4-3-6: ISSUANCE OF LICENSES:
The Board of County commissioners shall duly consider and evaluate all new applications and renewal applications for a license to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages at retail, and requests for license transfers, and after so evaluating, shall determine to grant or deny each application in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. New applications shall be submitted to the sheriff of Ada County for review, and its assessment of each application shall be considered by the board of county commissioners prior to its decision. Once a completed application, renewal, or request for a transfer has been submitted to the board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners shall have no longer than one hundred twenty (120) days to make a decision on a complete application, renewal or request for a transfer. If the board of county commissioners so orders, the county clerk shall issue a license to the applicant, which license or licenses shall at all times be prominently displayed in the place of business of the licensee and shall be issued only for the particular premises therein described. Separate beer, retail wine, wine by the drink and liquor by the drink licenses shall be required for each premises, except that retailers holding valid licenses for the retail sale of liquor by the drink may sell wine for consumption on or off the licensed premises. Licensed wineries shall by considered as holding, for the purposes of selling a product processed and bottled by and for that winery, a valid retail wine and wine by the drink license for the licensed premises and for use at functions and events as permitted by state law. If the board of county commissioners denies an application for a new license, renewal or license transfer, it shall state, in writing, the statutes and/or ordinances used in evaluating the application, the reasons for the denial, and the actions, if any, that the applicant can take to obtain the license, renewal or transfer thereof. The applicant may, within twenty eight (28) days, appeal the board of county commissioners' determination, in writing, and request a due process hearing to reconsider the denial. The board of county commissioners may, upon a showing of good cause, after a public hearing on the matter, grant a license that would otherwise be prohibited under the provisions of this chapter. The applicant may appeal the decision of the board of county commissioners in accordance with chapter 15, title 31, Idaho Code.(Ord. 107, 10-29-1980; amd. Ord. 616, 4-18-2006; amd. Ord. 795, 2-21-2012; amd. Ord. 825, 5-20-2014; Ord. 903, 10-15-2019)