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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 579-2012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ANNA CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING PART II, ARTICLE III BY ADDING REGULATIONS RELATED TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BY AMENDING PART III -C, ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 34.12 REGULATING LOCATION AND USES RELATED TO SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS, SEVERABILITY, AND REPEALING CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas ("City") has previously established regulations related to the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, certain of those regulations are set forth in ordinances that are not codified in The Anna City Code of Ordinances ("Anna Code") and the City Council desires to amend said regulations and codify the resulting regulations into Part II, Article III, of the Anna Code; and WHEREAS, the Council desires to repeal the ordinances referenced above once the amended regulations take effect; and WHEREAS, the City's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance ("Zoning Ordinance") is codified as Part III -C of the Anna Code; and WHEREAS, after a duly noticed public hearing, the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas ("City Council") has investigated and determined that it would be advantageous and beneficial to the City and its citizens to amend Part III -C of the Anna Code, the Zoning Ordinance, regarding regulations pertaining to establishments that sell alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, the City Council has held the requisite public hearing(s) pertaining to zoning and permitting procedures within the City and its consideration and adoption of this ordinance was in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that within the Downtown Revitalization area or "downtown area" as more specifically identified in Chapter 6 of the City of Anna Comprehensive Plan 2010-2030 (the "Comprehensive Plan"), as shown in Figure 13 of the Comprehensive Plan, no predominant permanent land use exists; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that certain of its current regulations pertaining to establishments that sell alcoholic beverages could have the result of Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 2 04-24-12 unnecessarily restricting the sale of alcoholic beverages in the downtown area; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a mixture of land uses throughout the downtown area should be encouraged, including but not limited to housing, religious institutions, offices, shops, restaurants, hotels, light commercial, and entertainment; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that for a mixture of such uses to occur, one type of use should generally not prevent another type of use; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to foster a community with a business - friendly environment in the downtown area that provides an atmosphere that accepts people of all walks of life and encourages a sense of inclusion; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide incentives for businesses to expand, start, improve or move into the downtown area by allowing for a variety of uses, including but not limited to uses that include the sale of alcoholic beverages, and further desires to attract businesses looking for a new branch office or establishing headquarters in a small city; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the downtown area provide an opportunity for persons to park once and dine out, attend cultural events, enjoy an urban yet local atmosphere in order to appeal to a large segment of local residents; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a small downtown with a variety of dining and entertainment options, including establishments that sell alcoholic beverages, would be attractive to many businesses and nearby residents; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that in the past, there has been a willingness on the part of property interest(s) associated with religious institutions to waive the 300 foot distance rule related to sales of alcoholic beverages in favor of allowing one or more restaurants to sell alcoholic beverages in the downtown area; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that removing certain restrictions that could otherwise prevent the sale of alcoholic beverages in the downtown area would promote the desires and findings of the City Council as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that certain of the City's regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages are in need of being updated to comply with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code as amended; and WHEREAS, the City has authority granted to municipalities under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code §§ 109.31 and 109.32, to prohibit the sale of beer in Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 3 04-24-12 any residential area within the City's corporate limits and to otherwise regulate the sale of beer as permitted by said section; and WHEREAS, the City has authority granted to municipalities under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code § 109.33, and 109.331 to prohibit the sale of alcohol within 300 feet of certain land uses including public and private schools, churches, hospitals, day-care centers, and child-care facilities; and WHEREAS, the City has authority granted to municipalities under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code § 109.57(d) to regulate the location of establishments that derive 75 percent or more of the establishment's gross revenue from the on - premise sale of alcoholic beverages; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Recitals Incorporated The above -stated recitals and findings are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full for all purposes. SECTION 2. Ordinances Repealed. Any provisions of the ordinances listed below in this section that remain in effect at the time of the adoption of this ordinance are hereby repealed in their entirety, effective as of the effective date of this ordinance: Ordinance No. 108-2003; Ordinance No. 182-2005; Ordinance No. Ordinance No. Ordinance No. Ordinance No. Ordinance No. Ordinance No. Ordinance No. 183-2005; 184-2005; 185-2005; 186-2005; 187-2005; 385-2008; and 428-2009. SECTION 3. Amendments to the Anna City Code of Ordinances. 