(A) Applications for licenses shall be submitted in writing signed by the applicant, if an individual, or by a duly authorized officer if the applicant is a corporation, or by a partner if the applicant is a copartnership.
(B) All applications shall be verified by oath or affidavit, and shall contain the following information and statements:
(1) (a) The name, age, and residence address of the applicant if the person applying is an individual.
(b) The names, ages and residence addresses of all partners, if the applicant is a copartnership.
(c) The corporate name, date of incorporation, state in which incorporated, and, if a foreign corporation, the date when it was authorized to do business in Illinois as a foreign corporation, and that it is still licensed as a foreign corporation to do business in Illinois; the stated objective or purposes of the corporation quoted from its articles of incorporation and any amendments thereto, or from its corporate charter; the names, ages, and residence addresses of all of its officers, directors, and stockholders who own, directly or beneficially, and of all subscribers to shares constituting more than 5% of its issued and outstanding stock or stock to be issued.
(2) The citizenship of the applicant, if an individual or if a partner in a copartnership, his or her place and date of birth, and, if a naturalized citizen, the time and place of his or her naturalization.
(3) The character of the business of the applicant.
(4) The length of time that applicant has been in a business of that character.
(5) The amount of goods, wares and merchandise on hand, if any, at the time the application is submitted.
(6) The location, including street address, and the full legal description of the premises for which the license is sought. If the premises are possessed by the applicant under a bona fide, valid, written lease or memorandum of lease signed by the lessor and all other necessary parties for the full term of the license being applied for, a certified photocopy of the lease or memorandum thereof shall be attached to the application.
(7) The application shall contain the applicant's statement as to whether or not he or she or it has made a similar application for a similar license on premises other than that described in the application, and the disposition of such application.
(8) The application shall contain a statement that the applicant has never been convicted of a felony, and is not disqualified to receive a license by reason of any matter or thing contained in this chapter, or in the laws of the United States or of the State of Illinois, or in the provisions of other ordinances of the city.
(9) The application shall also state whether or not any license issued to the applicant by any state or subdivision thereof, or by the federal government, has been revoked, and, if so, the reasons therefor. The application shall also state whether or not any firm or entity with which the applicant had been connected previously as principal owner or manager had been issued any previous license for the sale or handling of alcoholic liquor, which license had been revoked or suspended by the federal government or by any state or subdivision thereof, and the reasons or causes for the revocation or suspension. Any statement shall include information identifying the previous licensor, as well as its licensee, by names and addresses, including the address of the licensed premises and name of the licensed establishment, and the date or dates of the revocation or suspension.
(10) A statement that the applicant will not violate any of the ordinances of the city or any of the laws of the State of Illinois or of the United States in the conduct of business at the licensed premises.
(11) A confirmed or verified financial statement showing the assets and liabilities of the person applying as of a date recently prior to the date the application is filed shall be filed with the application. This financial statement shall be treated and handled as a confidential matter. The financial statement may be enclosed in a sealed envelope that is filed with the City Clerk, and which is to be delivered, unopened, with the duplicate original of the application to the Local Commissioner. The confidentiality and privacy of the financial statement shall be respected and maintained by the City Commission and may be impounded or retained in a locked file so that same shall not be a public record, and shall be secret information made available only for the consideration by the City Commission and the Local Commissioner of the application for an initial license or for renewal of license. Likewise, confirmed or verified financial statements shall be submitted for all persons who will share the profits or losses of a copartnership which seeks a license, as well as for stockholders owning more than 5% of the issued and outstanding share of a corporation which applies for a license.
(12) (a) The applicant shall also provide a certificate of insurance verifying proof of insurance of the applicant in the types and minimums stated below.
(b) Workers compensation insurance in full compliance with the Worker's Compensation Act and Employer's Liability Coverage in the amount not less than as defined by Illinois State Statutes.
1. Commercial general liability insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000.
2. Dramshop insurance in full compliance with the Illinois Dramshop Act and in an amount of not less than as defined by Illinois State Statutes.
(C) Said insurance required in this section shall be written by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Illinois. The certificate of insurance shall also contain substantially the following cancellation provision:
The insurance evidenced by this certificate will not be canceled or material
reduced except after 30 days written notice to the City of Chrisman, Illinois.
reduced except after 30 days written notice to the City of Chrisman, Illinois.
(Ord. passed 6-1-2015)