Consideration of an application for such special use permit by the city council shall follow a recommendation by the code enforcement officer.
(Ordinance 994-2018 adopted 10/9/18)
(a) 
Service and consumption of alcoholic beverages in a planned development (PD) may be allowed subject to inclusion in and approval of the PD regulations by the city council. Such PD regulations shall control to the exclusion of this division other than compliance with the provisions of the Texas Liquor Control Act.
(b) 
Establishments seeking to qualify under this division, except those in a PD, must be located in an area zoned B-1, B-2, B-3, or industrial, as those terms are defined in the comprehensive zoning ordinance of this city, and such premises shall not be located within three hundred (300) feet of a church, public school, or public hospital. Distances shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 109.33, Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
(1997 Code, sec. 4.202; Ordinance adopting Code)
Extended hour permits as defined in the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code shall only be granted by separate action of the city council after review and recommendation of the planning and zoning commission.
(1997 Code, sec. 4.203)
All special use permits granted may be renewed annually, provided that all sections of this division have been complied with.
(Ordinance 912-2014, sec. 4, adopted 8/12/14)
Any existing private club which is annexed by the city shall be required to comply with the terms of this division within three (3) months from the time of annexation.
(1997 Code, sec. 4.205; Ordinance adopting Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate a private club for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages without first having secured a special use permit from the city council. Operation of a private club without first securing a special use permit shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any person, firm or corporation convicted thereof shall be fined any sum not exceeding the maximum amount permitted by state law, and each and every day that such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense; provided, however, that such penal provision shall not preclude a suit to enjoin such violation.
(1997 Code, sec. 4.206)