(A) (1) The Mayor of the city shall be Liquor Control Commissioner and shall be charged with the administration of this chapter.
(2) He or she shall receive an annual salary as the City Council determines from time to time.
(B) The Liquor Control Commissioner shall have the power:
(1) To grant and revoke for cause all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter;
(2) To enter, or to authorize any law enforcing official to enter, at any time upon any premises licensed hereunder to determine whether any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated and at such time to examine said premises of said licensee;
(3) To receive a complaint from any citizen of the city that any of the provisions of this chapter have been or are being violated and to take such action as to him or her shall seem necessary or advisable;
(4) To receive license fees and pay the same forthwith to the City Treasurer;
(5) To make rules and regulations to further carry into effect the provisions and purposes of this chapter;
(6) To examine, or cause to be examined, under oath, any applicant for a license or for a renewal thereof, and to examine, or cause to be examined, the books and records of any such applicant or licensee; to hear testimony and take proof for his or her information in the performance of his or her duties, and for such purpose issue subpoenas which shall be limited to the information desired by the Liquor Control Commissioner under this section. He or she may authorize his or her agent to act on his or her behalf; and
(7) (a) To appoint a person or persons to assist him or her in the exercise of the powers and performance of his or her duties.
(b) Said persons so appointed shall make periodic inspections of premises licensed under the terms of this chapter and shall submit to the Liquor Control Commissioner monthly confidential reports, in writing, of their activities.
(Ord. 18-O-2200, passed 5-2-2018; Ord. 24-O-2388, passed 5-15-2024)