(A) No licensee may be under the age of 21 years.
(B) The application for a license for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor shall be filed with the Commissioner through the office of the County Auditor.
(C) All applicable licensing fees shall be paid by the applicant with a certified check, cashier’s check or money order at the time the application for license is submitted. Personal checks will not be accepted. In the event that the liquor license is denied, said license fees shall be refunded to the applicant.
(D) Each liquor license issued under this chapter shall terminate at midnight on December 31 of the same calendar year of its issuance, unless sooner revoked as provided in this chapter or under state law.
(E) If any question on the application is unanswered or answered incompletely, such omission shall cause the application to be voided and shall cause the Commissioner to reject that application.
(F) If, after a liquor license is issued, it is discovered that an application question was left unanswered or was incompletely answered, the Commissioner shall immediately notify the applicant and licensee of such omission. The applicant and licensee shall have five business days from receipt of this notice to supplement the application with a written and sworn affidavit. Failure to supplement the application within the specified period will result in immediate revocation of the liquor license.
(G) Every license shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the licensee as well as the names of each member of a co-partnership; the officers and directors of a club; the officers, directors, manager and authorized agent of a corporation; and the names of the trustee of a trust;
(2) Language that describes with particularity the premises covered by such liquor license;
(3) The class of liquor license issued to the licensee for such premises; and
(4) The signature of the Commissioner and the attestation of the Clerk of the Liquor Control Commission, with the seal of office affixed thereto.
(H) No license shall be held in existence by the mere payment of fees. Where the continuous operation of the licensee business has lapsed for a period longer than 90 days, said license shall expire. However, if the licensee’s premises have been destroyed or damaged either by fire or an act of God, and cannot be rebuilt or repaired within a 90-day period, then the Commissioner may extend the period of time for which the liquor license may be held without being in continuous operation for an additional 90 days.
(1993 Code, § 70.11) (Ord. 93-09, passed 12-15-1993; Res. passed 2-17-2010) Penalty see, § 70.999
Statutory reference:
Local control, see 235 ILCS 5/4-1 and 4-4