(A) The City Clerk shall supply the forms prescribed herein and shall, on request, supply one to any resident of the city desirous of initiating a complaint thereon. Any complaint duly executed on the aforesaid form by five residents of the city and filed with the City Clerk, shall be presented by the Clerk to the Mayor and City Council at their next meeting. If the Mayor and the City Council are satisfied that the complaint substantially charges a violation and that from the facts alleged there is a reasonable cause for such belief, they shall, by resolution, set the matter for hearing within ten days from the filing of the complaint.
(B) Said resolution shall state the time and place of said hearing and shall direct the city’s Police Chief to serve the same on the licensee by delivering to him or her personally a true and certified copy thereof at least 72 hours prior to the time of hearing. Said resolution shall also state the section or sections of the state’s Liquor Control Act, being Neb. RS 53-101 et seq., the regulations prescribed by the state’s Liquor Control Commission or this code alleged to have been violated, and the facts on which said allegations are based as stated in the complaint. Present at said hearing shall be the City Attorney and the licensee, who may be represented by counsel employed by him or her. The complainants shall be present and may be represented by counsel employed by them. The Mayor and the City Council shall, within 30 days from the date the complaint is filed, by resolution, dispose of the complaint, which resolution shall be deemed the final order for purposes of appeal to the state’s Liquor Control Commission.