(A) Application. Any person desiring a quota license shall fully complete an application, upon a form as prescribed by the township, which shall include, at minimum, the following information:
(1) Name and address of applicant;
(2) Type of license desired;
(3) Address and legal description of subject property;
(4) Educational background of the applicant and any individual having any ownership interest or management responsibilities for the applicant;
(5) Employment history of the applicant and any person having ownership interest or management responsibilities for the applicant;
(6) Previous liquor-licensed establishment experience for the applicant and any person having ownership interest or management responsibility for the applicant;
(7) Any criminal charges or convictions involving the applicant or any person having ownership interest or management responsibilities for the applicant;
(8) Any civil actions and/or judgments involving the applicant or any person having ownership interest or management responsibilities for the applicant;
(9) Credit history and any history of bankruptcy associated with the applicant and any person having ownership interest or management responsibilities for the applicant;
(10) The source of all funding, including verification through furnishing bank records;
(11) Detailed plans, including a site plan and interior layout, showing bar and seating locations, and an architectural elevation, with such plans drawn to scale;
(12) Total construction costs for all improvements made to the property;
(13) Detailed summary of prospective employees, including job descriptions and names, addresses and birth dates of any employees, if known;
(14) The date any and all construction or other improvements will commence;
(15) The date any and all construction or improvements will be completed and business operations will commence.
(B) Application submittal. The application and all accompanying documents shall be submitted to the Township Clerk, and the application fee shall be fully paid at the time of submittal.
(C) Investigation and release of documentation.
(1) Police Department investigation.
(a) The Police Department shall conduct an investigation, which shall be completed within 60 days from the date of receipt of the application, unless additional time is required.
(b) In the event additional time is required, the applicant shall be notified in writing, as soon as reasonably practicable, with a new proposed date for completion set forth.
(c) Additional requests for time may be made in the same manner.
(2) Release of documentation to Police Department. Upon request, the applicant shall execute any and all necessary releases and furnish additional documentation as requested by the Police Department, including but not limited to, permitting release of employment records, medical records, financial records, arrest and criminal records. Applicant shall promptly execute and submit all releases requested.
(3) Building Department inspection of property and buildings. The Building Department shall conduct an inspection of the property and buildings to be used for compliance with all state and local building codes and ordinances, and shall submit the report to the Township Board, within 60 days from the date of receipt of the application, unless additional time is required in the same manner as listed above.
(D) Recommendation. A recommendation for approval or denial shall be made. Such recommendation for approval shall refer solely to the question of whether, in the opinion of the Police Department, the applicant appears to have adequate character and fitness and, in the opinion of the Building Official, the property and all buildings comply with all state building codes and the township code of ordinances. Such recommendation shall not mean that applicant is entitled to the issuance of any license.
(E) Tentative approval. Upon recommendation of the Police Department, the Board of Trustees shall consider the application. The Board may grant or deny tentative approval. If tentative approval is granted, applicant shall be entitled to the issuance and transfer of a license, provided the representations made in the application and to the Township Board are fully complied with, including but not limited to, representations made with regard to the construction, commencement of construction, scope of the project, and any other matters set forth in the application.
(F) Final approval. Upon request of the applicant having received tentative approval, the Board of Trustees may consider whether to issue final approval. Final approval shall be granted in the event that all the representations and conditions, if any, of tentative approval have been fulfilled, as determined by the Board of Trustees. After final approval and up until the actual issuance of a license by the Liquor Control Commission of the State of Michigan, the Township Board may rescind final approval in the event of any of the following:
(1) Any misrepresentations or inaccuracies on the application.
(2) Failure to timely commence or complete construction or improvements to the establishment, or failure to comply with the plans for the establishment submitted with the application, unless plan changes have been expressly authorized and approved by the Board of Trustees as part of the application process.
(3) Conviction of a crime or the filing of any bankruptcy proceedings.
(Ord. 166, passed 5-20-2008) Penalty, see § 111.99