Any five residents of the municipality shall have the right to file a complaint with the governing body stating that any retail licensee subject to the jurisdiction of the governing body has been or is violating any provision of the State Liquor Control Act, being Neb. RS 53-101 through 53-1,122 or the rules or regulations issued pursuant to the Act. Such complaint shall be in writing in the form prescribed by the governing body and shall be signed and sworn to by the parties complaining. The complaint shall state the particular provision, rule or regulation believed to have been violated and the facts in detail upon which belief is based. If the governing body is satisfied that the complaint substantially charges a violation and that from the facts alleged there is reasonable cause for such belief, it shall set the matter for hearing within ten days from the date of the filing of the complaint and shall serve notice upon the licensee of the time and place of such hearing and of the particular charge in the complaint. The complaint shall in all cases be disposed of by the governing body within 30 days from the date the complaint was filed by resolution thereof, which resolution shall be deemed the final order for purposes of appeal to the State Liquor Control Commission as provided in Neb. RS 53-1,115.
(1997 Code, § 10-522) (Ord. 12-05, passed 2-7-2005) Penalty, see § 110.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 53-134.04