City of Beaumont, TX Licenses

(a)

Upon approval of the application of all applicants, as filed with the health department, the health department shall issue to the applicant a license or permit.

(b)

The amount of the license fees for applicants for each location, other than as otherwise provided in this article, shall be determined as follows:

(1)

Establishments having from zero to ten (10) stools or chairs: $150.00.

(2)

Establishments having from eleven (11) to twenty (20) stools or chairs: $225.00.

(3)

Establishments having from twenty-one (21) to thirty (30) stools or chairs: $250.00.

(4)

Establishments having from thirty-one (31) to fifty (50) stools or chairs: $275.00.

(5)

Establishments having from fifty-one (51) to seventy-five (75) stools or chairs: $300.00.

(6)

Establishments having from seventy-six (76) to one hundred (100) stools or chairs: $325.00.

(7)

Establishments having over one hundred and one (101) stools: $350.00.

(8)

Special food service establishments (per day): $220.00.

(9)

Temporary food service permit (per day): $30.00. Each additional day of the temporary permit a $15.00 fee will be charged. A $15.00 fee will be charged if the application is turned in less than a week in advance of the proposed event.

(10)

Establishments needing vending machine licenses: $55.00.

(11)

Establishments needing seafood/wholesale licenses: $44.00.

(12)

Establishments needing seafood/retail licenses: $22.00.

(13)

Establishments needing produce/wholesale licenses: $55.00.

(14)

School cafeterias, public or parochial: $55.00.

(15)

Seasonal food service establishments: $82.50.

(16)

Retail food stores with zero (0) to two (2) checkout counters: $192.50.

(17)

Retail food stores with three (3) to five (5) checkout counters: $247.50.

(18)

Retail food stores with six (6) to nine (9) checkout counters: $302.50.

(19)

Retail food stores with ten (10) or more checkout counters: $357.50.

(20)

Low risk mobile unit (per year): $100.00.

(21)

High risk mobile unit (per year): $250.00.

(c)

Nonprofit organizations which are youth oriented or elderly oriented shall pay a license fee which is fifty (50) percent of the fees established above in subsections (b)(1)–(15). The term “youth oriented” shall mean nonprofit organizations which provide services to persons more than fifty (50) percent of whom are less than eighteen (18) years of age. The term “elderly oriented” shall mean nonprofit organizations which provide services to persons more than fifty (50) percent of whom are sixty-five (65) years of age or older. The term “nonprofit organizations” shall mean those organizations which have been granted an exemption or are exempt from the payment of federal income taxes.

(d)

Retail food stores that have an existing city-licensed food service facility shall pay a license fee which is fifty (50) percent of the fees established above in subsections (b)(18)–(b)(21).

(1958 Code, secs. 14-9, 14-20; Ordinance 83-120, sec. 1, adopted 9/27/83; Ordinance 84-15, sec. 1, adopted 1/17/84; Ordinance 84-32, sec. 7, adopted 2/14/84; Ordinance 84-146, sec. 3, adopted 11/13/84; Ordinance 85-57, sec. 1, adopted 5/28/85; Ordinance 00-05, sec. 1, adopted 1/4/00; Ordinance 03-104, sec. 1, adopted 12/9/03; 1978 Code, sec. 11-4; Ordinance 07-025, sec. 3, adopted 3/20/07; Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 23-013 adopted 2/14/2023)

The annual license fee shall be chargeable on all licenses issued after the first day of January up to and including the thirty-first (31st) day of July of each year, and one-half the annual fee for all licenses issued after the thirty-first day of July and through the thirty-first day of December of each year except for seasonal, special event and temporary food service establishments. All licenses shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Annual renewal fees for established businesses that are not received by January 31st are considered late. Late payments are subject to an additional 25 percent penalty on February 1st and an additional 5 percent penalty will be charged for each subsequent month, until payment is received.

(1958 Code, secs. 14-10, 1421; Ordinance 84-146, sec. 4, adopted 11/13/84; 1978 Code, sec. 11-5; Ordinance 07-025, sec. 4, adopted 3/20/07; Ordinance 23-013 adopted 2/14/2023)