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(A) Hours. No licensee operating pursuant to this subchapter shall be open for business earlier than 6:00 a.m. or later than 12:00 midnight, Monday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday license operating hours pursuant to this subchapter shall be 6:00 a.m. and no later than 1:00 a.m. Sunday license operating hours pursuant to this subchapter shall be no earlier than 1:00 p.m. and no later than 10:00 p.m.
(B) Sales permitted only when food available. The provisions of division (A) above notwithstanding, no licensee operating pursuant to this subchapter shall sell alcoholic beverages at any time at which the licensee’s kitchen and food service staffs are off-duty. This requirement is necessary for accomplishment of the legislative intent stated in § 117.01 of this code and in KRS 242.185 as amended and substituted by KRS Chapter 243 et seq. and/or KRS 243.034. No carry-out alcohol sales shall be permitted and no alcohol shall be taken off the premises.
(Ord. 747, passed 3-3-2015; Ord. 783, passed 8-17-2023) Penalty, see
§ 117.99
(A) Show cause hearing. Hearings on alleged violations shall be in the manner of a “show cause” hearing at which the licensee shall bear the burden of persuasion that the alleged violation did not occur. The licensee shall be afforded the right to:
(1) Reasonable notice of the charge;
(2) Representation;
(3) Presentation of such evidence and witnesses as in its discretion are appropriate to the issue; and
(4) A finding reasonably supported by the evidence.
(B) Hearing officer. Pursuant to § 117.02(B)(4) above, the city’s administrating officer may designate a city employee or other person as the hearing officer to conduct the hearing provided for in this section. In the event of such a designation, the hearing officer’s determination shall be in the form of a recommendation upon which the city’s administrating officer shall determine appropriate action.
(C) Appeal. Pursuant to KRS 241.200, all orders of the city’s administrating officer may be appealed to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
(D) Referral to ABC. In lieu of the hearing authority provided above, allegations of violations of this subchapter may be referred to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for determination.
(Ord. 747, passed 3-3-2015; Ord. 783, passed 8-17-2023)
(A) Purpose. This subchapter is adopted to impose a regulatory license fee upon each permitted establishment’s sale of alcoholic beverages. The intent is to permit the collection of this regulatory fee is to reimburse the city for policing, regulatory or administrative costs related to sale of alcoholic beverages.
(1) The license holder shall pay this fee.
(2) The city will use such fee for any and all costs incurred for regulating and policing alcohol use in the city and municipal aid calls.
(3) The City Council shall adopt at the budget adoption for each subsequent fiscal year, such annual rate for the regulatory license fee. Should the city fail to address the regulatory license fee in any budget, then the regulatory license fee shall remain at the level at which it was last fixed until such time as the City Council shall adjust the fee.
(B) Collection of regulatory license fee.
(1) Payment of such regulatory fee shall be remitted to the city ABC Administrator and shall be held in a separate account maintained for the purpose of fully reimbursing the city for the estimated costs of any additional policing, regulatory or administrative expense related to the sale of alcoholic beverages in the city. The regulatory license fee shall be in addition to any other taxes, fees or license permitted by law, except that a credit against a regulatory license fee in the city shall be allowed in an amount equal to any license fee imposed by the city, pursuant to KRS 243.070. Payment of the regulatory license fee shall accompany the tax return approved for such use by the city. The return and payment are due no later than by the end of the month immediately following each calendar quarter.
(2) Failure to pay such quarterly remittance within 15 days of the due date constitutes a violation and subjects the licensee to suspension or revocation.
(Ord. 772, passed 5-12-2022) Penalty, see § 117.99
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