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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Jennifer Stallings, City Clerk
DATE: January 7, 2022
SUBJECT:
To establish liquor license fees related to Chapter 6, "Alcoholic Liquor" of the Code of Ordinances.
PURPOSE:
To update the fee schedule to accurately reflect the current license classifications and to set annual fees for former Class F licensees.
BACKGROUND:
Significant revisions to Chapter 6, "Alcoholic Liquor", including new liquor license classifications, were enacted on April 14, 2020 pursuant to O20-023. One classification, Class B - On-Site Consumption, was created to include all on-site consumption licenses and allows licensees to sell all alcoholic liquor. Prior to the April 14, 2020 revisions, there existed a Class E - Full Menu Restaurant license that authorized licensees to sell all alcoholic liquor and a Class F - Beer and Wine Restaurant license that authorized licensees to sell only beer and wine. The annual fee for a Class E license was $2,070.00 and the annual fee for a Class F license was $1,815.00. When the new Class B - On-Site Consumption license classification was enacted, all licenses for on-site consumption were converted, pursuant to O20-023, to either Class B - On-Site Consumption licenses, Class C or Class D on-site consumption licenses, allowing all on-site consumption licensees the privilege of selling all alcoholic liquor. This change leaves an annual fee discrepancy of $255.00 between license classifications with the same licensing privileges (former Class E and former Class F). This proposed resolution will assess a yearly licensing fee of $2,070.00 for all Class B licensees. Additionally, this proposed resolution will update the fee schedule in Exhibit A to reflect the new license classifications.
DISCUSSION:
The changes enacted to Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances on April 14, 2020, did not modify annual fees, although said changes removed the restrictions to the former Class F - Beer and Wine Restaurant licen...
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