(A) No license shall be issued under this chapter unless a formal application is filed with the City Clerk. All applications shall be on forms furnished by the Department of Revenue of the State of Kentucky for application for corresponding state licenses. Said application forms shall be corrected so that they are addressed to and application made to the City Council.
(B) The applications shall be verified and shall set forth in detail such information concerning the applicant and the premises for which the license is sought as the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board requires for applications for corresponding state licenses. The application shall be accompanied by the signatures of at least ten (10) reputable citizens living within four hundred (400) feet of the place in which such business is to be conducted, or ten (10) persons owning real estate within four hundred (400) feet of the place in which such business is to be conducted, who shall certify that they know the applicant to be a person of honesty, probity, good demeanor and reputation and requesting that such a license be granted. Such application shall remain on file for public inspection and no license shall be granted within twenty (20) days of the date of the filing of the application. Said application shall be accompanied by a certified check or cash for the full amount of the annual fee of the license for which application is made.
(C) Licenses hereunder shall be issued only with the approval of the City Council. Should a license not be granted to an applicant the certified check or cash posted by such applicant shall be returned. After a license has been granted no part of the license fee paid thereunder shall be refunded to the licensee. Signatures of adjoining citizens or property owners are not necessary for renewal of the same license for the same premises.
(Ord. 111, passed 1-1-61)