Any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity who desires to engage in the business of selling alcoholic beverages in the city of Sidney shall first apply for and obtain a license to do so from the city of Sidney in the manner herein provided and if such license is granted shall pay therefor an annual license fee as follows:
All-beverage license | $400.00 |
Beer and wine license | 400.00 |
Beer license only | 200.00 |
Any unit of a nationally chartered veterans' organization | 300.00 |
Should the Montana license fee for an all-beverage license be reduced to where the fee referred to above exceeds five-eighths (5/8) of the state fee, then the city license fee shall be reduced to equal five-eighths (5/8) of the state fee.
If any license issued by the Montana department of revenue under the provisions of the Montana alcoholic beverage code is revoked or suspended, the accompanying license issued under this chapter shall automatically be revoked and suspended for the same period.
In the event the action of the Montana department of revenue is modified or set aside, the suspension or revocation of the license issued hereunder shall likewise be automatically affected.
All licenses issued hereunder shall expire at twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight on June 30 of each year. (Ord. 472, 10-15-2001)