[Ord. No. 2003-57 §1, 9-8-2003; Ord. No. 2004-22 §1, 4-13-2004; Ord. No. 2023-25, 8-14-2023]
A.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, any person who possesses the qualifications required by this Chapter, and who now or hereafter meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this Chapter, may apply for, and the City may issue, a license to sell intoxicating liquor, as in this Chapter defined, between the hours of 6:00 A.M. on Sunday and 1:30 A.M. on Monday by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises of any restaurant bar as described in the application. This license shall be described as a "Class J" license.
B.
In addition to all other fees required by law, a restaurant bar shall pay an additional fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) a year payable at the same time and in the same manner as its other license fees.
C.
Any new restaurant bar having been in operation for less than ninety (90) days may be issued a temporary license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 1:30 A.M. on Monday for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days if the restaurant bar can show a projection of annual business from prepared meals or food consumed on the premises of at least fifty percent (50%) of the total gross income of the restaurant bar for the year or can show a projection of annual business from prepared meals or food consumed on the premises which would exceed not less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00). The license fee shall be prorated for the period of the temporary license based on the cost of the annual license for the establishment.