(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, brew, distill, sell, or distribute any wine, beer, liquor, or other alcoholic beverage within the city, or engage in any other activity for which a license or permit is required by the Alcoholic Beverage Code, without first obtaining a license so to do from the city. The annual fee for each license shall be an amount equal to one-half the fee charged by the state for a license or permit to engage in a similar activity. The fee shall be paid to the City Secretary and the City Secretary shall provide suitable and proper blanks for issuing receipts therefor referred and shall keep a duplicate copy of all license receipts issued as a part of the records of his or her office.
(B) No applicant shall be granted a license under this section who has not first been licensed by the county and who fails to present satisfactory evidence of the same.
(C) No license shall be issued under this section if the applicant shall owe any delinquent taxes to the city or to the Willis Independent School District. The word
APPLICANT shall include each member of a partnership or association and all officers and the owner of the majority of the corporate stock of a corporation and the manager of the business for a corporation.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person licensed to sell beer at retail, other than a manufacturer or distributor, to use or display a license or to exercise any privilege granted by a license except at the place, address, premises, and location for which the license is granted.
(Ord. 77-118-A, passed 1-18-1977) Penalty, see § 112.99