Chapter 3 · Beverages

Article 4. Alcoholic Liquor

Sections 3-401 to 3-405 · 5 sections

3-401 State license required.

(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to keep for sale, offer for sale, or expose for sale or sell any alcoholic liquor as defined by the “Kansas liquor control act” without first having obtained a state license to do so.

(b)The holder of a license for the retail sale in the city of alcoholic liquors by the package issued by the state director of alcoholic beverage control shall present such license to the city clerk when applying to pay the occupation tax levied in section 3-402 and the tax shall be received and a receipt shall be issued for the period covered by the state license.

(Code 2015; Ord. 1052)

3-402 Occupational tax.

There is hereby levied a biennial occupation tax of $600 on any person holding a license issued by the state director of alcoholic beverage control for the retail sale within the city of alcoholic liquors for consumption off the premises. Such tax shall be paid by the retailer to the city clerk before business is begun under an original state license and shall be paid within five days after any renewal of a state license.

(K.S.A. 41-310(l)(1); Code 2015)

3-403 Posting of receipt.

Every licensee under this article shall cause the city alcoholic liquor retailer’s occupation tax receipt to be placed in plain view, next to or below the state license in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.

(Code 2015)

3-404 Business regulations.

No person shall sell at retail any alcoholic liquor:

(a)On Sundays before 9:00 a.m. or after 8 p.m.;

(b)On Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day;

(c)Before 9:00 a.m. or after 11:00 p.m. on any day when the sale thereof is permitted.

(Code 2015; Ord. 1052; Ord. 1086)

3-405 Restrictions on location.

No person shall knowingly or unknowingly sell, give away, furnish, dispose of, procure, exchange or deliver, or permit the selling, giving away, furnishing, disposing of, procuring, exchanging or delivering of any alcoholic beverage in any building, structure or premises, if the nearest portion of the building, structure or premises is within 200 feet from the nearest property line of any existing school.

(K.S.A. 41-710; Code 2015; Ord. 1052)