(A) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner may suspend for not more than 30 days, or revoke any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter if he or she determines that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of the Liquor Control Act of the state or the provisions of this subchapter or any applicable rules or regulations established by the State Liquor Control Commission or any applicable rules or regulations established by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner.
(B) No license shall be revoked or suspended except after a public hearing by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner with a three-day written notice sent to the licensee prior to the hearing affording the licensee an opportunity to appear and defend; provided, however, that, if the Local Liquor Control Commissioner has reason to believe that any continued operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the community, he or she may, upon the issuance of a written order stating the reason for the conclusion and without notice or hearing order the licensed premises closed for not more than seven days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during that period, except that if the licensee shall also be engaged in the conduct of another business or businesses on the licensed premises, the order shall not be applicable to the other business or businesses.
(C) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall within ten days after the hearing, if he or she determines after the hearing that the license should be revoked or suspended, state the reason or reasons for the determination in a written order of revocation or suspension and shall serve a copy of the order within ten days upon the licensee.
(D) The licensee, after the receipt of the order of suspension or revocation shall have the privilege within a period of 20 days after the receipt of the order of suspension or revocation of appealing the order to the State Liquor Control Commission and, upon the filing of an appeal by the licensee, he or she may resume his or her business until the time as the State Liquor Control Commissioner shall render a decision either sustaining the order of the Local Liquor Control Commissioner or reversing the order.
(E) Appeals from the decision of the Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall be taken to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission in the manner provided by law. Every review by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission shall be limited to a review of the official record of the proceedings of the Local Liquor Control Commissioner.
(Ord. 1899, passed 10-19-2006; Ord. 2254, passed 10-8-2015)