(A) Pursuant to the authority of KRS 243.070, no person shall conspire, cause, permit, promote, allow, aid, assist, encourage or engage in any of the business, transactions or occurrences authorized by the state alcoholic beverage licenses identified in KRS 243.070 without a corresponding city license therefore. The expiration dates of the city licenses shall be the same as the state licenses to which they conform; and the fees for the city licenses shall be the maximum fees allowed by KRS 243.070.
(B) The amount of each annual fee for a city license shall be reduced a monthly pro rata basis, so that such annual fee is reduced by one twelfth (1/12) thereof for each complete calendar month of the license year which has passed prior to the issuance of such city license; provided, however, that no such pro-rata reduction shall ever exceed fifty percent (50%) of the annual fee.
(C) The renewal dates for all city licenses for traffic in alcoholic beverages shall be the same as the renewal dates for the corresponding state licenses.
(1) Issuance date for new licenses: The issuance date and due date for fees for all annual licenses shall be as follows:
(a) All new licenses shall be issued when approved under the provisions of this chapter and the fee shall be due at the time of issuance.
(b) The issuance date for all such licenses for which, as of the effective date of January 1, 2008 the licensee holds a valid corresponding state license, shall be November 1. The license fee shall be due at the time of issuance.
(c) Applications for renewal of annual licenses shall be filed with the city’s ABC Administrator not later than 15 days prior to the issuance date.
(D) If the applicant for any city alcoholic beverage license is indebted to the city for any reason such as unpaid taxes, assessments, fees or fines, or similar obligations, the license applied for shall not be issued until all such indebtedness, together with any penalty or interest associated therewith, shall have been paid in full.
(E) If any section, paragraph or clause of this section is held by a proper Court to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining sections, paragraphs or clauses, it being hereby expressly declared that the reminder of this section would have been passed despite such invalidity.
(Ord. 2010-O-06, passed 5-3-10; Am. Ord. 2013-O-15, passed 12-2-13)
Statutory reference
City licenses; fees, see KRS 243.070