(A) A license issued under this chapter shall be purely a personal privilege, good for and not to exceed one year after issued, unless sooner revoked, as in this chapter authorized and provided, and shall not constitute property, nor shall it be subject to attachment, garnishment or execution, nor shall it be alienable or transferable voluntarily or involuntarily or subject to being encumbered or hypothecated.
(B) 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 and administrators of any estate of the deceased licensee and the trustees 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 under the order of the court having jurisdiction of such estate and may exercise the privileges of such deceased, insolvent or bankrupt licensee, after the death of such decedent, or such insolvency or bankruptcy, until the expiration of such license.
(C) The licensee may renew his or her license at the expiration thereof, provided he or she is then qualified to receive a license and the premises for which such renewal license is sought are suitable for such purposes; provided, that the renewal privilege herein provided shall not be construed as a vested right and may be denied by the Liquor Control Commissioner.
(D) The provisions of this chapter are as binding on the licensee receiving the licenses from the county as if said provisions were incorporated into said license itself. All licensees now holding licenses are subject to the provisions of this chapter the same as if said chapter were in full force and effect at the time said licenses were issued and those regulations are in addition to those imposed by the state.
(Ord. 1995-4, passed 9-19-1995)