Article shall not apply to the possession by a druggist
of intoxicating liquor purchased by him from a licensed vendor as
set forth under Section 311.470, RSMo. or as herein after may be amended.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-025, 9-20-1989]
The fees to be charged hereunder shall be taken in lieu of the
proportionate part of any merchant's license fee and ad valorem tax
for stock and sales of intoxicating liquors or non-intoxicating beer
under other ordinances, and the value of stocks of intoxicating liquors
or non-intoxicating beer, and the aggregate amount of sales thereof
made by any licensee hereunder shall not be returned by such merchant
for purposes of merchant's license or ad valorem tax, nor shall such
stock or sales be included in the computation of any merchant's license
or ad valorem tax.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-030, 9-20-1989]
No person shall sell or expose for sale in the City any intoxicating
liquor or any non-intoxicating beer in any quantity without first
obtaining a license therefor from the City.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-035, 9-20-1989]
A. No
person shall, under any condition, be granted a license under this
Article, unless such person:
1. Is of good moral character.
2. Is a qualified legal voter in the county of residence at the time
of application or any renewal of a license.
3. Is an assessed tax-paying citizen of a county, city, town or village
of residence at the time of application or any renewal of a license.
4. Owes no taxes, license fees, special assessment or service charges,
fines or penalties at the time of application or any renewal of a
license.
5. Individually or any officer, director or shareholder of a corporate
applicant, has not been convicted of a felony or of any violation
of any laws of the United States or any State involving the distribution,
sale or possession of any controlled substance or dangerous drugs.
6. Has no prior revocation of a liquor license.
7. Has not been convicted, since the ratification of the Twenty-First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, of a violation
of the provisions of any law applicable to the manufacture or sale
of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer.
8. Has not violated provisions of any law applicable to the manufacture,
sale or distribution of intoxicating liquor.
9. Will not employ in his business and has not employed in his business,
at any other location, a person whose license has been revoked or
who has been convicted of violating the provision of any liquor laws.
10. Is in fact the true applicant and is making the application in his
own name and has a financial interest in the business.
11. Shall present with the application a bona fide sale contract or option
duly executed, which may be subject to applicant obtaining a license,
or a bona fide lease duly executed by the lessor or an option for
a lease duly executed, subject to applicant obtaining a liquor license,
covering the property for which a license is requested.
12. Has reached his twenty-first (21st) birthday.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-040, 9-20-1989; Ord. No. 90-40 §2, 4-18-1990; Ord. No. 90-41 §1, 4-18-1990; Ord. No. 90-92 §1, 9-19-1990; Ord. No. 91-14 §§2-4, 2-20-1991; Ord. No. 93-55 §1, 7-7-1993; Ord.
No. 94-104 § 1, 12-21-1994; Ord. No. 94-105 §1, 12-21-1994; Ord. No. 95-05, §1, 2-1-1995; Ord. No. 96-42 §1, 6-19-1996; Ord. No. 96-51 §1, 8-7-1996; Ord. No. 99-65 §2, 8-18-1999; Ord. No. 99-79 §1, 10-20-1999; Ord. No. 12-10 §3, 2-15-2012]
A. Generally. The following classes of licenses shall be issued
upon compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, and payment of
the license fee indicated:
1. For the sale by the drink of all intoxicating liquors of all kinds,
including the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package:
Four hundred dollars ($400.00) per year.
2. For the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package only,
except Sundays: One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year, to include
the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package on Sundays,
an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year.
3. For the sale, by the drink of malt liquor and light wines and to
sell non-intoxicating beer by the drink, and including the sale of
both kinds of beer in the original package non-intoxicating beer:
Fifty dollars ($50.00) per year.
4. For sale in the original package of malt liquor including the right
to sell in the original package non-intoxicating beer and light wines:
Twenty-two dollars fifty cents ($22.50) per year.
5. For sale by the drink of non-intoxicating beer, including the right
to sell in the original package non-intoxicating beer: Thirty-seven
dollars fifty cents ($37.50) per year.
