A. Approval Required: No license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be transferable without the approval of the city council, after written application for permission to transfer is received, accompanied by satisfactory evidence of the consent of the department of revenue to such transfer of the license by it issued under the Montana alcoholic beverage code.
B. Application: The application for transfer shall be filed with the director of finance and brought to the attention of the city council at its first regular meeting thereafter.
C. Council Action: Action thereon may be postponed for investigation or other good cause, in the discretion of the council. If permission for transfer is granted, the applicant shall present the original license for endorsement by the director of finance as to the fact of the permission to transfer, date when such permission was granted, minute book and page, and the name of the transferee.
D. Transfer Fee: The director of finance shall charge and collect such fee as the city council may from time to time establish to cover the cost of all proceedings in connection with such transfer. (1983 Code § 5.04.040)