Applicants for a license under this article shall, prior to issuance thereof, pay the following license fees:
(A) Distilled spirits and wine license fees. The following distilled spirits and wine licenses may be issued by the city, the fees for which shall be:
License type
| Fee |
License type
| Fee |
Distiller’s license | $500 per annum |
Rectifier’s license | $3,000 per annum |
Wholesaler’s distilled spirit and wine license | $3,000 per annum |
Quota retail package license | $550 per annum |
Quota retail drink license | $1,000 per annum |
Special temporary liquor license | $166 per event |
Nonquota Type 1 retail drink license (includes distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages) | $200 per annum |
Nonquota Type 2 retail drink license (includes distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages) | $800 per annum |
Nonquota Type 3 retail drink license (includes distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages) | $300 per annum |
Distilled spirits and wine special temp. auction license | $200 per event |
Special Sunday retail drink license | $300 per annum |
Extended hours supplemental license | $2,000 per annum |
Bottling house or bottling house storage license | $1,000 per annum |
(B) Malt beverage license fees. The following kinds of malt beverage licenses may be issued by the city, the fees for which shall be:
License type
| Fee |
Brewer’s license | $500 per annum |
Microbrewery license | $500 per annum |
Malt beverage distributor’s license | $400 per annum |
Nonquota retail malt beverage package license | $200 per annum |
Nonquota Type 4 retail malt beverage drink license | $200 per annum |
Malt beverage brew-on-premises license | $100 per annum |
(C) Other license fees. The following kinds of other licenses may be issued by the city, the fees for which shall be:
License type
| Fee |
Caterer’s license | $800 per annum |
Limited restaurant license or limited golf course license (includes distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages) | $1,200 per annum |
(D) Certain special licenses defined.
(1) Temporary licenses. A special temporary distilled spirits and wine license or a special temporary wine license may be issued only as set out in KRS 243.260. This license shall authorize the licensee to exercise the privileges of the license for a specified limited time, not to exceed 30 days. In the case of a nonprofit organization holding a retail malt beverage license, such organization may be issued a distilled spirits and wine special temporary license or a special temporary wine license to sell distilled spirits and wine by the drink on the licensed premises, in conjunction with any public or private event, for a specified and limited time, not to exceed ten days. A malt beverage temporary license may be issued only as set out in KRS 243.290 and is subject to all conditions and regulations provided at the issuance of the license.
(2) Private club license. A special private club license may be issued only as authorized in KRS 243.270 to a nonprofit social, fraternal, military, or political organization of club, which for more than one year prior to the date of application has maintained and operated a club room or rooms from which the general public is excluded. The privileges of the license shall be exercised only on premises where the general public is excluded.
(3) Restrictions. All restrictions and prohibitions applying to regular retail distilled spirits and wine licenses and retail malt beverage licenses shall apply to the special licenses, unless, otherwise provided by law.
(E) Expiration of license; proration of fees. All city licenses, except temporary licenses, shall begin on January 1 of any year and shall expire on December 31 of the following year. Any licenses issued after June 30 of any year shall be assessed a fee which is based on the pro rata portion of the reminder of the license period, however, the cost of any license shall not be less than one-half the amount of the full fee for an annual license of that type.
(F) Payment of license fees; delinquency. No licensee shall enter into or begin operating any business for which a license is required by this chapter until the license fee has been paid in full. The fee for renewal of any license shall be paid with the renewal application. Failure to pay any license fee within ten days after it becomes due shall result in a penalty equal to 10% of the license fee. Any licensee failing to pay the fees, including penalties, within ten days after such fees are due may be subject to revocation of the license and to other penalties as provided in § 4-102.
(G) Refund of fees. Should any licensee under this chapter be prohibited from conducting the licensed business for the full period covered by the license because of any changes that may hereafter be made in the laws of the commonwealth with reference to alcoholic beverages or other cause outside licensee's control, then the city shall refund to licensee the proportionate part of the license fee for the period during which licensee is prevented from carrying on said business if the licensee provides sufficient proof to the City ABC Administrator that such period of inactivity was not the fault of the licensee or the result of a revocation, suspension or other wrongdoing by licensee, or an agent or employee of the licensee. In the event a violation of this chapter occurs that results in the suspension or revocation of the license, the city shall not be required to refund any portion of the license fee.
(H) Disposition of fees. The city shall transmit any fees received upon collection into the appropriate designated account.
(1977 Code, § 3-20) (Ord. passed 4-3-1933; Ord. passed 4-2-1934; Ord. passed 1-6-1936; Ord. passed 12-10-1936; Ord. passed 12-3-1945; Ord. passed 12-29-1947; Ord. 2013-19, passed 11-25-2014)
Statutory reference:
Permitted fees, see KRS 243.070