All licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors and nonintoxicating liquors, commonly called 3.2 beer, shall be issued by said supervisor on written application of the applicant, verified by his affidavit, that he is the age of twenty-one, a bona fide owner of property and taxpayer of the state, and that he has never been at any time convicted for violation of the liquor laws of the state and the number of licenses or permits for the sale of intoxicating and nonintoxicating liquor in the original package not to be consumed on the premises where sold by druggists, tobacconists, grocers, general merchandise stores, confectionaries and delicatessen having an invoice value of one thousand dollars, exclusive of all fixtures and liquors, shall be limited to one license and/or permit for each five hundred residents of the city, or a fraction of five hundred residents thereof over and above and the even number of five hundred residents, and for the purpose of determining the number of residents the last federal census, next before the date of the application for such license, shall be taken and considered as the correct number of residents of said city. No license or permit shall be issued to any person not having all of the above qualifications.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 3, adopted 9/6/77; Ordinance 2016-334B adopted 7/5/16)
The supervisor may, in addition to the reasons assigned in section 4.03.071, refuse an application for a license or permit if in his discretion he does not regard the location, or the building in which the same is to be sold, suitable and not for the best interests of the city.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 4, adopted 9/6/77)
(a) 
The permit fee for the sale of nonintoxicating beer to be consumed on the premises where sold shall be $37.50; for the same in original package of said beer by grocers, merchants, and other dealers direct to consumers but not for resale, $22.50; for the sale of malt liquor containing alcohol in excess of 3.2% by weight and not in excess of 5% by weight at retail to be consumed on the premises where sold, the sum of $52.50; for the sale of all other intoxicating liquors in the original package not to be consumed on the premises where sold by druggists, tobacconists, grocers, general merchandise stores, confectioneries and delicatessens having an invoiced value of $1,000.00 (exclusive of fixtures and liquors), the sum of $75.00.
(b) 
The permit fee for licenses issued to persons who qualify under RSMo. 311.095 (sale of liquor by the drink in resorts), for the sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquors at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises, which shall include the sale of intoxicating liquors in the original package, the sum of $450.00.
(c) 
The permit fee for the sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises on Sunday, if the applicant qualifies under RSMo. 311.100, the sum of $300.00.
(d) 
The permit fee for the sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package between the hours of 6:00 a.m. on Sundays to 1:30 a.m. on Mondays by persons licensed to sell intoxicating liquors in the original packages at retail under RSMo. 311.200, the sum of $300.00.
(e) 
The permit fee for licenses issued to persons who qualify under RSMo. 311.294 (tasting), the sum of $37.50.
(f) 
The permit fee for licenses issued to persons who qualify under RSMo. 311.480 (eating places, drinking of intoxicating liquor on premises), the sum of $90.00.
(g) 
The permit fee for licenses issued to persons who qualify under RSMo. 311.485 (temporary location for liquor by the drink, caterers, not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) consecutive hours), the sum of $15.00 per calendar day.
(h) 
The permit fee for licenses issued to persons who qualify under RSMo. 311.1486 (temporary location for liquor by the drink, caterers, 50 events), the sum of $900.00.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 5, adopted 9/6/77; Ordinance 81-334A adopted 11/3/81; Ordinance 90-390 adopted 3/6/90; Ordinance 93-421 adopted 7/6/93; Ordinance 2020-703 adopted 1/7/20; Ordinance 2021-804, sec. 2, adopted 9/14/21; Ordinance 2024-929 adopted 4/2/2024)
(a) 
No person holding a license hereunder shall sell liquor:
(1) 
To any person under the age of 21 years of age;
(2) 
To any person who fails to furnish proof that he or she is at least 21 years of age by furnishing an operator’s or chauffeur’s license issued under the provisions of section 302.177 RSMo or the operator’s or chauffeur’s license issued under the laws of the State of Arkansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, or Iowa to residents of those states, or an identification card issued by the uniformed service of the United States or a valid passport presented by the holder thereof for the purpose of aiding the licensee or the servant, agent or employee thereof [to determine whether or not the person is at least 21 years of age when such person desires to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages procured from the licensee. Upon such presentation, the licensee or the servant, agent or employee thereof] shall compare the photograph and physical characteristics of the person presenting the license, identification card or passport;
(3) 
To any person who is in any stage of intoxication.