6. For sale in the original package of non-intoxicating beer: Twenty-two
dollars fifty cents ($22.50) per year.
7. For sale by the drink on Sunday by any restaurant-bar of all intoxicating
liquor of all kinds for consumption by the drink on the premises:
Three hundred dollars ($300.00) per year, in addition to other fees
required for sale by the drink or sale in the original package.
8. For dispensing by the drink of malt liquor and non-intoxicating beer
by non-profit organizations: Ten dollars ($10.00) per day not to exceed
thirty-seven dollars fifty cents ($37.50) per year.
9. For wine tasting conducted by a person licensed to sell intoxicating
liquor in the original package at retail: Twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
10. Warehousing.
a. For warehousing only for all intoxicating liquor of all kinds: One
hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year.
b. For warehousing only for malt liquor, light wines and non-intoxicating
beer: Twenty-two dollars fifty cents ($22.50) per year.
11. For a wine or brandy manufacturing license: as provided in Section
600.065.
12. For a microbrewer's license: as provided in Section
600.066.
B. Disposition of Fees. All license fees collected by the Director
of Finance shall be accounted for and paid into the City Treasury.
C. Pro-Rating Fees. If the license is for less than one (1)
year, the fee shall be one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual fee for each
month, or fraction thereof, remaining in the licensed year.
D. Food Agreement. As a condition to granting any license for
the sale by the drink of intoxicating liquors, the City Council shall
have the right to require that the applicant provide food service
on the premises and at least fifty percent (50%) of the annual gross
income of the licensee from the premises be derived from the sale
of prepared meals or food consumed on such premises or the licensee
have an annual gross income of at least seventy-five thousand dollars
($75,000.00) from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on such
premises, and to require the applicant to enter into an agreement
to annually maintain such sales of food as a condition of such license.
[Ord. No. 12-10 §4, 2-15-2012]
A. For
the privilege of manufacturing wine or brandy, which manufacturing
shall be in accordance with all provisions of Federal law and State
law applicable thereto, in quantities not to exceed five hundred thousand
(500,000) gallons, not in excess of eighteen percent (18%) of alcohol
by weight for wine, or not in excess of thirty-four percent (34%)
of alcohol by weight for brandy, from grapes, berries, other fruit,
fruit products, honey, and vegetables produced or grown in the State
of Missouri, exclusive of sugar, water and spirits, there shall be
paid to and collected by the Director of Finance a license fee of
five dollars ($5.00) for each five hundred (500) gallons or fraction
thereof of wine or brandy produced up to a maximum license fee of
three hundred dollars ($300.00), but in no event shall the license
fee imposed hereby exceed one and one-half (1.5) times the amount
paid pursuant to Section 311.190, RSMo.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection
(A) of this Section, a manufacturer licensed under this Section may use in any calendar year such wine and brandy making material produced or grown outside the State of Missouri in a quantity not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of the manufacturer's wine entered into fermentation in the prior calendar year, except as provided in Section 311.190(3), RSMo.
C. A manufacturer licensed under this Section may purchase and sell bulk or packaged wines or brandies received from other manufacturers licensed under this Section and may also purchase in bulk, bottle and sell to duly licensed wineries, wholesalers and retail dealers on any day except Sunday, and a manufacturer licensed under this Section may offer samples of wine, may sell wine and brandy in its original package directly to consumers at the winery, and may open wine so purchased by customers so that it may be consumed on the winery premises on Monday through Saturday between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and Midnight and on Sunday between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. If a person holds a wine or brandy manufacturing license, no additional license will be required under Section
600.060 to perform such activities described in this Subsection
(C).
D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary and provided that all requirements under applicable State Statutes and regulations have been satisfied, if a person holds a wine or brandy manufacturing license, such person may apply for and the City may issue a license(s) to a wine manufacturer, its employees, officers or agents, in addition to the license issued under Subsection
(A) of this Section, to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold, if the premises so licensed is in close proximity to the winery, such licenses may include a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink on Sundays. Such premises may remain open Monday through Saturday between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and Midnight and on Sunday between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.
