Held Atlanta plan would raise initial alcohol-license application fee to $1,700 by 2029

Atlanta’s held alcohol-license proposal would raise the initial application fee to $600 for licenses effective during 2027, $900 for licenses effective during 2028, and $1,700 for licenses effective during 2029 and thereafter. The supporting ordinance identifies the existing fee as $300.

Ordinance 26-O-1424’s schedule covers beer and wine for consumption or packaged sale, and distilled spirits for consumption or packaged sale. These are proposed initial application charges, not increases in annual license charges; the phase is tied to the year the license would be in effect.

The Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee’s Sept. 28 minutes keep the measure held and list Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. as the next checkpoint. The record notes a public hearing held Aug. 24. Neither that hearing nor the later held listing enacts the proposed fees.