Except as provided herein, the hours of sales of alcoholic beverages in the city shall be consistent with provisions of the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Code.
(A) Distinguishing between certain types of retailers. In accordance with Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 109.32(c), the City Council has determined that, in exercising the authority granted by § 109.32 with regard to the regulation of the sale of beer and wine, it is in the best interest of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens for such regulations to distinguish between retailers selling beer and wine for on-premises consumption and retailers, manufacturers or distributors who do not sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption.
(B) Hours of sale under a retail liquor license or permit.
(1) A person may sell, offer for sale or deliver liquor between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any day, except:
(a) New Year’s Day;
(b) Thanksgiving Day;
(c) Christmas Day; and
(d) Any Sunday.
(2) When Christmas Day or New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, the same provisions apply to the following Monday.
(C) Hours of sale for wholesalers and local distributors to retailers.
(1) A wholesaler or a local distributor’s permittee may sell, offer for sale or deliver liquor to a retailer between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any day, except:
(a) Christmas Day; and
(b) Any Sunday.
(2) A local distributor’s permittee may not sell, offer for sale or deliver any liquor on a day which a package store is prohibited from selling liquor.
(D) Hours of sale under a mixed beverage permit. A mixed beverage permittee may sell and offer for sale mixed beverages in accordance with the following:
(1) Between 7:00 a.m. and midnight on any day, except Sunday;
(2) Between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between noon and midnight on Sunday; and
(3) Between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sunday only if the service of food is also provided to the customer.
(E) Hours of sale under a beer permit. A person may sell, offer for sale or deliver beer as follows:
(1) Between 7:00 a.m. and midnight on any day, except Sunday;
(2) Between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between noon and midnight on Sunday; and
(3) Between 10:00 a.m. and noon on Sunday if the permittee is authorized to sell for on- premises consumption and food is also served to the customer.
(F) Sale of beer by distributor’s licensee. In addition to the hours specified for the sale of beer in division (D) above, the holder of a general, local or branch distributor’s permit may sell, offer for sale or deliver beer beginning at 5:00 a.m. on any day, except Sunday.
(G) Hours of sale under a wine and beer retailer permit. The hours of sale and delivery for alcoholic beverages sold under a wine and beer retailer’s permit or a wine and beer retailer’s off- premises permit are the same as those prescribed for the sale of beer under this code; except that, no sale shall be allowed between 2:00 a.m. and noon on Sunday.
(2012 Code, § 19-76) Penalty, see § 10.99