Any person who fails to pay any permit fee prescribed in this article, or who fails to procure a permit as required herein, before engaging in any business for which the payment of a fee and the securing of a permit is required by the terms hereof, or who engages in any such business without holding an unexpired and unrevoked permit from the city, or who shall violate any of the other provisions of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount in accordance with state law.
(Ordinance 158 adopted 12/14/1936; 1989 Code, sec. 18.107; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or engage in the business of selling intoxicating liquor within the corporate limits of the city where the place of business of such person is situated within three hundred feet (300') of any church, school, or other educational institution, the measurements to be along the property lines of the street fronts, and from front door to front door, and in a direct line across intersections where they occur.
(Ordinance 158 adopted 12/14/1936; 1989 Code, sec. 18.106)
Every person who purchases malt and vinous beverages containing alcohol in excess of four percent (4%) by weight from brewers, wineries, and wine manufacturers holding permits in this state, or who imports such liquors from other states, and who sells the same at wholesale only to holders of permits in this state authorized to purchase and receive the same, shall pay an annual permit fee as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, which said permit shall authorize the holder thereof to bottle, package or label wine purchased from wineries or wine manufacturers either within or without the state, and likewise to sell and deliver such liquor to persons outside the state, and upon payment of the fee aforesaid the city will issue to such person what is known as a beer and wine wholesaler’s permit, as defined by the Texas Liquor Control Act.
(Ordinance 158 adopted 12/14/1936; 1989 Code, sec. 18.101; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
Every person who purchases liquor from the holders of winery, wholesaler’s, and beer and wine wholesaler’s permits, and who sells such liquor at retail to consumers in unbroken packages only (and not for consumption on, at or near the premises where sold), in the city, shall pay an annual permit fee as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, and upon payment of said fee the city will issue to such person what is known as a package store permit, as defined by the Texas Liquor Control Act; provided that the annual permit fee for a package store permit to sell wines only shall be as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(Ordinance 158 adopted 12/14/1936; 1989 Code, sec. 18.102; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
Every person who sells vinous and malt beverages containing in excess of one-half (1/2) of one percent (1%) and not more than fourteen percent (14%) of alcohol by volume from broken packages or unsealed containers for consumption on the premises where sold, in the city, shall pay an annual permit fee as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, and upon the payment of said fee the city will issue to such person what is known as a wine and beer retailer’s permit, as defined by the Texas Liquor Control Act.
(Ordinance 158 adopted 12/14/1936; 1989 Code, sec. 18.103; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
No permit required under the terms of this article shall be issued until he shows that he holds a state permit for the particular phase of liquor traffic in which he desires to engage in the city, and until the fee required by the city for such permit has been paid to the city secretary.
(Ordinance 158 adopted 12/14/1936; 1989 Code, sec. 18.104)
All permits issued under the terms of this article shall expire at the time shown in the state permits presented by the applicant and shall terminate at midnight on the thirty-first day of August next succeeding. If the permit sought is issued for a period of time less than one year, only a proportionate part of the annual fee shall be exacted and collected; provided, however, a fractional part of any month shall be counted as one month in calculating the fee which is to be paid.
(Ordinance 158 adopted 12/14/1936; 1989 Code, sec. 18.105)