City of Monroe, LA

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                             :

            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