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The Council shall investigate all facts set out in the application and not investigated in the preliminary or comprehensive background and financial investigations. Opportunity shall be given to any person to be heard for or against the granting of the license. After the investigation and hearing, the Council shall in its sound discretion grant or deny the application. No license shall become effective until the proof of financial security has been approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
(Am. Ord. passed 4-11-2018)
(A) Each license shall be issued only to the applicant for the premises described in the application.
(B) Not more than one license shall be directly or indirectly issued within the city to any one person.
(C) No license shall be granted or renewed for operation on any premises on which taxes, assessments, utility charges, service charges, or other financial claims of the city are delinquent and unpaid.
(D) No license shall be issued for any place or any business ineligible for a license under state law.
(E) No license shall be issued to any person who is not a resident of the state. The provisions of this division (E) shall not apply to any license existing on the effective date of this chapter or to the renewal of an existing license.
(F) No license shall be granted within 500 feet of any public school or church. The distance is to be measured from the closest side of the church to the closest side of the structure on the premises within which liquor is to be sold.
(Am. Ord. passed 4-11-2018; Am. Ord. 873, passed 9-25-2019; Am. Ord. 8.1-22, passed 8-18-2022) Penalty, see § 110.99
The failure of a licensee to meet any one of the conditions of the license specified below shall result in a suspension of the license until the condition is met.
(A) Within 90 days after employment, every person serving liquor in an establishment which has an "on-sale" license shall receive training regarding the serving of liquor to customers. The training shall be provided by an organization approved by the Council. Proof of training of the servers shall be provided by the licensee.
(B) Every licensee is responsible for the conduct of the place of business and the conditions of sobriety and order in it. The act of any employee on the licensed premises is deemed the act of the licensee as well, and the licensee shall be liable to all penalties provided by this chapter and the law equally with the employee.
(C) Every licensee shall allow any peace officer, health officer, city employee, or any other person designated by the Council to conduct inspections, to enter, inspect, and search the premises of the licensee during business hours without a warrant.
(D) No on-sale establishment shall display liquor to the public during hours when the sale of liquor is prohibited.
(E) Compliance with financial responsibility requirements of state law and of this chapter is a continuing condition of any license.
(Am. Ord. passed 4-11-2018) Penalty, see § 110.99
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