A. Authorized: The governing body may, after a hearing, revoke or suspend any beer license on a finding by it that the licensee or his/her officers, agents or employees have violated any provision of this chapter, or any ordinance of this county, whether now or hereafter enacted, which is in any way related to the operation of the business or the safety of the public.
B. Hearing May Be Requested: A hearing may be requested by any person:
1. That is denied or refused a beer license by any officer, agent or employee of this county.
2. Whose beer license is revoked, restricted, qualified or limited from that for which it was first issued.
C. Time Limit To Request Hearing: The request for hearing must be made in writing to the chairperson of the county commission or the county clerk, and made within thirty (30) days following the date of notice denying, refusing, revoking, qualifying, restricting or revoking the beer license is mailed by the county to the applicant or license holder at his/her address as it appears on the application of license.
D. Notice Of Hearing; Conduct: Following receipt of a request for hearing, the governing body shall inform the person requesting a hearing of the time and place the hearing is to be held. At the hearing, the aggrieved party shall have the right to hear and examine any witnesses the county may produce to support its decision and to present his/her own evidence in support of his/her contention. The governing body shall, within ten (10) days following the conclusion of the hearing, in writing, inform the person who requested the hearing of the decision of the county commission.
E. Limitation Of Hearing: This section shall not be construed so as to afford any aggrieved party more than one hearing before the county commission, nor shall the hearing provided in this chapter apply to any criminal complaint or proceeding. (Ord. 2006-4, 9-11-2006)