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Investigation prerequisite.
Before the issuance of any license provided for in this chapter, the city commission shall cause a thorough investigation to be made concerning the character and integrity of the applicant and shall make a thorough investigation of the conditions existing in the locality wherein the premises to be occupied by the licensee are located, so that no license shall be granted where the issuance thereof shall result in the impairment of the public health and morals of the community. (Prior code § 9-2-5)
Any person applying for a license for the sale of alcoholic liquors at a location where alcoholic liquors are now being sold which is within six hundred feet of a church or a school may be required by the city commission to submit the signatures of a majority of the residents within two city blocks of the proposed place of business to a document stating that they have no objection to the granting of such license. If such applicant then fails to obtain a majority of such residents to sign such a petition, the license shall not be granted. (Prior code § 9-2-6)
No license provided in this chapter shall be issued to any person who shall not, prior to the issuance of such license and as a condition precedent thereto, have secured from the Bureau a license either as a dispenser, retailer or club. (Prior code § 9-2-7)
Applicants for dispensers, retailer's and club licenses who have been granted a license by the Bureau and have filed the bond required by the state with such Bureau shall attach to their application a certified copy of the license issued by the Bureau to such applicant and a certified copy of the bond filed by such applicant with the Bureau. (Prior code § 9-2-10)
If any license is forfeited or revoked by the city commission, no such person whose license has been forfeited or revoked shall be eligible to apply for and receive a license under the provisions of this chapter for a period of two years. (Amended during 1992 codification: prior code § 9-2-11)
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