A. No license shall be issued or reissued to any applicant, which applicant including any partner, officer, shareholder, managing agent or member, who is:
1. A person not twenty one (21) years old or who is under any legal disability.
2. A person who is not a resident of the village in which the premises covered by the license are located.
3. A person who is not of good character and reputation in the community in which he resides.
4. A person who is not a citizen of the United States.
5. A person who has been convicted of a felony under any Federal or state law, unless the Commission determines that such person will not be impaired by the conviction in engaging in the licensed practice after considering matters set forth in such person’s application in accordance with this Act and the commission’s investigation.
6. A person who has been convicted of keeping a place of prostitution or keeping a place juvenile prostitution, promoting prostitution that involves keeping a place of prostitution, or promoting juvenile prostitution that involves keeping a place of juvenile prostitution.
7. A person who has been convicted of pandering.
8. A person whose license issued under this Act has been revoked for cause.
9. A person who, at the time of application for renewal of any license issued hereunder, would not be eligible for such license upon a first application.
10. A co-partnership, if any general partnership thereof, or any limited partnership thereof, owning more than 5% of the aggregate limited partner interest in such co-partnership would not be eligible to receive a license hereunder for any reason other than residence within the political subdivision, unless residency is required by local ordinance.
11. A corporation, or limited liability company, if any member, officer, manager, or director thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate more than 5% of the stock of such corporation, would not be eligible to receive a license hereunder for any reason other than citizenship and residence within the village.
12. A person whose place of business is conducted by a manager or agent, unless the manager or agent possesses the same qualifications as required of the licensee.
13. A person who has been convicted of a violation of any federal or state law concerning the manufacture, possession or sale of alcoholic liquor, has forfeited his bond to appear in court to answer charges of any such violation.
14. Any applicant who does not beneficially, own the premises for which a license is sought or who does not have a lease thereon for the full period for which the license is to be issued.
15. Any person, partnership or corporation if the applicant or any partner, shareholder, director or officer is a law enforcing public officer, a mayor, alderman or member of a city council or commission or president of any village board, chairman, or a member of a county board of supervisors or holds any other public office prohibited under the Illinois liquor control act of 1934.
16. A person who is not a beneficial owner of the business to be operated by the licensee.
17. Any person who fails to furnish or falsely furnishes information or who fails to make or falsely makes statements required in the application for a license.
18. A person who has been convicted of a gambling offense as proscribed by any of subsections (a) (3) through (a) (11) of Section 28-1 of, the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or as proscribed by a statute replaced by any of the aforesaid statutory provisions.
19. A person or entity to whom a federal wagering stamp has been issued by the Federal government, unless the person or entity is eligible to be issued a license under the Raffles and Poker Runs Act or the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.
20. A person who intends to sell alcoholic liquors for use or consumption on his or her licensed retail premises who does not have liquor liability insurance coverage for that premises in an amount that is at least equal to the maximum liability amounts set out in subsection (a) of Section 6-21 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
21. A person who is licensed by any licensing authority as a manufacturer of beer, or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or trust or any subsidiary, affiliate, or agent thereof, or any other form of business enterprise licensed as a manufacturer of beer, having any legal, equitable, or beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in a person licensed in this State as a distributor or importing distributor. For purposes of this paragraph, a person who is licensed by any licensing authority as a "manufacturer of beer" shall also mean a brewer and a non-resident dealer who is also a manufacturer of beer, including a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or trust or any subsidiary, affiliate, or agent thereof, or any other form of business enterprise licensed as a manufacturer of beer.
22. A person who is licensed in this State as a distributor or importing distributor, or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or trust or any subsidiary, affiliate, or agent thereof, or any other form of business enterprise licensed in this State as a distributor or importing distributor having any legal, equitable, or beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in a person licensed as a manufacturer of beer by any licensing authority, or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or trust or any subsidiary, affiliate, or agent thereof, or any other form of business enterprise, except for a person who owns, more than 5% of the outstanding shares of a manufacturer of beer whose shares are publicly traded on an exchange within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For the purposes of this paragraph (20), a person who is licensed by any licensing authority as a "manufacturer of beer" shall also mean a brewer and a non-resident dealer who is also a manufacturer of beer, including a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or trust or any subsidiary, affiliate, or agent thereof, or any other form of business enterprise licensed as a manufacturer of beer. (Ord. 1292, 11-1-2016; amd. Ord. 1327, 9-3-2019)