(a) 
Except as otherwise provided by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, each holder of a state permit issued pursuant to the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Code shall pay to the city a fee equal to one-half the fee paid to the state for such permit.
(b) 
Except as otherwise provided by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, each holder of a state license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Code shall pay to the city a fee equal to one-half the fee paid the state for such license.
(c) 
All fees levied by this section shall be due and payable at the time at which the state license fee and permit fee is due.
(1987 Code, sec. 3-2)
(a) 
The sale of alcoholic beverages by a dealer whose place of business is within three hundred (300) feet of a church, public school or public hospital is prohibited.
(b) 
The measurement of the distance between the place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold and the church or public hospital shall be along the property lines of the street fronts and from front door to front door, and in a direct line across intersections. The measurement of the distance between the place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold and the public school shall be from the nearest property line of the public school to the nearest doorway by which the public may enter the place of business, along street lines and in a direct line across intersections. For any permit or license covering premises where minors are prohibited from entering the premises under V.T.C.A., Alcoholic Beverage Code, section 109.53, the measurement of the distance between the premises and a public school shall be along the property lines of the street fronts and from front door to front door, and in a direct line across intersections.
(c) 
Every applicant for an original alcoholic beverage license or permit for a location with a door by which the public may enter the place of business of the applicant that is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest property line of a public school, measured along street lines and directly across intersections, must give written notice of the application to officials of the public school before filing the application. A copy of the notice must be submitted with the application. This subsection does not apply to a permit or license covering premises where minors are prohibited from entering the premises under V.T.C.A., Alcoholic Beverage Code section 109.53.
(d) 
As to any dealer who held a license or permit on September 1, 1983, in a location where a regulation under this section was in effect on that date, for purposes of subsection (a), but not subsection (c), the measurement of the distance between the place of business of the dealer and a public school shall be along the property lines of the street fronts and from front door to front door, and in a direct line across intersections. This subsection applies only as long as the place of business is continuously in operation from that date, whether or not under the same license or permit.
(e) 
The city council may allow variances to this section if the city council determines that enforcement of this section in a particular instance is not in the best interest of the public, constitutes waste or inefficient use of land or other resources, creates an undue hardship on an applicant for a license or permit, does not serve its intended purpose, or is not effective or necessary, or for any other reason the city council, after consideration of the health, safety, and welfare of the public and the equities of the situation, determines is in the best interest of the community.
(1987 Code, sec. 3-3)