The laws of the state now in force or hereafter passed regulating
the sale of vinous and malt beverages are hereby adopted for the city.
(Ordinance adopted 9/19/1933)
(a) Fee schedule.
There are hereby prescribed and levied
annual license fees upon and there shall be collected each year from
persons, firms and corporations carrying on business within the limits
of the city in the amounts provided by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Code, section 61.36.
(b) Payment of fee; proration.
All taxes or fees prescribed
hereunder shall be paid in advance for one year unless such tax or
fee be collected for only a portion of the year, and in such event
the fee required shall cover the period of time from the date of the
permit to midnight of August 31 next succeeding and only the proportionate
part of the fee or tax levy for such permit shall be collected. The
fractional part of any month remaining shall be counted as one month
in calculating the fee to be due.
(c) Issuance of permit; state permit required.
Upon payment
of the applicable tax or fee herein prescribed to the tax assessor
and collector and exhibition to him of a permit duly issued by the
state to the applicant or person paying such tax or fee, the tax assessor
and collector shall in the name of the city issue and deliver to such
applicant a permit to engage in business in the city of the character
described in and authorized by the permit from the state held by such
applicant and the city’s permit shall authorize the conduct
of such business upon the premises described in the state permit and
shall remain in force only so long as such state permit remains in
force.
(d) Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to pay any tax or fee prescribed in this section before engaging in any business for which the payment of any such fee and securing of any such permit is required by the terms of this section, or who shall engage in any such business without holding an unrevoked and unexpired permit from the city authorizing the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in accordance with section
1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance adopted 8/25/1937; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) It
shall be unlawful for any person to sell beer or to offer beer for
sale during the following hours:
(1) On Sunday at any time between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 12 noon.
(2) On any day except Sunday at any time between the hours of 12 midnight
and 7:00 a.m.
(b) Any person violating any of the terms of conditions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with section
1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance adopted 12/16/1969; Ordinance adopting Code)