[Ord. No. 12-10 §5, 2-15-2012]
A. For
the privilege of manufacturing beer and malt liquor, which manufacturing
shall be in accordance with all provisions of Federal law and State
law applicable thereto, a microbrewer's license shall authorize the
licensee to manufacture beer and malt liquor in quantities not to
exceed ten thousand (10,000) barrels per annum. A license fee of five
dollars ($5.00) for each one hundred (100) barrels or fraction thereof,
up to a maximum license fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00),
shall be paid to and collected by the Director of Finance, but in
no event shall the license fee imposed hereby exceed one and one-half
(1.5) times the amount paid pursuant to Section 311.195, RSMo.
B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, the holder of a microbrewer's license may apply for, and the City may issue, a license(s), in addition to the license issued under Subsection
(A) of this Section, to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises and/or to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink on Sundays.
C. The holder of a microbrewer's license may also sell beer and malt liquor produced on the brewery premises to duly licensed wholesalers (no additional license will be required under Section
600.060 to perform such activities described in this Subsection
(C) if a person holds a microbrewer's license). However, holders of a microbrewer's license shall not, under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, have any financial interest in any wholesaler's business, and all such sales to wholesalers shall be subject to the restrictions of Sections 311.181 and 311.182, RSMo.
D. A microbrewer
who is a holder of a license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink
at retail for consumption on the premises shall be exempt from the
provisions of Section 311.280, RSMo., for such intoxicating liquor
that is produced on the premises in accordance with the provisions
of this Chapter. For all other intoxicating liquor sold by the drink
at retail for consumption on the premises for which the microbrewer
possesses a license, the microbrewer must obtain a separate license
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and Section 311.280,
RSMo.
[Ord. No. 223, §6, 10-6-1954; Ord. No. 89-82 §3-050, 9-20-1989]
Application for license to sell intoxicating liquors under the
provisions of this Chapter shall be filed with the City Clerk and
shall be on forms to be furnished by the Clerk, and shall be sworn
to by the applicant.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-051, 9-20-1989; Ord. No. 90-40 §3, 4-18-1990; Ord. No 90-92 §2,
9-19-90]
A. Upon
the filing of application for license herein, said application shall
be presented to the City Council at its next regular or special meeting,
but the Council in granting a liquor license must call the matter
up for at least two (2) meetings before granting the license; and,
upon approval of said application and upon payment of the license
tax herein provided for, the City Collector shall issue a license
to the applicant to conduct business in the City until June thirtieth
(30th), following its issuance.
B. The
application, filing form, and term for the license class "for
dispensing by the drink of malt liquor and non-intoxicating beer by
non-profit organizations" shall be as follows:
1. A letter, addressed to City Council, detailing the name of the organization,
its purpose, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of current
officers or directors, the date/dates of the proposed sale, and location
of the proposed sale.
2. The term of the license shall be for one (1) day but the single application
may request approval for a series of one (1) day licenses not to exceed
seven (7) per year.
