(A) Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, distill, brew, import, transport, store for purposes of sale, distribute or sell any alcoholic beverages within the city unless such person has obtained a city permit from the office of the City Secretary.
(B) Initial permit fee. After approval by all necessary city departments, the permit application shall be deemed approved and the City Secretary shall issue a city permit upon payment by the applicant of the initial permit fee. The city's initial permit fee shall be equal to one-half of the state fee required by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission of every person that may be issued any state permit or license for the manufacture, distilling, brewing, importing, transporting, storing, distributing or sale of any alcoholic beverage, unless a different fee is allowed or required by state law. No city permit may be issued unless the initial permit fee is received.
(C) Renewal of permits. All permits shall be renewed annually unless otherwise provided by state law. All permits shall terminate at midnight on the day before the anniversary date of their issuance and no permit shall be issued covering a term longer than one year unless otherwise provided by state law.
(D) Annual permit renewal fee. The city shall require payment of an annual permit renewal fee by all establishments selling alcoholic beverages within the city. The permit renewal fee shall be equal to one-half of the state fee required by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission of every person that may be issued any state permit or license for the manufacture, distilling, brewing, importing, transporting, storing, distributing or sale of any alcoholic beverage, unless a different fee is allowed or required by state law.
(E) Cancellation of permit. The City Secretary may cancel a permit if a permittee fails to pay the permit renewal fee. The City Secretary shall send notice of such cancellation to the address on file with the permit application.
(F) Permit application. Permit applications shall be kept on file in the City Secretary's office. The City Secretary shall issue a receipt for the initial permit fee and keep a record of the same in the City Secretary's office.
(G) Penalty. A permittee who sells an alcoholic beverage without first having paid the initial permit fee or permit renewal fee under this section commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $200.
(Ord. 2019-04, passed 5-21-2019)