Liquor Licensing
Types of Liquor Licensing
For specific details on types of liquor licenses available, please refer to City Code. Each type of license is defined in City Code, here: Title 4, Chapter 1: Alcoholic Beverages: 4-1-4.
The City defines categories of liquor licensing as follows:
- On-sale intoxicating liquor license.
- Off-sale intoxicating liquor license.
- On-sale wine license.
- Temporary off-sale wine license.
- Club intoxicating liquor license.
- Sunday on-sale intoxicating liquor license.
- Temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor license.
- One day consumption and display permit.
- On-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license.
- Off-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license.
- Temporary on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license.
- Culinary class limited on-sale license.
- On-sale brewer taproom license.
- Off-sale small brewer license. (Ord. 1276, 1-27-2014)
- Liquor License Extension
Please make an appointment with the City Clerk if you are a first-time liquor license applicant, so we can best assist you with successful completion of your application. The City Clerk’s appointment schedule is 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, Monday through Friday. The appointment may take up to one hour.
Contact the City Clerk via email or by phone to schedule your appointment. If you stop into the City Hall without making an appointment, the City Clerk may not be available to discuss your application.
Outside Events - Liquor License Premises Expansion Permit
To obtain a temporary premises expansion permit from the City Council, the liquor license holder or license applicant must submit a completed application form and all required attachments, along with the required application fee to the City Clerk. Following review by City staff, the application will be placed on a City Council agenda for consideration by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Council.
To apply, please complete and submit the following forms to the City Clerk:
- Authorization Application - for Council approval.
- Event Application - approved by the Police Chief after approval by City Council.
To read the City ordinance pertaining to permits for premises expansion, click here.