(A) Under authority of KRS 241.160, the Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator is created.
(B) The Mayor of the city, under authority of KRS 241.170, shall appoint the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator. The Mayor may remove the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator, at will.
(C) No person can be appointed Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator who has any interest in any premises or business where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, stored or sold, but no person shall be disqualified under this section by reason of his or her membership in any club. The Administrator shall not receive any commission or profit from any person applying for or receiving any license or permit.
(D) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator, before entering upon his or her duties as such, shall take the oath prescribed in § 228 of the Kentucky Constitution.
(E) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator shall, before entering upon his or her duties, execute a bond with a good corporate surety in an amount that meets the requirements of § 32.01(B) of this code. The cost of the bond given under this division shall be borne by the city.
(F) (1) The functions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator shall be the same with respect to the city licenses and regulations as the functions of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board with respect thereto, except that no regulation adopted by the Administrator may be less stringent than the state statutes relating to alcoholic beverage control or than the regulations of the State Board.
(2) However, no regulation of the Administrator shall become effective until it has been approved by the State Board. These functions of the Administrator are governed by KRS 241.060 and the regulations, as set out by the State Board.
(G) Appeals from the orders of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator may be taken to the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and shall be governed by KRS 243.550, 243.560 and 243.590.
(H) For services as Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator, this Officer shall receive compensation as set by City Council by ordinance.
(`96 Code, § 31.39) (Ord. 1956-5-4, passed 6-14-1956)