Sponsor
Alderman McCarthy
Title
Ordinance No. 6-09
To repeal and recreate Sec. 6-97 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Retail "Class A" intoxicating liquor licenses.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Section 6-97 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
"Sec. 6-97. Class “A” and “Class A” licenses.
(1) A Class “A” license authorizes retail sales of fermented malt beverages (e.g. beer and most “coolers”) for consumption off the premises where sold and in original packages, containers and bottles. The fee for a Class “A” license is $100.00 per year.
State law reference - Wis. Stats. § 125.25(1).
(2) A retail “Class A” intoxicating liquor license shall permit its holder to sell, deal and traffic in intoxicating liquors only in original packages and containers in quantities of not more than three wine gallons at any one time, and to be consumed off the licensed premises, except that wine may be sold in the original package or otherwise in any quantity, and excepting that provision of free wine samples as specified in Wis. Stats. § 125.06(13)(a) is prohibited. The fee for a retail “Class A” liquor license is $500.00 per year.
State law reference - Retail “Class A” license, Wis. Stats. § 125.51(2).
(3) Number of licenses.
At the time of the enactment of this ordinance, there were forty (40) Class “A” license holders and twenty-six “Class A” holders. As part of a comprehensive effort to decrease the incidence of alcohol-related problems, to protect the safety and welfare of the community from increasing rates of alcohol related crime and violence and to reduce the strain on public resources, the Common Council seeks to reduce the number of “Class A” and Class “A” alcohol beverage licenses in the City in accordance with the following prospective quotas:
The total number of Class “A” licenses shall not exceed thirty...
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