(A) Any license may be revoked or suspended by the City ABC Administrator if the licensee shall have violated any of other provisions of KRS Chapter 241 through 244, or any rule or regulation of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, or of the State Department of Revenue, relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, and transportation, or taxation, of alcoholic beverages, or if such licensee shall have violated, or shall violate, any act of congress or any rule or regulation of any federal board, agency, or commission, or this chapter now, heretofore, or hereafter in effect relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, and transportation, or taxation, of intoxicating liquors, or any rules or regulations of the city heretofore in existence or authorized by the terms of KRS Chapters 241 through 244 to be created, irrespective of whether the licensee knew of, or permitted, the violation or whether the violation was committed is disobedience of his or her instructions.
(B) A license may be revoked for any of the reasons for which the City ABC Administrator would have been required to refuse a license if the facts had been known.
(C) In addition to the foregoing stated causes, any license may be revoked or suspended for the following causes:
(1) Conviction of the licensee or the licensee’s agent, servant, or employee for selling any illegal alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises;
(2) Making any false material statements in an application or renewal application for a license or supplemental license;
(3) Conviction of the licensee or any of the licensee’s agents, servants, or employees of two violations of the terms and provisions of KRS Chapters 241 through 244, or any act regulating the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages within two consecutive years; two misdemeanors directly or indirectly attributable to the use of alcoholic beverages within two consecutive years; or any felony;
(4) Failure or default of a licensee to pay an excise tax or any part of the tax or any penalties imposed by or under the provisions of any statutes, ordinances, or acts of congress relative to taxation, or for a violation of any related administrative regulations promulgated by the Department of Revenue;
(5) Revocation of any state license provided in KRS 243.030, 243.040, or permit granted under any act of congress relative to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages;
(6) Setting up, conducting, operating, or keeping on the licensed premises any gambling game, device, machine, contrivance, lottery, gift enterprise, handbook, or facility for betting or transmitting bets on horse races; or permitting to be set up, conducted, operated, kept, or engaged in on the licensed premises any gambling game, device, machine, contrivance, lottery, gift enterprise, handbook, or facility. This division (C)(6) shall not apply to:
(a) The sale of lottery tickets sold under the provisions of KRS Chapter 154A;
(b) The operation of a pari-mutuel system for betting, where authorized by law;
(c) The conduct of charitable gaming by a charitable organization licensed or permitted under KRS Chapter 238; or
(d) Special temporary raffles of alcoholic beverages under KRS 243.036.
(7) Conviction of the licensee, or the licensee’s agents, servants, or employees, for the trafficking or possession upon the licensed premises of controlled or illegal substances described in KRS Chapter 218A, including synthetic drugs; knowingly permitting the trafficking or possession by patrons upon the licensed premises of controlled or illegal substances described in KRS Chapter 218A, including synthetic drugs; or knowingly receiving stolen property upon the licensed premises; and/or
(8) Failure to comply with the terms of the City ABC Administrator.
(Ord. 05-2019, passed 12-30-2019) Penalty, see § 115.999