No person shall sell or offer to sell any licensed product without first having obtained a license to do so from the city.
(A) Application. An application for a license to sell licensed product shall be made on a form provided by the city. The application shall contain the full name of the applicant, the applicant's residential and business addresses and telephone numbers, the name of the business for which the license is sought and any additional information the city deems necessary. Upon receipt of a completed application, the city representative shall forward the application to the Council for action at its next regularly scheduled Council meeting. If the city representative shall determine that an application is incomplete, he or she shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the information necessary to make the application complete.
(B) Action. The Council may either approve or deny the license or it may delay action for such a reasonable period of time as necessary to complete any investigation of the application or the applicant it deems necessary. If the Council shall approve the license, the city representative shall issue a license to the applicant. If the Council denies the license, notice of the denial shall be given to the applicant along with notice of the applicant's right to appeal the Council's decision.
(C) Term. All licenses issued under this chapter shall be valid for one calendar year from January. The length of the lease time may be modified from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
(E) Transfers. All licenses issued under this chapter shall be valid only on the premises for which the license was issued and only for the person to whom the license was issued. No transfer of any license to another location or person shall be valid without the prior approval of the Council.
(F) Moveable place of business. No license shall be issued to a moveable place of business. Only fixed location businesses shall be eligible to be licensed under this chapter.
(G) Display. All licenses shall be posted and displayed in plain view of the general public on the licensed premises.
(H) Renewals. The renewal of a license issued under this section shall be handled in the same manner as the original application. The request for a renewal shall be made at least 30 days but no more than 60 days before the expiration of the current license. The issuance of a license issued under this chapter shall be considered a privilege and not an absolute right of the applicant and shall not entitle the holder to an automatic renewal of the license.
(I) Minimum clerk age. Individuals employed by a licensed retail establishment under this chapter must be at least 18 years of age to sell licensed products.
(J) Smoking prohibited. Smoking, including smoking for the purpose of sampling of licensed products, is prohibited within the indoor area of any retail establishment licensed under this chapter.
(K) Samples prohibited. No person shall distribute samples of any licensed product free of charge or at a nominal cost. The distribution of licensed products as a free donation is prohibited.
(Ord. 461, passed 7-24-97; Am. Ord. 19-07, passed 6-11-19; Am. Ord. 20-07, passed 10-13-20)