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4-1-12: CONTENTS OF LICENSE; SIGNATURE; LOCATION AND PREMISES:
   A.   The license shall be signed by the mayor, as local liquor control commissioner.
   B.   All licenses issued by the local liquor control commission shall state thereon the name of the licensee, the address and description of the premises for which the license is granted and the dates of its issuance and expiration. Licenses issued hereunder apply only to the name and the premises described in the application and in the license issued thereon, and only one location shall be described in each license. No change of location shall be permitted unless the proposed new location is proper under the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city and is approved by the local liquor control commission pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
   C.   No license shall be issued to sell alcoholic liquor at retail in any dwelling house, flat, apartment or in any premises directly accessible to dwelling or lodging rooms for the public. (Ord. 16-O-12, 3-1-2016)
4-1-13: CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP:
   A.   A change in ownership requiring the payment of a license fee for the first year of operation shall be required whenever any license is assigned, sold, loaned, transferred, used as collateral or otherwise encumbered. In addition, no license or permit may be assigned, sold, loaned, transferred, used as collateral or otherwise encumbered unless prior approval of the local liquor control commissioner is given pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The following transactions are hereby declared to be exempted:
      1.   An assignment, sale, loan, transfer, or change in partners of or to an immediate family member; or if a corporation, a change in any officer, manager, or director of the corporation, or change of any stockholder of the corporation to an immediate family member. As used herein "an immediate family member" is defined as a spouse or child; or
      2.   A change in partners wherein one or more partners withdraw and existing partners increase their ownership; or
      3.   A stockholder or stockholders increasing their ownership of stock by obtaining the stock of a current stockholder or stockholders.
   B.   All corporations, partnerships, copartnerships, limited liability companies, or other nonnatural persons licensed by the city must report to the local liquor control commissioner and receive prior approval of all internal changes in the corporation, partnership, copartnership, limited liability company or other nonnatural person pertaining to change of name, officers, directors, managers, and stockholders (regardless of the percentage of interest therein). Such notification shall include the name, home address, sex, date of birth, social security number, position and percentage of ownership (if any) not previously reputed or disclosed. In the event that the ownership of the licensee corporation, partnership, copartnership, limited liability company or other nonnatural person licensed by the commission is by another or other such corporations, partnerships, copartnerships, limited liability companies, or other nonnatural persons, such licensee must report the name, home address, sex, date of birth, social security number, position and percentage of ownership (if any) of any individual holding any ownership interest in the corporation, partnership, copartnership, limited liability company or other nonnatural person. Such disclosure shall also apply to all limited partnerships, including both the general and limited partners. No such internal changes shall be permitted until such reporting is made, and approval granted, in writing, by the local liquor control commissioner. (Ord. 16-O-12, 3-1-2016)
4-1-14: POSTING LICENSE REQUIRED:
Every licensee shall cause his license issued under the provisions of this chapter to be framed and hung in plain view, in a conspicuous place in the licensed premises. (Ord. 16-O-12, 3-1-2016)
4-1-15: RESERVED:
(Ord. 16-O-12, 3-1-2016)
4-1-16: SAFETY AND SANITARY REGULATIONS:
No premises shall be licensed for the sale of alcoholic liquor at retail, nor shall any licensee sell alcoholic liquor at retail, unless the premises conform with the following regulations:
   A.   Light: All rooms shall be adequately lighted so that all parts of the premises may be inspected readily.
   B.   Construction: The walls and ceilings shall be of a smooth, hard material and shall be kept clean and sanitary and in good repair.
   C.   Rubbish: The premises shall be kept free from the accumulation of rubbish, garbage or any other decomposing or odorous substances.
   D.   Glasses: All drinking glasses shall be thoroughly cleaned and effectively subjected to any approved bactericidal process after each usage. Drying cloths shall be clean and shall be used for no other purpose.
   E.   Compliance With Public Health Directives And Executive Orders: All licensed premises shall comply with any and all applicable health and safety rules or regulations issued by a local or state department of health, or by executive order of the Illinois Governor, or by executive order of the Mayor, including but not limited to requiring customers on the licensed premises to comply with such rules or regulations. (Ord. 16-O-12, 3-1-2016; amd. Ord. 20-O-18, 8-18-2020)
4-1-17: EMPLOYEES:
   A.   Medical Examinations Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to be employed in or about the premises used for retail sale of alcoholic liquor or for such person to serve alcoholic liquor unless the owner of such place of business shall have in his possession a certificate of a duly licensed physician under the laws of the state of Illinois certifying that such person is not afflicted with or a carrier of any contagious, infectious or sexually transmitted disease. Such certificate shall be obtained within thirty (30) days after May 1 of each year by every person serving or intending to serve alcoholic liquor. In the event of employment subsequent to that time, such certificate shall be obtained no later than three (3) days after the beginning of such employment.
   B.   Age: It shall be unlawful for any licensee to engage or employ or permit any person to serve or dispense alcoholic liquor upon licensed premises who is under the age of twenty one (21) years. (Ord. 16-O-12, 3-1-2016)
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