HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 09-001 ORDINANCE NO. 09-001
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3,
SECTIONS 3-3 AND 3-4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
THAT Chapter 3, Sections 3-3 and 3-4, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3-3. Fees.
(a) There are hereby prescribed and levied occupation taxes or permit fees upon
persons carrying on the business of manufacturing, distributing or dealing in alcoholic
beverages, as described in this chapter, an amount not to exceed one-half of the taxes or
fees levied upon such business by the state.
(b) The holder of a state retail dealer's on-premises late hours license shall pay
to the city, before exercising any privilege by virtue of such late hours license, a fee not to
exceed one-half of the state fee for such late hours license.
(c) All taxes or fees for each place of business shall be paid in advance in
compliance with the fee schedules authorized by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Sec. 3-4. Renewal of permit or license.
Each person owning a permit or license issued under the terms of this chapter may, by
written application filed with the city not more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the
expiration of a license held by him, renew such permit or license so held by him. Such
renewal accompanied by the prescribed fee, not to exceed one-half of the state fee, shall
be processed in accordance with the procedures as established by the city.
Section 2.
THAT if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or
the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances should for any
reason held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
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ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 3.
THAT all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 4.
THAT any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 13th day of
January, 2009.
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