3.01 In accordance with Part II, Article 9 of the Anna City Code of Ordinances ("Anna Code"), the following amendment is made to Part II of the Anna Code, by codifying and/or providing new alcoholic -beverage related regulations in Article III of Part II (said Article III having previously been reserved) as follows: Article III ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Section 1. Definitions Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 4 04-24-12 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, such words or phrases shall have those same definitions. All other words or phrases shall be defined according to their ordinary meaning, unless specified otherwise. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12) Section 2. Permit Required; Associated Requirements and Procedures (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, distill, brew, import, transport, store for purposes of sale, distribute or sell any alcoholic beverage within the City without having first paid an annual permit fee to the City equal to one-half of the State of Texas fee required by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code (" TABC") of every person that may be issued anv permit or license or renew such permit or license by the State for the manufacture, distilling, brewing, importing, transporting, storing, distributing or sale of any alcoholic beverage. Except as otherwise set forth in this section, the permit fee shall be paid to the City Secretary upon original application and then annually for permit renewal. The City Secretary shall issue a receipt for the permit gee and keep a record of same in the Citv Secretary's office. All receipts issued for the payment of permit fees under the provisions of this section shall terminate at midnight on the day before the anniversary date of their issuance, and no receipt shall be issued covering a longer period than one year. Notwithstanding subsection (a), the permit fee for a mixed beverage permit shall not be charged for an original application and shall not be charged for the first two annual renewals. For the third annual renewal of a mixed beverage permit, and for all subsequent renewals thereafter, a permit fee shall be charged in accordance with subsection (a). jc Before the City Secretary shall sign any application for a permit or license regulated under the TABC, or any annual renewal, such application shall be submitted to the appropriate CitV departments, as determined by the City Manager to ensure that the application complies with all City ordinances and regulations and are for establishments located in a wet area. (d) An annual processing fee in the amount of $250.00 shall be charged by the City Secretary for accepting any application or renewal. The City Secretary shall issue a receipt for the processing fee and keep a record of the same in the City Secretary's office. All receipts issued for the payment of processing fees under the terms of this section shall terminate at midnight on the day before the anniversary date of their issuance, and no receipt shall be issued covering a longer period than one year., Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 5 04-24-12 (Ord. No. 482-2009, adopted 01/27/09: Ord. No. 108-2003, adopted 09/09/03); cross reference: Part 111-C, Section 34.12. Section 3. Regulations for Sale of Beer for On -Premises Consumption (a) No person shall be employed to serve food, beer or other drinks in an establishment selling beer for on -premises consumption, unless that employee has a health certificate. No person other than the permittee or licensee for such establishment may serve beer, or other drink or food to any customer or patron of a such establishment, unless the person so serving is employed by the permittee or licensee of such establishment. %i No person serving beer to any patron or customer of such establishment shall receive, as compensation, any part of the price Paid by the patron or customer for such beer, nor shall his or her compensation be dependent on the amount of beer served. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12,- Ord. No. 184-2005, adopted 02/12/05 Section 4. Regulations for Drive -Through Sales (a) An establishment licensed for the retail sale of beer for off -premise consumption—and which has at least 6,000 square feet of indoor retail space—may utilize a window located on an exterior wall of the establishment. Otherwise, no establishment may sell beer for off - premise consumption through a window or any other apparatus that does not require the purchaser to enter the interior of the establishment in order to purchase beer. (b) For purposes of this section a "window or any other apparatus" does not include a doorway or other opening to the establishment that is large enough to allow and does allow motor vehicles to enter or exit any part of the establishment." (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12: Ord. No. 385-2008, adopted 06/10/08) 3.02 In accordance with Part 11, Article 9 of the Anna City Code of Ordinances, the following amendment is made to Part 111-C, Section 34.12, by amending said section as follows: Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 6 04-24-12 (a) This section 34.12 shall not apply when the storage or serving of alcoholic beverages is strictly for the consumption of the owners of the premises and their guests at no charge. Othepwine the storage I ale Of alGeholoc beverages by anyone fe consumption by anyone shall he illegal unless on nnerty zoned I WoGally for that purpose. