No certificate of compliance for the manufacture or sale at wholesale or retail of alcoholic beverages, or for the manufacture or production of wine, shall be issued to any person, (or if the applicant is a partnership, any partner or, if the applicant is a corporation, any stockholder), who, within ten years preceding the application for such certificate of compliance, has been convicted of any felony or of any offense under the laws of the state or of the United States prohibiting the sale, possession, transportation, storage or otherwise handling of intoxicating liquors, or who has during such period been engaged in business, alone or with others, in violation of such laws.
(Ord. 736, passed 12-27-2012)