(b) 
Nor shall said licensee permit in or near said room upon any public street or public or private parking lot, loud and unseemly noise, cursing or quarreling or fighting or lewd, indecent, obscene language or conduct or loitering or loafing by either sex or general littering of the area around the place of business.
(c) 
Nor shall the licensee under this article allow a person under the age of 21 years of age to enter upon or remain upon the premises.
(d) 
Nor shall the licensee under this article allow anyone to leave the premises with an open container of liquor or nonintoxicating beer.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 6, adopted 9/6/77; Ordinance 98-466 adopted 9/1/98; Ordinance 98-466A, sec. 1, adopted 11/3/98)
Commission of one or more or all of the offenses in section 4.03.074 disjunctively alleged is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the license or permit of the offender may be revoked by the board of aldermen, but before the revocation of any license or permit for any of said causes the dealer must have ten days’ notice of application to revoke said license or permit with full right to have counsel, to produce witnesses in his behalf in such hearing and to be advised in writing of the grounds upon which his license is sought to be revoked. A written application stating the grounds for revocation may be made by any officer or citizen to said board of aldermen or said board of aldermen may institute such proceedings of its own motion on its written order. The style of such proceeding shall be “The City of Garden City vs. Defendant, for revocation of License or Permit.” No change of venue from said board of aldermen shall be allowed. Appeals shall be allowed to the defendant to the circuit court of the county in the manner now provided for appeals in other cases. In lieu of revoking said license, the board of aldermen may file an affidavit of complaint against the offender in the municipal court charging him with a violation of this article.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 7, adopted 9/6/77; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the board of aldermen for any of the following reasons:
(1) 
Selling, giving or otherwise supplying intoxicating liquor to a habitual drunkard or to any person who is under or apparently under the influence of intoxicating liquor;
(2) 
Knowingly permitting any prostitute, degenerate, or dissolute person to frequent the licensed premises;
(3) 
Permitting on the licensed premises any disorderly conduct, breach of the peace, or any lewd, immoral or improper entertainment, conduct or practices;
(4) 
Selling, offering for sale, possessing or knowingly permitting the consumption on the licensed premises of any kind of intoxicating liquors, the sale, possession or consumption of which is not authorized under his/her license;
(5) 
Selling, giving, or otherwise supplying intoxicating liquor to any person under the age of 21 years of age;
(6) 
Selling, giving, or otherwise supplying intoxicating liquors during the period of time that the licensee is not authorized to be open;
(7) 
Allowing any person to leave the premises of the licensee with an open container of liquor or nonintoxicating beer;
(8) 
Allowing any person under the age of 21 years of age to remain upon the premises; or for the violation, by the licensee, his agents or employees, of any applicable provision of federal law, state law or city ordinance, rule or regulation.
(b) 
Prior to such revocation, however, such licensee shall be given ten (10) days’ written notice of the meeting at which the board shall consider such revocation, and such licensee shall have the right to appear thereat with counsel and witnesses in his behalf. In the event of such revocation, no portion of the license fee paid by the licensee shall be refunded.
(Ordinance 98-466A, sec. 3, adopted 11/3/98)
The supervisor shall keep a record of all licenses or permits granted, specifying the kind of beverage authorized to be sold, the name and age of the person to whom granted, and also a record of all licenses and permits refused by him, specifying the reasons therefor and the name of the party, and also a record of the docket for all proceedings before him for the revocation of licenses.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 8, adopted 9/6/77)
No licenses or permits shall be delivered to any applicant until such applicant shall have paid to said supervisor the required fee. All such fees shall be paid as received to the treasurer of the city, taking receipts in duplicate and filing one with the city clerk.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 9, adopted 9/6/77)
Any person who shall for himself or for another sell, at any place within the corporate limits of the city, intoxicating liquors, malt liquors, including what is commonly called 5% beer, and nonintoxicating beer, commonly called 3.2% beer, without first having obtained the license or permit of the city so to do shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article.
(Ordinance 334, sec. 12, adopted 9/6/77)
All said permits or licenses shall extend from July 1st to June 30th of the following year and shall not be assignable or transferable to any other person or to any other location.
(Ordinance 2024-929 adopted 4/2/2024)