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12) (b) The storage, possession, or sale of any alcoholic beverage, when permitted by the laws of this state, shall be regulated and governed as provided herein and in other applicable ordinances and regulations of the -city City. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12); Cross reference: Part ll, Article I/I ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (c) No neronn shall eRgage in the bUGiRess of staring ellinn n nncnenning any elnnhnlin beverage in the city unless the glace nF N -q--U6 person 08 IGGated iR the Use District of the city ,..high the ctnr'n selling, or pessessing of Gnash alnnhnlin beverage q6 --ppm The sale of liquor and the sale of beer is prohibited in any residential area within the City's corporate limits. The term "residential area" includes only locations that are not within the downtown area identified in subsection (D of this section 54.12 and that are within any of the following zoning districts or areas: SF -E - Single Family Residential - Large Lot; SF -1 - Sinale Familv Residential SF -84 - Side Family Residential; SF -72 - Single Family Residential; SF -60 - Single Family; SF -Z - Single Family Zero Lot Line; SF-TH - Single Family Town Home; MHA - Manufactured Home District; MH -2 -. Manufactured Home Park District; Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 04-24-12 MF -1 - Multiple Family Residential - Medium Density; MF -2 - Multiple Family Residential - High Density: PD - Any residential part of a Planned Development District; or Any tract, lot or subdivision upon which is located any of the "Residential Uses" list in Appendix 3 of this Part of the Code, as amended. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12; Ord. No. 183-2005, adopted 02/12/05 (d) It shall be unlawful for any person who is engaged in the business of selling alcoholic beverages to sell alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of any church or public Hospital. The measurement of the distance between the Alcoholic Beverage Store and the church or public Hospital shall be along 'the property lines of the Street fronts and from front door to front door, and in direct line across intersections. (e) It shall be unlawful for any person who is engaged in the business of selling alcoholic beverages to sell alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of any public or private school. The measurement of the distance between the place of business and the public or private school shall be: (1) in a direct line from the property line of the public or private school to the property line of the place of business, and in a direct line across intersections; or (2) if the permit or license holder is located on or above the fifth Story of a multistory Building, in a direct line from the property line of the public or private school to the property line of the place of business, in a direct line across intersections, and vertically up the Building at the property line to the base of the floor on which the permit or license holder is located. Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 8 04-24-12 (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12) (f) It shall be unlawful for any person who operates an Alcoholic Beverage Store to sell alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of any existing day safe -day-care orprivate school child-care facility. The measurement of the distance between said Alcoholic Beverage Store and the day Gafeday-care center or -private wheal child-care facility shall be in a straight direct lin. n a'I„ u l oi�s from the said business Alcoholic Beverage Store to the„eafe A-pGii#_gEoperty line of the day Gare day-care center or private cho child-care facility. Th measuremeRt a + +LIre shall be taken foWn the neaFes+ point that a struoture e)4ends in any diFectien, including overhanging For the purposes of this subsection and subsections (g) and (h), below, the terms "day-care center" and "child-care facility" have the meanings defined under Section 42.002, Texas Human Resources Code. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12) (9) PON 119M -,jQG (1) the permit or license holder and the day-care center or child-care facility are located on different stories of a multistory building; or (2) the permit or license holder and the day-care center or child-care facility are located in separate buildings and either the permit or license holder or the day-care center or child-care facility is Located on the second story or higher of a multistory building. (Ord. No. 579-2012. adopted 04-24-12) (h) AIGGhGIiG Beverage Stores shall be peFmitted in any GemmerGial Unless an establishment that derives 75% or more of the establishment's gross Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages ULb36F1A consumption first applies for and is granted a specific use permit by the City Council, such establishment may not be located within 1000 feet of a public school, private school, church, day-care center or child-care facility, as those terms are described in the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code. The measurement of the distance between such establishment and the church or public hospital shall be along the property lines of the street fronts and from front door to front door, and in direct line across intersections. The measurement of the distance between such establishment and the public school, private school, day-care center, or child-care facility shall be: (1) in a direct line from the property line of the public or private school to the property line of the place of business, and in a direct line across intersections: or if the permit or license holder is located on or above the fifth story of a multistory building, in a direct line from the properly line of the public or private school to the property line of the place of business, in a direct line across intersections, and vertically up the building at the property line to the base of the floor on which the permit or license holder is located. