(A) At all times during which any person has a valid city license issued pursuant to the provisions hereof, that person shall fully comply with all of the rules, regulations, requirements, and prohibitions set forth in this chapter.
(B) A city licensee shall comply fully with all of the provisions hereof and all of the rules and regulations of the City Administrator in regard thereto; all provisions of the state statutes and the rules and regulations of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in regard to the licensed premises and the actions, business, and transactions conducted thereon subsequent to the issuance of a state license therefor and prior to the expiration, revocation, or suspension thereof which are hereby incorporated herein and made applicable to all city licenses corresponding thereto, the premises described therein, and the actions, business, and transactions conducted thereon; and the city licensee shall comply fully therewith.
(C) Pledging or granting of security interest in any licenses is prohibited. No person shall pledge or grant a security interest in any license. This type of pledge or security interest and any contract providing for the pledge or security interest shall be void.
(D) Persons whom licensees may not employ.
(1) A person holding any license shall not knowingly employ in connection with the licensed business any person who:
(a) Has been convicted of any felony within the last two years;
(b) Has been twice convicted of any misdemeanor or offense directly or indirectly attributable to the use of alcoholic beverages within the last two years;
(c) Is under the age of 20 years, unless the person is employed:
1. In a bottling house or room of a licensed distiller, winery, brewer, or rectifier;
2. In an office of a wholesaler or manufacturer that is maintained in a building separate from the warehouses or factory;
3. At premises licensed only with a nonquota retail malt beverage package license, and the person employed to sell malt beverages is at least 18 years of age and under the supervision of a person 20 years of age or older; or
4. In any of the following establishments, if the employment is in a capacity that does not involve the sale or serving of alcoholic beverages:
a. A restaurant that derives at least 50% of its food and alcoholic beverage sales from the sale of food for consumption on the licensed premises; or
b. Any other establishment with alcoholic beverage sales not exceeding 50% of its gross sales; or
c. Within two years prior to the date of the person's employment, has had any license issued under KRS Chapters 241 to 244 or under any other act or ordinance relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages revoked for cause.
5. The provisions of this division (D)(1)(c) shall not apply if the employee's duties do not involve the sale, service, delivery, or traffic in alcoholic beverages at the licensed premises.
6. Violation of this section shall subject both employer and employee to penalties provided in this chapter and shall be cause for revocation of license.
(E) The entrance of any premises for which a quota retail package license or a quota retail drink license has been issued shall be of clear glass and permit an unobstructed view. The premises shall be erected and maintained to furnish a clear view of the premises from the sidewalk, or, if the premises are not on the street level, from the entrance. No partition, box, stall, screen, curtain, or other device shall obstruct the view or the general observation of persons, but partitions, subdivisions, or panels that are not higher than 48 inches from the floor shall not be construed as obstructing the view or the general observation of persons.
(Am. Ord. 2017-05, passed 12-19-16; Am. Ord. 2018-02, passed 12-19- 17) Penalty, see § 111.99