2023-79 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 52 Alcoholic Liquor

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ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS CHAPTER 52 -ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR- 1. WORDS AND PHRASES. Words and phrases in this Chapter which are defined in the Liquor Control Act of 1934, as amended, shall have and be given the same meaning and definition as therein set out unless expressly otherwise provided herein. 2. LOCAL LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSIONER. The Mayor, or his designee, shall be the Local Liquor Control Commissioner with such duties and powers as may be provided by law or ordinance. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2009-33, May 4, 2009) 3. LICENSE REQUIRED. No person, firm or corporation shall sell alcoholic liquor at retail without then having a currently in force local liquor license issued to such person or entity as provided herein for the premises whereon such sale takes place. Each license and the privileges there under shall expire and terminate on the 30th day of June next following the issue date thereof, except for the year 2020 in which each license and the privileges there under shall expire and terminate on the 31 st day of August, 2020. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2020-93, May 26, 2020) 4. LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS. Classes of local liquor licenses are hereby established and are hereby authorized as follows: Class A, under which alcoholic liquor may be sold for consumption on or off the licensed premises, which said Class A license shall not be issued for any premises situated in any Residence, Office, Park Mobile Home or Neighborhood Shopping District established by the Zoning Ordinance and shall not be issued to any retail establishment, commonly described as a convenience store, which typically offers such items including but not limited to groceries, tobacco, soft drinks, beer and wine, or snack foods, or any retail establishment, commonly described as a gas station,which typically offers automotive fuel or services, or similarly