3. The Council may approve such application upon approval by majority
vote and further that the requirement that the matter must be called
up at least two (2) meetings as required in the first paragraph of
this Section is hereby waived for the issuance of licenses for non-profit
groups.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-055, 9-20-1989]
All new or renewal licenses expire on June thirtieth (30th)
of each year, and no liquor may be sold by any licensee unless and
until the licensee shall have been authorized by the Council for issuance
and the fee therefor has been paid by the licensee.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-060, 9-20-1989; Ord. No. 12-10 §6, 2-15-2012]
A license is required for each place of business in which liquor is sold or dispensed, and shall cover only the sale of liquor at such place of business except as provided in Section
600.065. For the sale of food or other merchandise on such premises, a merchant's license shall be required in addition to a license not issued under this Section.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-065, 9-20-1989]
All licenses issued under this Article shall be kept conspicuously
posted in a place where the same can be viewed by the patrons, and
at the address for which such license was issued, and during the entire
period for which such license is issued.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-070, 9-20-1989]
No license for the sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquors
at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold
shall be transferred to a new location.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-075, 9-20-1989]
A. No license issued under this Article shall be transferred or assigned by the licensee to any other person except as set out hereafter. If a licensee desires to sell his business which he has continuously operated since the issuance of the license to the licensee or the last renewal thereof, and if the selling licensee has operated an orderly place of business, and the seller's license is not under order of suspension or order of revocation and he has paid all taxes, licenses, fees, fines and penalties due to the City, the Council may entertain an application for a license at such place of business without the application of such person being signed by any persons other than the applicant, and without the consent of the property owners as provided under Section
600.140, provided that the applicant meets all of the other qualifications for the issuance of a license which apply, and provided the license of selling licensee is returned to the City Clerk for cancellation.
B. In the event of the death of the licensee, the widow or widower or the next of kin of the deceased licensee who shall meet the qualification requirements of Section
600.070 may make application and the Council may transfer such license to permit the continued operation of the business of the decedent for the remainder of the period for which a license fee has been paid by the deceased licensee, if the Council shall find the applicant qualified.
C. Whenever
one (1) or more members of a partnership withdraws from the partnership,
the Council may, upon written request, permit the remaining partner,
originally licensed, to continue to operate for the remainder of the
period for which a license fee has been paid without obtaining a new
license.
D. Upon
an application being filed with the City Clerk containing the information
required by this Chapter, and provided that said applicant is otherwise
qualified to have a license issued to him, any person qualified to
have a license transferred to him pursuant to the provisions of this
Section may continue the sale of any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating
beer as authorized by the existing license pending approval by the
Council of the City of Bridgeton of the transfer of the license to
the applicant.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-080, 9-20-1989]
A. Any
license for the sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquors by the drink
for consumption on the premises may be renewed from year to year,
unless a majority of the assessed taxpaying citizens owning property
or occupying or doing business on the ground floor of buildings within
three hundred (300) feet of said applicant's place of business shall
file a written protest against the renewal or further renewal of said
license.
B. All
liquor licenses expire June thirtieth (30th) of each year. Failure
to renew any such license by the license holder prior to the expiration
date shall require re-application for a new license just as if no
license had been previously issued.
[Ord. No. 91-14 §5, 2-20-1991]
Whenever it is shown to the City Council that any person licensed
hereunder has not at all times kept an orderly place or house, or
has violated any of the provisions of this Chapter or of Chapter 311,
RSMo., as hereinafter may be amended, or has no license from the State
Supervisor of Liquor Control, or has made a false affidavit in his
application for a license, the Council after a hearing may revoke
the license of such person or suspend such license for a period not
exceeding ten (10) days. Such revocation or suspension shall be in
addition to any other penalties herein provided for. There shall be
at least ten (10) days notice in writing of such hearing to such person
or any person in charge of or employed in the place licensed, stating
the time, place, purpose and grounds for such hearing, at which hearing
the person may have counsel and produce witnesses in his behalf. Whenever
any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall
be revoked because of any violation of the provisions of this Chapter,
no other or additional license shall be issued to the same person
on any other premises for a period of one (1) year from the date of
the revocation of said license.
[Ord. No. 89-82 §3-090, 9-20-1989]
Any person holding a license issued pursuant to the provisions
of this Article and who violates any of the terms of this Chapter
shall, in addition to the other penalties herein provided for, and
in the discretion of the City Council, suffer the revocation of the
license of such person, or the suspension of such license for not
exceeding ten (10) days, and whenever any license issued pursuant
to the provisions of this Article shall be revoked because of any
violation of the provisions of this Chapter, no other or additional
license shall be issued to the same person on any other premises for
a period of one (1) year from the date of the revocation of said license.