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12; Ord. No. 183-2005, adopted 02/^ 12/05) (i) Notwithstanding a other nreyisie in this Dnrf of the Code if shall be unlawful for any per-son who us engaged in the business of selling alcoholic beveFages to sell alGeheliG beverages in er withIR 300 feet of any residentially ,en A aFea Unless an establishment that derives 75% or more of the establishment's gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption first applies for and is granted a specific use permit by the City Council, such establishment may not be located within a THOR - Thoroughfare Overlay District nor an F-B - Food - Beverage Overlay District as those areas are defined in this Part of the Code as amended. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12; Ord. No. 183-2005, adopted 02/12105) (i1 Unless an establishment that derives 75% or more of the establishment's gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption first applies for and is granted a specific use permit by the City Council, such establishment may not be located closer than 1,000 feet to an existing establishment that derives 75% or more of the establishment's gross revenue from the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages. The measurement of the distance between said establishments shall be in a straight line in all Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 10 04-24-12 such establishment. The measurement for a structure shall be taken from the nearest point that a structure extends in any direction, including overhanging roofs and all projections or portions of said structures. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "existing establishment that derives 75% or more of the establishment's gross revenue from the on -premises sale of alcoholic beverages" means such an establishment that is in lawful operation or that has been granted a specific use permit as required under this subsection. (Ord. No. 579-2012, adopted 04-24-12; Ord. No. 183-2005, adopted 02/12/05 (k) Any specific use permit applied for under this section shall be governed by the applicable provisions of this Part III -C of the Code including but not limited to Section 37. (D Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, the as the "downtown area," as said area is more specifically identified in Chapter 6 of the City of Anna Comprehensive Plan 2010-2030. Said "downtown area" shall not be considered to be a residential area regardless of whether the downtown area includes residential uses. Said "downtown area" shall be considered to be the same "Downtown Redevelopment District" and depicted as within the bold, solid black boundary line as shown in the figure below, or as the area shown in said figure or DRD District as amended from time to time: Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 11 04-24-12 DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 12 04-24-12 I I I I I r i I I I I i I HACKBERRYL I I i I __J -; j O 1 ! 1 WWW 'GID, I W --- --SE STREET N I _, uil Ipmpl ji t - z U' ----�--I r-! _-i-- bI IHi > - -THIRD -1 STREET 1 I ----' 'LU ii I I I I .L-moi_ I -F-1 Q I Ir-i _.,01L, ,� FOURTH STREET h--r I Ilii i --� kI�TR ' �._ T DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic Beverages 12 04-24-12 SECTION 4. Amendment to Comprehensive Plan To the extent that any part of this ordinance conflicts with the City's Comprehensive Plan as amended and the City's zoning map as amended, (collectively, the "Plan"), the Plan shall be deemed to have been amended by this ordinance. SECTION 5. Savings, Severability and Repealing Clauses. All ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are repealed to the extent of that conflict. If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of such ordinance shall continue in full force and effect the same as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision had never been a part hereof. The City declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION 6. Penalty It shall be a Class C misdemeanor to violate any provision of this ordinance or the regulations adopted hereunder. The amount to be paid upon conviction shall not exceed the amount set forth and as applicable in the Anna Code or in said regulations, or the highest amount allowed by law, whichever is lower. Each day such violation shall continue, or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. SECTION 7. Publication of the Caption Hereof and Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effective from and after its passage and upon the posting and/or publication, if required by law, of its caption and the City Secretary is hereby directed to implement such posting and/or publication. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, this 24th day of April, 2012. ATTESTED: �r C' Secretary, Natha Wilkison „« ayor arre 1 . Driskell QFqA 13 04-24-12 Ord. 579-2012 Regulations Alcoholic BeverartlbounH P