No license of any kind shall be issued to:
(A) A person who is not a resident of the city;
(B) A person who is not of good moral character and reputation in the community of the city;
(C) A person who is not a citizen of the United States;
(D) A person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the state;
(E) A person who has been convicted of pandering or other crime or misdemeanor opposed to decency and morality;
(F) A person who has been convicted of being the keeper or is keeping a house of ill fame;
(G) A person whose license issued under this chapter has been revoked, or whose license issued by the state covering the same subject matter has been revoked for cause, or who has been convicted of a violation of the law for the sale, possession and transportation of alcoholic liquor or beverages covered herein;
(H) A person who at the time of application for renewal of any license issued hereunder would not be eligible for such license upon a first application;
(I) A partnership or copartnership, unless all of the members of such copartnership shall be qualified to obtain a license;
(J) A corporation, if any officer, manager or director thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate more than five percent (5%) of the capital stock of such corporation, would not be eligible to receive a license hereunder for any reason other than citizenship and residence within the political subdivision;
(K) A corporation, unless it is incorporated in Illinois, or unless it is a foreign corporation which is qualified under the Illinois business corporation act to transact business in Illinois;
(L) A person whose place of business is conducted by a manager or agent, unless such manager or agent possesses the same qualifications required by the licensee;
(M) A person who has been convicted of a violation of any federal or state law concerning the manufacture, possession or sale of alcoholic liquor subsequent to the passage of the act of the state permitting the selling and licensing of such sales, or shall have forfeited a bond to appear in court to answer charges for any such violation;
(N) A person who does not own the premises for which a license is sought, or does not have a lease thereon for the full period for which the license is to be issued;
(O) Any law enforcing public official, mayor or member of the city council, any member of a city board, and no such official shall be interested in any way either directly or indirectly in the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcoholic liquor;
(P) A person who is not a beneficial owner of the business to be operated by the licensee;
(Q) A person who has been convicted of a gambling offense as proscribed by any of subsections (a)(3) through (a)(10) of section 28-1 of, or as proscribed by section 28-3 of, the criminal code of 1961, approved July 28, 1961, as heretofore or hereafter amended, or as proscribed by a statute replaced by any of the aforesaid statutory provisions;
(R) Any persons to whom a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp has been issued as follows:
1. A person to whom a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp has been issued by the federal government for the current tax period;
2. A copartnership to which a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp has been issued by the federal government for the current tax period, or if any of the partners have been issued a federal gaming device stamp or federal wagering stamp by the federal government for the current tax period;
3. A corporation, if any officer, manager or director thereof, or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than twenty percent (20%) of the stock of such corporation has been issued a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp for the current tax period;
4. Any premises for which a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp has been issued by the federal government for the current tax period;
(S) Any person under the age of twenty one (21) years;
(T) Any person having a place of business or location within the territory prohibited by the zoning locations herein prescribed; (Ord. 407, 6-15-1987)
(U) Any person convicted of violating any provision of the cannabis control act 1 of the state of Illinois, the Illinois controlled substances act 2 , the drug paraphernalia control act 3 of the state of Illinois, or any other statute, law or regulation or ordinance, whether federal, state or local, pertaining to the possession, use, control, sale or distribution of cannabis, any controlled substance or drug paraphernalia as defined in the above identified acts, whether said conviction is a misdemeanor or a felony conviction. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "conviction" shall include, in addition to a formal conviction entered as a result of a finding of guilty after a jury or bench trial or after a plea of guilty, or any other disposition, including, but not limited to, court supervision, conditional discharge, or other similar disposition, not resulting in the entry of a formal conviction, provided such disposition was made as a result of a finding by the court having jurisdiction over the criminal proceeding, as the result of a bench or jury trial, a plea of guilty, a stipulation of facts, or a plea of no contest, that a violation of any of the foregoing laws occurred, even if no formal conviction was entered upon the charges;
(V) Any person that is more than thirty (30) days delinquent in complying with a child support order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction. (Ord. 905, 10-7-2002; Ord. 912, 11-4-2002)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 720 ILCS 550/1 et seq. |
| 2 | 2. 720 ILCS 570/100 et seq. |
| 3 | 3. 720 ILCS 600/1 et seq. |