A. Any person who is a resident of the city and the proprietor or owner of any mercantile business or any person who shall desire to start or continue a business for the sale of alcoholic liquors, and who is otherwise qualified under the terms of this chapter and under the laws of the state, may apply to the city commission for a license to sell, by retail, alcoholic liquors within the limits of the city, and if such application is approved, may receive such license upon payment to the city clerk of an annual fee of two hundred fifrv dollars.
B. The license fee provided in this section shall be payable on or before July 1st of each year.
C. Such license shall entitle the holder to sell alcoholic liquors in unbroken packages containing less than five gallons at one regular place of business, to be designated in such license. No person licensed as a retailer of alcoholic liquors shall permit any alcoholic liquors to be drunk or consumed upon his premises, nor shall he sell in any other than his regular place of business designated in the application of the license, and all alcoholic liquors sold in packages by a retailer shall be sold in the original package of less than five gallons in which they are received from the wholesaler and upon which the United States tax has been paid, and upon which the New Mexico tax stamp is affixed. (Ord. 373 (pan), 1993: amended during 1992 codification: prior code § 9-2-2)