§ 6-221. Required; application generally.

No distilled spirits shall be sold by the drink for consumption on the premises except under a license granted by the council. An application for a consumption-on-premises license shall be made on forms provided by the council as follows:

(1)

A consumption-on-premises license shall be valid only for the calendar year indicated thereon and no such license may be renewed. A licensee who desires to continue in business during the next calendar year must make a new application for such year on or before November 15 of the preceding year.

(2)

Licensees planning to operate during the subsequent license year who fail to file on or before November 15, as provided by the regulations, may be cited by the council to show cause why their current license should not be suspended or revoked or why their application for a license to operate during the subsequent year should not be denied.

(3)

No malt beverages, wine, or distilled spirits consumption on the premises license shall be issued to any person or business in the local historic district unless at least 40 percent of all revenues are generated by food and nonalcoholic beverage sales with the exception of licensees who sells alcoholic beverages on Sundays must comply with the requirements under section 6-185.

(4)

Notwithstanding, any current owner of the property or licensee of a business who does not now comply with this section and who fails to maintain a business under this article for a period of one year shall not be authorized to operate in noncompliance of this section.

(Code 1986, § 3-121; Ord. of 3-9-1999; Ord. of 8-24-1999; Ord. No. O-0506-016, 6-30-2005)