[Amended by Ord. No. 94-1300; 12-15-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1526; 5-6-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1748; 11-4-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-2710]
There shall be the following classes and denominations of licenses which, when issued by the City Clerk under the authority of the City Council, after payment of the fee specified in Chapter
169, Licenses and Permits, shall permit the holder to sell, deal or traffic in intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages as provided in § §
125.17,
125.26 and
125.51, Wis. Stats. The fees required under this section shall be deposited with the City Clerk at the time of application and shall be refunded to the applicant if the application is denied:
A. Class A Fermented Malt Beverage Retailer's License.
B. Class B Fermented Malt Beverage Retailer's License.
C. Wholesalers' Fermented Malt Beverage License.
D. Picnic License. A single meeting license may be issued to eligible organizations pursuant to §
125.26(6), Wis. Stats.
E. Retail Class A Liquor License.
F. Retail Class B Liquor License.
I. Class B Picnic Retail Wine License. A Class B Picnic Retail Wine License shall be available to a church or organization associated with a church if the church or organization has been in existence for at least six months prior to the date of the application for the sale of wine, consisting of not more than 6% alcohol by volume, at a picnic, meeting or other gathering specified on the license.
J. Class C Retail Wine License. A Class C license authorizes the retail sale of wine by the glass or in opened original container for consumption on the premises where sold.
(1) Subject to the requirements of §
125.51(3m)(c), Wis. Stats., a person may be issued a "Class C" wine-only license for a premises whose principal business is one of the following:
(a) Art shop, art gallery, or paint studio;
(b) Auditorium, theater, dance hall, or other amusement place that contains a restaurant or bar;
(c) Barber or cosmetology shop;
(d) Book or stationery store;
(f) Club that contains a restaurant or bar;
(g) Funeral home or crematory;
(j) Hotel or motel that contains a restaurant or tavern;
(m) Religious building or religious use;
(o) Tailor or dressmaking shop.
(2) The applicant must provide any information necessary to determine if the applicant is operating a principal business listed in Subsection
J(1) of this section on the premises along with their application. The City may reasonably request any additional information needed to make such a determination. If the applicant fails to provide any information that the City reasonably requests to make such determination, then the City shall deny the application or recommend revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the license, if applicable.
(3) As some of the aforesaid businesses in Subsection
J(1) are not governed by the Wisconsin Department of Trade and Consumer Protection sanitation requirements, for which the City Health Department is a contracted agent, such business not so governed shall be inspected by the Health Department for sanitation requirements, applying such standards of the Wisconsin Department of Trade and Consumer Protection sanitation requirements as are determined by the Department pursuant to the Department's experience and knowledge of the purposes for such inspections, as are reasonable and necessary for the subject business based upon the facts of what it is for and what it is with regard to its premises and operations. The fee for such inspection shall be as set forth in Ch.
169, Licenses and Permits, the payment of which shall be the responsibility of the applicant in conjunction with and required with the payment of the license fee.