CHAPTER 2
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
SECTION:
3-2-1: Purpose
3-2-2: Definitions
3-2-3: Occupation Tax Imposed
3-2-4: State License Required; Posting City Receipt
3-2-5: Payment Required
3-2-6: Failure To Pay Tax; Civil Penalty
3-2-7: Certificate Of Compliance
3-2-8: Retail Package Stores
3-2-9: Compliance With Zoning Regulations
3-2-10: Location Of Alcoholic Beverage Establishments
3-2-11: Separate Premises
3-2-12: Minors And Intoxicated Persons; Restrictions
3-2-13: Transporting Beverages
3-2-14: Hours Of Sale
3-2-15: Drinking And Intoxication In Public
3-2-16: Posting Of Signs
3-2-17: Prizes Prohibited
3-2-18: Penalty
3-2-1: PURPOSE:
This chapter is enacted as an exercise of the police power of the City to preserve the public peace, safety, health and good order thereof, and to aid the enforcement of the policy of the State as established by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, 37A Oklahoma Statutes section 1-101 et seq., and to establish annual Occupation Taxes upon all persons engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages. (1987 Code § 3-101; amd. Ord. 2018-13, 9-27-2018, eff. 10-1-2018)
3-2-2: DEFINITIONS 1 :
For the purpose of this chapter, all of the terms and phrases used in this chapter shall be given the same use and meaning as defined by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act 2 , and the following:
MINOR: A person who, in accordance with State law, has not yet attained the age at which consumption of alcoholic beverages is permitted.
STATE LICENSEE: Any person who holds a license issued under authority of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. (1987 Code § 3-102)

 

Notes

1
1. 37 OS § 506.
2
2. 37A OS § 1-101 et seq.
3-2-3: OCCUPATION TAX IMPOSED:
   A.   Annual Tax Amounts: Annual tax amounts for businesses related to alcoholic beverages conducted within the City shall be as set by motion or resolution of the City Council, unless specifically provided for in this Code. (2004 Code)
   B.   Reduction Or Prorating: The Occupation Taxes prescribed herein shall be reduced or prorated to the extent necessary to conform to applicable laws respecting the applicants or holders of State licenses.
   C.   Service Organizations: The license fee for those service organizations which are exempt under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code for mixed beverage or bottle club licenses shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year. (1987 Code § 3-103)
   D.   Payment Of Tax: No person, whose principal place of business is in the City, shall sell intoxicating beverages, or engage in any activity or perform any transaction or act whatsoever relating to intoxicating beverages for which a State license is required, until the Occupation Tax levied by this section has been paid in full to the City Clerk and a receipt or license has been issued therefor by the City Clerk. (Ord. 2018-13, 9-27-2018, eff. 10-1-2018)
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