(A) A license shall be purely a personal privilege, good for not to exceed six months after issuance, unless sooner revoked as in this chapter provided, and shall not constitute property, shall not be subject to attachment, garnishment or execution, nor shall it be alienable or transferable, voluntarily or involuntarily, or subject to being encumbered or hypothecated. Such license shall not descend by the laws of testate or intestate devolution, but it shall cease upon the death of the licensee, provided that executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased license, and the trustee of any insolvent or bankrupt licensee, when such estate consists in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to order of the appropriate court, and may exercise the privileges of the deceased, insolvent or bankrupt licensee after the death, insolvency or bankruptcy until the expiration of such license.
(B) Any licensee may renew his or her license at the expiration thereof, provided that he or she is then qualified to receive a license and the premises for which such renewal license is sought is suitable for such propose; and, provided further that, the renewal privilege herein provided shall not be construed as a vested right which shall in any case prevent the Mayor and the City Council from decreasing the number of licenses to be issued.
(Ord. 658, passed 12-18-95)