(A) License required. No person shall engage in the business of distributing or selling wine as a distributor or retailer as defined under W.Va. Code § 60-8-2, without first obtaining a license from the City Treasurer, nor shall a person continue to engage in any such activity after his or her license has expired, been suspended or revoked. No person may be licensed in more than one of such capacities at the same time.
(Prior Code, § 765.01)
(B) Annual fee. The City Treasurer shall collect an annual fee for licenses issued under this section. as follows:
(1) An amount set by Council from time to time per year for a distributor’s license; and
(2) An amount set by Council from time to time per year for a retailer’s license.
(Prior Code, § 765.02)
(C) License period. The license period shall begin on July 1 of each year and end on June 30 of the following year, and if the initial license is granted for less than a year, the fee shall be computed in proportion to the number of quarters remaining in the fiscal year, including the quarter in which application was made.
(Prior Code, § 765.03)
(D) License restrictions. No retailer may be licensed as a private club as provided by W.Va. Code Ch. 60-7 or as a Class A retailer dealer in non-intoxicating beer as provided by W.Va. Code Ch.11-16. A retailer who has more than one place of retail business shall obtain a license for each separate retail establishment. A retailer’s license may be issued only to the proprietor of a bona fide grocery store or wine specialty shop as defined by the West Virginia Code.
(Prior Code, § 765.04)
(E) Suspension and revocation. In the event that any person’s state license, under the applicable provisions of the West Virginia Code shall be revoked or suspended, the City Treasurer shall suspend or revoke the licensee’s city license for the same period of time.
(Prior Code, § 765.05) (Ord. passed 4-5-1982) Penalty, see § 111.99