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ORD#12,206
ORDINANCE
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 12,206
CITY OF MONROE
The following Ordinance was introduced by Dawson , who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Harvey :
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 4-15 OF THE CITY OF MONROE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOL LICENSE FEES FOR NEW BUSINESSES AND FURTHER PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
WHEREAS, Section 4-15 of the City of Monroe Code, entitled “Same – Full fee regardless of date of commencement,” currently requires the payment of a full alcohol license fee regardless of the date of the commencement of business;
WHEREAS, the payment of a full license fee regardless of the time of commencement disproportionately disadvantages and burdens new businesses that commence or are issued licenses for less than the entire year; and
WHEREAS, to alleviate these disproportionate burdens and incentive the creation of new businesses, the City desires to reduce the amount of fees for new alcohol licenses that are issued after July 1 of each year by half.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that Section 4-15 of the City of Monroe Code is hereby amended and reenacted as follows:
Sec. 4-15 Same – Fees due upon issuance of alcohol license for new business.
(a) In the event an alcohol license is issued for a new business after January 1 but before June 30 of any year, the full license fee shall be collected for that year.
(b) In the event an alcohol license is issued for a new business after July 1 but before December 31 of any year, half of the license fee shall be collected for that year.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this Ordinance shall become immediately effective upon final adoption of this Ordinance and the Mayor’s approval.
This Ordinance was introduced on the 14th day of November 2023.
Notice published on the 17th day of November , 2023.
This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published, was then submitted to a vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:
AYES: Harvey, Ezernack, Woods, Marshall & Dawson
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on 28th day of November 2023.
Gretchen Ezernack
CHAIRPERSON
Carolus S. Riley
CITY CLERK
Oliver Friday Ellis
MAYOR’S APPROVAL
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MAYOR’S VETO