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[ Ord. No. 8230 , 7-15-1993 ] No person shall sell or expose for sale in this City, either at wholesale or retail, intoxicating liquor or malt liquor without having first obtained an appropriate license from the City as provided herein.

[Gen. Ords. 1959, §§ 44.09, 44.14; Ord. No. 6259 , § 4, 3-23-1978 ] A separate liquor license shall be required for each place of business. No person shall directly or indirectly have an interest in more than three licenses.

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.08(a); Ord. No. 9338 , § 1, 10-2-2003 ] An application for a liquor license required by this division shall be filed with the Director of Finance on forms furnished by the Director of Finance and signed and sworn to by the applicant.

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.10; Ord. No. 8873 , § 1, 11-18-1999 ] No natural person shall be granted a liquor license unless such person is of good moral character. No corporation shall be granted a liquor license unless the managing officer of the corporation is of good moral character. No person shall be granted a liquor license whose license as a liquor dealer has been revoked, or who has been convicted since the ratification of the 21 st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of a violation of the provisions of any law applicable to the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor, or who employs in his business, as a liquor dealer or licensee, any person whose license has been revoked or who has been convicted of violating the provision of any s...

[ Ord. No. 9528 , § 1, 9-1-2005 [1] ] No license shall be granted for the sale, either at wholesale or retail, of intoxicating liquor or malt liquor, as defined in this chapter, within 100 feet of any school, church or other building regularly used as a place of religious worship unless the applicant for the license shall first obtain the consent of the City Council, and such consent shall not be granted until at least 10 days' written notice has been provided to all owners of property within 100 feet of the proposed licensed premises. This section shall not apply when a school, church or place of worship shall hereafter be established within 100 feet of any place of business licensed to sell, either at wholesale or retail, intoxicating liquor or malt liq...

[1] Editor's Note: Former § 3-56, which prohibited issuance of a liquor license authorizing the sale of both malt liquor and any other intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises at the same place, was repealed 3-23-1978 by Ord. No. 6259, § 6. Said section was derived from Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.18.

[1] Editor's Note: Former § 3-57, requiring a surety bond with the application for a license to sell intoxicating liquor or malt liquor, and derived from Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.08(a), (b); and Ord. No. 6259, § 7, adopted 3-23-1978, was repealed by Ord. No. 7259, adopted 10-4-1984.

(a) Licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of this article to persons not engaged in the sale of gasoline at the licensed premises shall be subject to this subsection. No licenses required for the retail sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package or for the retail sale of malt liquor in the original package shall be issued except to a person engaged in, and to be used in connection with the operation of, one or more of the following businesses: a drugstore, a cigar and tobacco store, a grocery store, a general merchandise store, a confectionery or delicatessen store; nor to any such person who does not have and keep in his store premises a stock of goods having a value, according to invoices, of at least $1,000, exclusive of fixtures and into...

[ Ord. No. 10806 , 5-4-2023 ; Ord. No. 10897 , 4-17-2025 ] No person, other than a "restaurant or food store" or "craft brewery, winery, or distillery," shall be granted a license as provided in this Division for the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink; malt liquor by the drink; or wine containing not in excess of 14% alcohol by weight and malt liquor containing alcohol not in excess of 8% by weight by the drink. Said requirement for food service shall not prohibit a retail establishment from obtaining a license for malt liquor by the drink, or wine containing not in excess of 14% alcohol by weight and malt liquor containing alcohol not in excess of 8% by weight by the drink when said alcohol sales is incidental and subordinate to the principal retai...

The Council may require the applicant for a liquor license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail to secure the written consent of the majority of resident property owners within 400 feet of the property line of the applicant's place of business before granting the license.

[ Ord. No. 8940 , § 1, 8-17-2000 [1] ; Ord. No. 10806 , 5-4-2023 ; Ord. No. 10897 , 4-17-2025 ] The following licenses for the sales indicated shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this division at an annual fee set by the Council by resolution from time to time: (a) Intoxicating liquor by the drink: Sales any day except Sunday Sunday sales, additional fee (b) Intoxicating liquor, retail sales in the original package, not to be consumed on the premises where sold: Sales any day except Sunday Sunday sales, additional fee Establishments licensed to sell intoxicating liquor in the original package may apply for and obtain a license to conduct wine tastings on the premises of the licensed establishment for an additional fee (c) Intoxicating liquor by ...

All fees collected by the Director of Finance pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be accounted for and paid into the City Treasury as other funds collected by the Director of Finance are accounted for and paid.

The annual liquor license fees charged under this division shall be in lieu of the proportionate part of any merchant's license fee and ad valorem tax for stock and sale of intoxicating liquors under other provisions of this Code, and the value of stocks of intoxicating liquors and the aggregate amount of sales thereof made by any licensee under this division shall not be returned by the licensee for the purposes of merchant's license or ad valorem tax, nor shall such stock or sales be included in the computation of any merchant's license or ad valorem tax.

The license required by this division shall be in addition to and independent of any other licenses required by the City. [1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1 , General Provisions, Art. II ).

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.09(a); Ord. No. 6375 , § 1, 1-18-1979 ; Ord. No. 7070 , § 1, 7-21-1983 ; Ord. No. 7274 , § 1, 11-15-1984 ; Ord. No. 9071 , § 1, 9-6-2001 ; Ord. No. 9338 , § 1, 10-2-2003 ] Upon receipt by the Director of Finance of an application for an original license pursuant to this division, or upon receipt of an application for the renewal of such license pursuant to this division, such application shall be processed as follows: (a) The Director of Finance shall review the application to determine that it is complete and accompanied by the appropriate fee for the license sought. The Director of Finance shall also determine whether the applicant has any outstanding financial obligation to the City. If such application is deficient or if the app...

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.09(b)] Each liquor license issued pursuant to this division shall particularly describe the premises at which intoxicating liquor may be sold thereunder, and the license shall not authorize or permit the sale of intoxicating liquor at any place other than that described therein.

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.05; Ord. No. 4745 , § 4, 1-11-1962 ; Ord. No. 6259 , § 10, 3-23-1978 ; Ord. No. 7034 , § 1, 4-21-1983 ; Ord. No. 9338 , § 1, 10-2-2003 ; Ord. No. 10897 , 4-17-2025 ] (a) Original package sales. Except as provided in this section, no license shall be granted by the City after the first day of January 1983 for the retail sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package in excess of one such license for each 2,000 inhabitants of the City, as established by the most recent United States decennial census. It is further provided that after the effective date of Ordinance No. 7034, the total of licenses issued for retail sale of intoxicating liquor in the original package and for retail sale of malt liquor in the original package togeth...

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.15] Liquor licenses shall at all times be prominently displayed in the room in which the licensed business is conducted, and it shall be unlawful for any liquor licensee to carry on or conduct any licensed liquor business without keeping his license within plain view in his place of business.

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 44.16 [1] ] No liquor license is transferable or assignable except as herein provided. (a) In the event of the death of the licensee, the widow or widower or the next of kin of such deceased licensee, who shall meet the other requirements of this division, may make application and the Supervisor of Liquor Control may transfer such license to permit the operation of the business of the deceased for the remainder of the period for which a license fee has been paid by the deceased.. (b) Whenever one or more members of a partnership withdraws from the partnership, the Supervisor of Liquor Control, upon being requested, shall permit the remaining partner, or partners, originally licensed, to continue to operate for the remainder of the peri...