A. Change Of Location: A license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be good for a period of not to exceed the end of the calendar year following its issuance, unless sooner revoked as herein provided, and shall permit the sale of alcoholic liquor only in the premises described in the application and license and only under the conditions and restrictions imposed in this chapter on the particular class of license described therein. The location described in the license and application may be changed only upon a written permit to make such change issued by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner and only then if the proposed new location is a proper one for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor under the provisions of this Code, including, but not limited to, this chapter, and the laws of the State of Illinois.
B. Assignment Of License:
1. A license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be subject to attachment, garnishment, or execution, nor shall it be subject to being hypothecated or encumbered. Such license shall not descend by the laws of testate or intestate devolution, but shall cease upon the death of the licensee; provided, that executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased licensee and the trustee of any insolvent or bankrupt licensee, when such estate consists in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale of alcoholic liquor under order of the appropriate court, and may exercise the privileges of the deceased or insolvent or bankrupt licensee after the death of such decedent, or such insolvency or bankruptcy, until the expiration of the license, but no longer than six (6) months after the death, bankruptcy or insolvency of such licensee. Upon the death of a licensee, if the executor or administrator does not continue the business under such license, there shall be a refund made of that portion of the license fee paid for any period in which the executor or administrator may not operate.
2. There shall be no refund of any license fee paid hereunder except as above provided, but any licensee hereunder shall have and be given the right to a renewal or reissue of such license at the same place upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted, governing the issuance of such licenses, and such licensee may assign or convey the right to a renewal or reissue thereof to another qualified and eligible person in accordance with the procedure hereinafter set forth, who, upon full compliance with the provisions of this chapter then in force in the City governing the issuance of such licenses, shall be entitled to a renewal or reissue of such license in his, their, or its own name and which holder of a license, in turn, may assign or convey such right to renewal or reissue of such license upon the same terms and conditions as the original owner thereof could do hereunder; provided, however, that the privilege of renewal and reissue provided in this subsection shall apply only so long as the license in each case shall have been kept in force continually and uninterruptedly in the name of the licensee or his successor in interest, in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, nothing herein provided shall be deemed to restrict the right of the Local Liquor Control Commissioner to revoke any such assignment of license and require further proceedings.
3. If an assignment is contemplated, the putative assignee shall submit an application for a liquor license as if such assignee were applying for a new license. If qualified and eligible, the Liquor Commissioner may permit the assignment in the exercise of his/her discretion. All such permitted assignments shall be in writing, signed by the licensee, and approved by formal action of the Local Liquor Control Commissioner and the Local Liquor Commissioner shall keep, or cause to be kept, a true and complete record of all such assignments. Upon the filing of any such assignment, the Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall endorse thereon the time of filing, and upon compliance by the assignee with all the laws then in force pertaining to the qualifications of an applicant for such license and the surrender of the old license for cancellation, there shall (unless the old license shall have been revoked and not thereafter restored) be issued to the assignee named in such assignment, a license for the same place as that specified in the old license, in lieu of the one so surrendered for the unexpired portion of the period covered by the license so surrendered; upon condition, however, that such new license shall be issued only upon the payment of a fee to the issuing officer of one hundred dollars ($100.00). (Ord. 15-O-4, 1-20-2015)