(A) There shall be issued by the ABC Administrator the following kinds of licenses to traffic in alcoholic beverages:
(1) (a) NQ-4 retail malt beverage drink license. A NQ-4 retail malt beverage drink license shall authorize the licensee to sell beer, ale, and porter at retail from the licensed premises. The license fee shall be $125 per annum.
(b) NQ retail malt beverage package license. A NQ retail malt beverage package license shall authorize the licensee to sell beer, ale, and porter at retail from the licensed premises only, and for consumption off of the licensed premises. The license fee shall be $100 per annum.
(c) The holder of a NQ retail malt beverage package license may also obtain a secondary NQ-4 retail malt beverage drink license for an additional fee of $50. The holder of a NQ-4 retail malt beverage drink license may also obtain a secondary NQ retail malt beverage package license for a fee of $50.
(2) Quota retail package license. A quota retail package license shall authorize the licensee to purchase, receive, possess, and sell distilled spirits and wine at retail in unbroken packages only, and only for consumption off the licensed premises. The license fee shall be $200 per annum.
(3) Quota retail drink license. A quota retail drink license shall authorize the licensee to purchase, receive, possess, and sell distilled spirits and wine at retail by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises. A quota retail drink license shall not authorize the sale of distilled spirits or wine by the package. The license fee shall be $850 per annum.
(4) NQ-3 retail drink license. A NQ-3 retail drink license may be issued to any nonprofit social, fraternal, military, or political organization or club, which for more than one year prior to the date of application has continuously maintained and operated a club room or rooms from which the general public is excluded. This license shall authorize the licensee to exercise the privilege of a distilled spirits, wine and malt beverage retail drink licensee at the designated premises if the general public is excluded. The license fee shall be $300 per annum.
(5) Distributor’s license. A distributor’s license shall authorize the licensee to purchase, import, or store malt beverages and to sell them only to other distributors or to licensed retailers. A distributor’s license must be obtained for each separate warehouse, agent, distributor, broker, jobber, or place of business from which orders are received or beverages are distributed, unless it is a licensed brewery. The license fee shall be $200 per annum.
(6) Special Sunday retail drink license. The following regulations apply to the special Sunday retail drink license:
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation presently holding any retail drink license issued by the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the city for the sale of distilled spirits and wine by the drink for consumption on the premises, may apply for a special Sunday retail drink license as permitted by KRS 243.030. The fee to be paid for the license shall be $300 per annum.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell or traffic in distilled spirits or wine by the drink for consumption on the premises on a Sunday without first having obtained this license. A violation hereof shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefore shall be punishable as set forth in § 111.99.
(7) (a) NQ-2 retail drink license. A NQ-2 retail drink license shall authorize the licensee to purchase, receive, possess, and sell distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages at retail by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises. A NQ-2 retail drink license shall not authorize the sale of distilled spirits, wine or malt beverages by the package. The license fee shall be $850 per annum.
(b) Requirements for restaurants applying for a NQ-2 retail drink license are as set forth in state statutes.
(8) Microbrewery license. The following regulations apply to the microbrewery license:
(a) A microbrewery license shall authorize the licensee to perform the following functions:
(i) Engage in the business of a brewer under the terms and conditions of KRS 243.150, provided that production of malt beverages at such microbrewery shall not exceed 25,000 barrels in one year;
(ii) Serve on the premises complimentary samples of malt beverages produced by such microbrewery in amounts not to exceed 16 ounces per patron; and
(iii) Sell malt beverages produced on the premises of the microbrewery to licensed distributors.
(b) The fee to be paid for the microbrewery license shall be $300 per annum.
(9) Supplemental bar license. A supplemental bar license shall authorize the licensee to sell or serve distilled spirits or wine by the drink at retail for consumption on the licensed premises from an additional location other than the main bar of an existing retail drink licensed premises. A supplemental bar license is a non-quota license and shall not be transferable to other premises. The fee to be paid for the supplemental license shall be $350 per annum.
(10) (a) Special temporary license. A special temporary license shall authorize the licensee to purchase, receive, possess and sell malt beverages, distilled spirits or wine at retail by the drink for consumption on the specifically designated licensed premises for a definite period of time not to exceed thirty days. The license fee shall $50 event and shall be assessed for each individual booth or point of sale from which malt beverages, distilled spirits or wine are dispensed.
(b) Distilled spirits and wine special temporary auction. A distilled spirits and wine special temporary auction license shall authorize the licensee to purchase and receive wine to be sold at auction on the specifically designated licensed premises. The license fee shall be $50 per event.
(Ord. 0-2-73, passed 2-5-73; Am. Ord. 0-17-78, passed 7-17-78; Am. Ord. O-15-2005, passed 6-20-05; Am. Ord. O-6-2009, passed - -)
(B) All license fees provided for in division (A) of this section shall be paid annually in advance on or before December 1 of each year. Terms for less than one year shall be prorated in conformity with § 111.10. All licenses issued hereunder shall be signed by the ABC Administrator, upon approval by the City Administrator and the receipt of the proper license fee. All monies received by the ABC Administrator from the issuance of these licenses shall be accounted for to the City Treasurer, and the latter shall place the funds in the General Fund of the city. (‘75 Code, § 110.18)
(‘83 Code, § 111.04) (Ord. 1134, passed 4-1-63; Am. Ord. O-6-2005, passed 3-21-05; Am. Ord. O-16-2013, passed 10-7-13; Am. Ord. O-04-2020, passed 4-6-20) Penalty, see § 111.99
Statutory reference:
City licenses; fees, see KRS 243.070
City licenses; fees, see KRS 243.070