(A) Before any person or business entity shall receive a retail food store wine license the individual or business entity shall make application for and receive a certificate as required by T.C.A. § 57-3-806. The application for the certificate shall be in writing and must be filed with the City Clerk giving the following information:
(1) Name, age and address of the applicant (including the names of any person who will have an interest in the business of the applicant or in the profits thereof);
(2) The location of the proposed store for the sale of wine;
(3) The name and address of the owner;
(4) If the applicant is a partnership or corporation, the name, age and address of each partner or stockholder; and
(5) A statement that no person prohibited from having any direct or indirect interest in the proposed store has such an interest.
(B) The applicant for a certificate for a retail food store wine license shall agree to comply with all federal and state laws and ordinances of the city and the rules and regulations of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
(C) The application must be filed not later than 14 days prior to the Council meeting at which it is to be considered.
(D) Persons ineligible for retail food store wine certificate:
(1) An applicant or applicants who, within the ten years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application have been convicted of a felony, and
(2) A corporation, if within ten years preceding the filing of the application, any of the executive officers or those in control of the corporation have been convicted of a felony.
(Ord. 1506, passed 4-14-2016)