(A) Pursuant to KRS 241.160, there is hereby created the office of City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator (hereinafter referred to as “City ABC Administrator”).
(B) The Mayor of the city shall appoint a City ABC Administrator and any deputies or assistants to assist in the enforcement of this subchapter.
(C) The salary for said office, if any, shall be fixed from time to time by the City Council.
(D) The functions of the City ABC Administrator shall be the same with respect to the city licenses and regulations as the functions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the commonwealth (hereinafter referred to as “ABC Board”) with respect to state licenses and regulations; except that, no amendment to these regulations proposed by the City ABC Administrator may be less stringent than the statutes relating to Alcoholic Beverage Control, or than regulations of the ABC Board. No regulation of the City ABC Administrator shall become effective until it has first been appropriately approved by the City Council.
(E) No person shall be a City ABC Administrator, an ABC investigator or an employee of the city under the supervision of the City ABC Administrator, who would be disqualified to be a member of the ABC Board under KRS 241.100.
(KRS 241.170)
(F) The City ABC Administrator shall have all authority as authorized under KRS Ch. 241 through 244.
(G) The City ABC Administrator, before entering upon their duties as such, shall take the oath as prescribed in Section 228 of the Constitution and shall swear to faithfully perform the duties of his or her office pursuant to the provisions of KRS 62.060, et seq.
(H) Appeals from the orders of the City ABC Administrator may be taken to the state ABC Board pursuant to KRS 241.150 by filing with the Board within 30 days a certified copy of the orders of the City ABC Administrator. Matters at issue shall be heard by the Board as upon an original proceeding. Appeals from orders of the City ABC Administrator shall be governed by KRS Ch. 13B.
(Ord. 34-2022, passed 11-7-2022)