Any five residents of the city shall have the right to file a complaint with the City Council stating that any retail licensee subject to the jurisdiction of the City Council has been or is violating any provision of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, being Neb. RS 53- 101 et seq., or the rules or regulations issued pursuant to the Act. Such complaint shall be in writing in the form prescribed by the City Council and shall be signed and sworn to by the parties complaining. The complaint shall state the particular provision, rule or regulation believed to have been violated and the facts in detail upon which belief is based. If the City Council is satisfied that the complaint substantially charges a violation and that from the facts alleged there is reasonable cause for such belief, it shall set the matter for hearing within ten days from the date of the filing of the complaint and shall serve notice upon the licensee of the time and place of such hearing and of the particular charge in the complaint. The complaint shall in all cases be disposed of by the City Council within 30 days from the date the complaint was filed by resolution thereof, which resolution shall be deemed the final order for purposes of appeal to the state’s Liquor Control Commission as provided in Neb. RS 53-1,115.
(Prior Code, § 10-123) (Ord. 365, passed 11-25-1985; Ord. 776, passed 3-22-2005)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 53-134.04