It shall be unlawful for any person granted a drinking establishment licensed by the state to sell or serve any alcoholic liquor authorized by such license within the city without first obtaining a local license from the City Clerk.

(Ord. 777)

(a)   There is hereby levied an annual license fee on each drinking establishment located in the city which has a drinking establishment license issued by the State Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which fee shall be paid before business is begun under an original state license and within five days after any renewal of a state license. The city license fee for a drinking establishment shall be $100. Temporary applications for operation of three days or fewer shall carry a fee of $50.

(b)   All applications for new or renewal city licenses shall be submitted to the City Clerk. Upon presentation of a state license, payment of a city license fee and the license application, the City Clerk shall issue a city license for the period covered by the state license, if there are no conflicts with any zoning or alcoholic beverage ordinances of the city.

(Ord. 777)

(a)   No license shall be issued to a person whose place of business is located within 200 feet of any church, public or parochial school, said distance to be measured from the nearest property line of the church or school to the nearest portion of the building occupied by the drinking establishment.

(b)   The distance location of subsection (a) above shall not apply to a drinking establishment when the license applicant petitions for and receives a waiver of the distance limitation from the governing body. The governing body shall grant such a waiver only following public notice and hearing.

(Ord. 777)

(a)   The governing body may prescribe hours of closing, standards of conduct and rules and regulations concerning the moral, sanitary and health conditions of the place licensed, and may establish zoning districts within which no drinking establishments may be located.

(b)   No drinking establishment licensed hereunder shall allow the serving, mixing or consumption of alcoholic liquor on its premises between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on any day other than a Sunday, nor between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on a Sunday.

(K.S.A. 41-2614; Ord. 777)

If the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this article, the governing body of the city, upon five days’ written notice to the person holding such license to sell alcoholic liquor, may suspend or cause to be suspended for a period of not more than 30 days or permanently revoke such license and the individual holding the license may be charged in municipal court with a violation of the alcoholic liquor laws of the city. Violators may also be punished as provided in section 1-116 of this code of ordinances.

(Ord. 777)