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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)
A. Any club, as defined in this chapter, may apply for and receive a license to sell alcoholic liquors upon the payment of a license fee in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars, such license being subject to revocation by the Bureau, or by the city commission in the event the city commission is of the opinion that the licensee is not operating in conformity with this chapter or the definition of "club."
B. Such license fee shall be payable on or before July 1st of each year. (Ord. 373 (part), 1993: prior code § 9-2-3)
The proprietors or owners of establishments holding state liquor licenses whose establishments are within areas which are by any lawful means annexed to the city, if such owners or proprietors and their establishments are in all ways qualified, shall be issued licenses by the city clerk for the year in which such annexation is effected upon payment of of the license fee specified in Sections 5.08.080 through 5.08.100. (Ord. 373 (part), 1993: prior code § 9-2-4)
Investigation prerequisite.
Before the issuance of any license provided for in this chapter, the city commission shall cause a thorough investigation to be made concerning the character and integrity of the applicant and shall make a thorough investigation of the conditions existing in the locality wherein the premises to be occupied by the licensee are located, so that no license shall be granted where the issuance thereof shall result in the impairment of the public health and morals of the community. (Prior code § 9-2-5)
Any person applying for a license for the sale of alcoholic liquors at a location where alcoholic liquors are now being sold which is within six hundred feet of a church or a school may be required by the city commission to submit the signatures of a majority of the residents within two city blocks of the proposed place of business to a document stating that they have no objection to the granting of such license. If such applicant then fails to obtain a majority of such residents to sign such a petition, the license shall not be granted. (Prior code § 9-2-6)
No license provided in this chapter shall be issued to any person who shall not, prior to the issuance of such license and as a condition precedent thereto, have secured from the Bureau a license either as a dispenser, retailer or club. (Prior code § 9-2-7)
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