Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in the village shall pay an annual license fee. The licenses shall be divided in four classes, and the license fees shall be as follows.
(A) Class “A” license.
(1) A Class “A” license shall authorize the sale on premises specified of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises, as well as other retail sales of beer and wine in the original package and not for consumption on the premises.
(2) Any display of beer and wine for retail in the original package shall not exceed an area of 36 square feet in the licensed premises, and no advertising of retail sales of package goods shall be carried on other than the price of the package being attached to the display area.
(B) Class “B” license. A Class “B” license shall authorize the sale of alcoholic liquor only in original packages and not for consumption on the premises where sold, which premises shall not be located on property or in a building that is used, in whole or in part, for residential purposes, except as otherwise approved by the Liquor Commissioner in connection with an approved mixed use planned unit development.
(C) Class “D” license. A Class “D” license shall only be issued for special public or private events sponsored by or in conjunction with civic, fraternal, political subdivisions, or religious organizations and shall authorize the retail sale, consumption, gift, or dispensing on the premises specified of alcoholic beverages. A Class “D” license shall not be issued for more than 48 hours. Class “D” license applications must be filed with the Village Clerk at least five days prior to the special event in connection with which same is issued.
(D) Class “E” beer garden supplemental license. A Class “E” license shall only be issued for open space as defined in § 110.002.
(1) The annual supplemental license fee for a Class “E” license, for the sale of alcoholic liquor in a beer garden, as defined in § 110.002, and to be sold and consumed on the premises by the public shall be an additional sum of $150.
(2) It shall be unlawful for a licensee holding a Class “E” beer garden license to hold supplemental beer garden license without also holding a valid Class “A”, “B” or “D” liquor license.
(3) Application for a supplemental beer garden license shall be made in the same manner by an applicant who either currently holds a Class “A”, “B” or “D” liquor license or has made a contemporaneous application for a Class “A”, “B” or “D” license.
(4) No limit is placed under this section upon the number of Class E licenses.
(E) Schedule of fees.
License Classification | License Fee |
Class “A” | $250 per year |
Class “B” | $250 per year |
Class “D” | $10 per year |
(Ord. 11-1, passed 4-19-2011; Ord. 2024-01, passed 1-16-2024)