The functions of the City Alcoholic Beverage Control 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 the 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 Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator shall become effective until the City Commission has first appropriately approved same.
(A) The City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator shall have all authority as authorized under KRS Chapters 241—244. The City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator's investigators and Fulton City Police Officers may inspect, for compliance purposes, any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, sold, stored, or otherwise trafficked in, without first obtaining a search warrant.
(B) At any time, should the City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator have reasonable grounds to believe that any applicant, licensee, employee of a licensee, or any owner, stockholder, agent or employee of a licensed business, corporation, or LLC has a criminal record, he/she shall have the authority to require such person to appear in person at the Fulton Police Department for the purpose of having his or her fingerprints taken and a background check performed.
(1977 Code, § 3-42) (Ord. passed 2-27-1962; Ord. 2013-19, passed 11-25-2014)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see KRS 241.190