The retail sale or service of beer, as defined by section 4.02.041, within the city, for consumption on or off the premises, shall be permitted only during the following hours, and any such sale or service at any other hours except as herein written shall be unlawful:
(1) 
From 7:00 a.m. until midnight, Monday through Friday.
(2) 
From 7:00 a.m. Saturday until 1:00 a.m. Sunday.
(3) 
From noon until midnight on Sunday.
(Ordinance 759, sec. I, adopted 10/14/85)
The holder of a retail dealer’s on-premises late hours license may sell beer for consumption on the premises on Sunday between the hours of 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., and on any other day between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., if the premises covered by the license are in an area where the sale of beer during the hours is authorized by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code and such holder has paid the appropriate fees to the state and the city.
(Ordinance 759, sec. II, adopted 10/14/85)
There is hereby levied against every person who may be issued a permit or license under the Alcoholic Beverage Code, or who is required to obtain such a permit or license, a permit or license fee in the amount authorized in such act. The failure to pay such fee annually shall constitute a violation of this code.
(1964 Code, sec. 3-2)
All fees provided for any permit under state law pertaining to sales and consumption of beer and/or liquor during late hours to the extent permitted by state law to be collected by cities shall be applicable in this city and are hereby levied.
(1964 Code, sec. 3-3)
The sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by any dealer where the place of business of any such dealer is within three hundred (300) feet of any church, public school or public hospital. The measurement of the distance between the place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold and the school, church or hospital shall be determined as described in sections 109.33 and 109.331 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, as amended.
(Ordinance 898, sec. I, adopted 8/8/94; Ordinance adopting Code)
For the purposes of this division, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning herein ascribed to them:
Beer.
Any malt beverage containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and not more than four (4) percent of alcohol by weight.
General distributor.
Any person licensed to distribute or to sell beer to local distributors, retail dealers and/or others in the original package.
Local distributor.
Any person licensed to sell or distribute beer to retail dealers and ultimate consumers in the county of his residence in unbroken packages not to be consumed on the premises where sold.
Manufacturer.
Any person licensed to manufacture or brew beer and to distribute and to sell the same to others in the original package.
Retail dealer.
Any person licensed to sell beer in bottles and from kegs, barrels or other containers to the ultimate consumer.
(1964 Code, sec. 3-13)
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or brew for the purpose of sale or to sell or distribute any beer within the city without first obtaining a license so to do from the city secretary.
(1964 Code, sec. 3-14)
No license issued under this division shall be voluntarily assigned more than once, and before the assignee of such license can engage in business thereunder he must comply with the provisions of this division. In case an original licensee desires to change the place designated in such license, he may do so by applying to the city council for permission therefor.
(1964 Code, sec. 3-17)
All licenses issued under the terms of this division shall terminate at midnight on the first day of January of each year, and no license shall be issued for a longer term than one year.
(1964 Code, sec. 3-18)
A general distributor of beer shall procure the primary license in the county of his domicile or residence, and if he desires to establish any place of business in the city he shall present his license secured from the county of his residence, together with his license obtained from the tax collector of Nueces County, to the city secretary, together with a license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and it shall be the duty of the city secretary to forthwith issue a city license for such general distributor.
(1964 Code, sec. 3-19)