2024-125 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 52 - Alcoholic Liquor

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served at the customer's table. The mere availability and service at any premises of cold or hot sandwiches, pre-cooked frozen meals that are reheated, hors d'oeuvres, popcorn, nachos, pretzels, potato chips, hot dogs, candy, or other snack foods will not, standing alone, be deemed sufficient to constitute such premises as a restaurant within the meaning of this Chapter. Class I Restaurants may not share interior access to another business, may not share the same utilities, and said premises shall have a seating capacity for the service of meals at tables and/or counters for not less than twenty-five (25) patrons at the same time. Alcoholic liquor may be dispensed and sold no later than one (1) hour after meal service has ended.... ...Class V, under which a licensed premises is authorized to pour and serve alcoholic liquor for on-premises consumption, where video gaming is not expressly prohibited by this Chapter, and where the licensed premises requests to operate video gaming terminals inside the licensed premises. Class V liquor licenses shall be issued in addition to the Class of license which authorizes the premises to sell alcoholic liquor and shall run concurrent with said license. Class V licenses shall not be issued for Class B, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class H, Class J, Class K, Class L, Class M, Class N and Class P liquor licenses. Except for Class C licenses, beginning July 1, 2024, each Class V licensee shall not have greater than sixty (60) percent of gross revenue annually from video gaming. The requirements for non-gaming revenue shall go into effect from and after July 1, 2024 for all license holders in existence and holding a liquor license on the date of passage of this amendment. Class P liquor licenses shall not be required to hold a Class V license to operate as a gaming parlor and they shall not be required to meet a minimum threshold of non-gaming revenue. All first time applicants applying for Class V licenses must enter into a development agreement with the City to be eligible for a Class V license. If the holder of a premises licensed to sell alcoholic liquor is suspended or revoked, the Class V license shall be automatically suspended or revoked for the same time period and upon the same terms. The number of Class V licenses will be limited to the aggregate number of liquor establishments having valid licenses for video gaming in existing Class A, Class C, Class G, Class I and Class O establishments.... ..7. LICENSE FEE. Beginning July 1, 2024, payment of an annual license fee of Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($2,200.00) shall accompany each application for all classes of license except Class BYOB as to which the amount of said fee shall be Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and Class F as to which the amount of said fee shall be Seven Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($725.00); and except Class C and Class N as to which the amount of said fee shall be One Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($1,400.00); and except Class P as to which the amount of said fee shall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), and except Class V as to which the amount of said fee shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) in addition to the underlying annual license fee, said fee shall be prorated for the issuance of any license during a license period. Fee increases authorized by this 2023 amendment shall so into effect from and after July 1, 2024 for all license holders in existence and holding a liquor license on the date of passage of this amendment. The payment of a fee for any license shall be credited toward the payment of a fee