Chapter 5.04
LIQUOR
Sections:
5.04.010 Issuance – Revocation.
5.04.030 Exhibition of license.
5.04.010 Issuance – Revocation.
The power to grant or refuse any license to sell or in any manner dispose of intoxicating liquors in the city of Granite Falls shall be and remain vested in the city council and nothing in this title shall be construed to create any vested right in any person for the issuance, assignment, transfer, reissue or continuance of any license; and the right and power shall remain at all times vested in the council of said city to cancel any license at any time when in its judgment the public interest demands such revocation. The city council of the city of Granite Falls shall have full power and authority to declare any license forfeited for the violation of any of the provisions of this title or of any ordinance hereafter enacted relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors even though the party so offending has not been convicted in any court of such violation, and in any case of revocation for such cause no part of a license fee shall be refunded. [Ord. 848 § 1(A), 2013; Ord. 78 §§ 10, 16, 1914.]
5.04.020 Exceptions.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to forbid or prevent the sale by a druggist or pharmacist without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter, of any intoxicating liquor upon prescription, for medical or sacramental purposes, or of alcohol for medical, mechanical or chemical purposes only; provided, any such liquor so sold shall not be drunk upon the premises. [Ord. 78 § 12, 1914.]
5.04.030 Exhibition of license.
All licensed liquor dealers shall post in a conspicuous place in the licensed premises the license issued by the city clerk under the provisions of this chapter. [Ord. 848 § 1(A), 2013; Ord. 78 § 15, 1914.]
5.04.040 Records.
The city clerk shall keep a book in which a record shall be kept of all licenses issued by the clerk under the provisions of this chapter. Certified copies of liquor license and transfers endorsed thereon shall be furnished by the city clerk upon payment of $1.00 and shall be received in evidence against the city of Granite Falls or the licensee or the transferee named therein with the same force and effect as the original license. [Ord. 848 § 1(A), 2013; Ord. 78 § 19, 1914.]
5.04.050 Beer and wine.
Licenses for the sale of beer or wine of such alcoholic content as is permitted by the laws of the United States of America and the state of Washington shall be granted by the city of Granite Falls to persons described in/under the following conditions: to persons by whom beer and wine is sold only in the original containers, upon payment of the annual license fee of $15.00; to persons by whom beer and wine is sold either in the original containers or on draught to be served on the premises, upon payment of an annual fee of $50.00; the annual license fee for a wholesale distributor of beer and wine shall be $85.00. [Ord. 848 § 1(A), 2013; Ord. 126 § 2, 1933.]