HomeMy WebLinkAbout098 - 08/06/1996 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE OCCUPATION TAX ORDINANCE NO. 98, 1996
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 3-76 OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE OCCUPATION TAX
WHEREAS, House Bill 1168, which became law on April 23, 1996, creates a new class of
alcoholic beverage license referred to as a"brew pub license"; and
WHEREAS, a brew pub is defined as a retail establishment that manufactures not more than
one million eight hundred sixty thousand (1,860,000) gallons of malt liquor on its premises each
year; and
WHEREAS, effective January 1, 1997, a hotel and restaurant licensee operating a licensed
brewery shall automatically be issued a brew pub license pursuant to Section 12-47-119.8, C.R.S.;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins collects an occupation tax from all alcoholic beverage
licensees pursuant to Section 3-76 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS,the Council wishes to amend Section 3-76 to provide for the collection of said
occupation tax from brew pub licensees.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 3-76(b) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be amended as follows:
Sec. 3-76. Occupation tax.
(b) The following annual occupation taxes are hereby established and shall be
paid by the applicant or licensee to the city:
License Occupation Tax
(1) Retail liquor store license $ 750.
(2) Liquor-licensed drugstore license 750.
(3) Beer and wine license 750.
(4) Hotel and restaurant license 1,500.
(5) Tavern license 1,500.
(6) Brew Pub license 1,500.
(7) Club license 750.
(8) Arts license 100.
(9) All licenses to sell fermented
malt beverages for consumption
both on and off the premises 750.
(10) All licenses to sell only fermented
malt beverages by the drink for
consumption on the premises 750.
(11) All licenses to sell only fermented
malt beverages in their original
containers for consumption off the
premises 750.
(12) All licensees licensed to sell malt,
special malt, vinous and spirituous
liquor for consumption on the
premises after the hour of 8:00 p.m.
and until midnight on Sundays and
Christmas either as hotels or
restaurants, taverns, brew pubs, racetracks
or clubs shall pay as an additional
occupation tax 150.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and or p lished 's 16th y of
July, A.D. 1996 and to be presented for final passage on the day of gu , A.D. 199 .
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day o ugust D. 199 .
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ATTEST:
City Clerk