No person shall sell alcoholic beverages within the city without first obtaining a city permit to sell alcoholic beverages at a specific location. Following approval of the permit application, as set forth herein, the city secretary shall issue a permit for that location for a period of two years.
(Ordinance 2020-01-21-A adopted 1/21/20)
Prior to issuing a city permit to the applicant for the proposed location, the city secretary shall certify whether the location is located in an area that is wet and that the sale of alcoholic beverages at this location is not prohibited by charter or ordinance. the city secretary shall keep a record of all permits and certificates issued under this article.
(Ordinance 2020-01-21-A adopted 1/21/20)
(a) 
For the purpose of this article:
(1) 
“Private school” shall have the meaning assigned by section 109.33(1) of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.
(2) 
“Day-care center” and “child-care facility” shall have the meanings assigned by section 42.002 of the Texas Human Resources Code.
(b) 
The sale of alcoholic beverages within the city is prohibited by a dealer whose place of business is within 300 feet of a church, public or private school, day-care center, child-care facility, or public hospital.
(c) 
The measurement of the distance between the place of business where are alcoholic beverages are to be 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 direct line across intersections. The measurement of the distance between the place of business where alcoholic beverages are to be sold and a public school, private school, day-care center, or child-care facility shall be in a direct line from the property line of the public or private school to the property line of the place of business, and in a direct line across intersections.
(d) 
The city council may allow variances to the distance requirements if the city council determines that enforcement of the regulation 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, is not effective or necessary, or for any other reason the 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.
(e) 
This section does not apply to those permit holders expressly exempted by sections 109.33 and 109.331 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.
(Ordinance 2020-01-21-A adopted 1/21/20)
(a) 
The sale of beer, for on-premises consumption and otherwise, shall be prohibited in areas of the city zoned for residential use.
(b) 
The prohibition provided for in subsection (a) above shall not apply if the drinking of beer is on governmental property, including but not limited to the city parks, during an activity, event or rental of space approved by the city in advance. The distance requirements under section 4.903 shall not apply to the sale permitted by this subsection (b). The approval contemplated by this section may be granted by an approved permit issued by the city administrator or their designee.
(Ordinance 2020-01-21-A adopted 1/21/20)