(A) Any person desiring a license authorized by this chapter shall make application therefor to the Local Liquor Control Commissioner. A separate application shall be made for each license desired by the applicant. Such application shall be in writing upon forms prepared and furnished by the Village Clerk. Each application for a license shall be signed by the applicant and verified by the applicant by oath or affidavit, and shall be filed with the Village Clerk. In case the applicant is a partnership, all partners must sign and verify the application. In case the applicant is a corporation or club, all officers and directors, and any stockholders owning more than 5% of the stock of such corporation, must sign and verify the application and indicate their official position. In case any other person is to conduct the place of business as manager or agent of the licensee, that person must also sign and verify the application. The information requested in the application form must be furnished as to each person signing the application.
(B) Each application shall contain the following information and statements:
(1) Name, age and address. The name, age and address of the applicant in the case of an individual; in the case of a partnership, the names and addresses of the persons entitled to share in the profits thereof; in the case of a corporation or club, the object for which organized, and the names and addresses of the officers and directors, and of any stockholder owning more than 5% of the stock of such corporation; and, in any case, the name and address of the manager or agent who is to conduct the place of business for which the license is sought. A club shall attach to its application one copy of a list of the names and residences of its members;
(2) Citizenship. The citizenship of the applicant, and if a naturalized citizen, the time and place of his or her naturalization;
(3) Location. The location where the applicant proposes to engage in the business for which the application was submitted, and whether or not the proposed location is within 100 feet of any church, school, hospital, home for aged or indigent persons or for war veterans, their wives or children, or of any military or naval station;
(4) Sale of food. Whether food for human consumption is to be sold in such place of business if the application is allowed.
(5) Ownership of premises; name of landlord. Whether the applicant owns the premises for which a license is sought, and if not, the name of the landlord and the terms of the lease;
(6) Disposition of other applications. Whether the applicant has made application for a similar or other license on premises other than those described in this application and the disposition of such other application;
(7) Suspension or revocation of previous licenses. Whether or not any license issued to the applicant under this or previous ordinances relating to alcoholic liquor has ever been suspended or revoked;
(8) Former conviction relative to decency or morality. Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of being the keeper or an inmate of a house of ill fame, of pandering or of any other crime or misdemeanor opposed to decency or morality;
(9) Connection with houses of ill fame. A statement that the applicant is not at the time of making the application, connected with a house of ill fame;
(10) Former conviction of felony and the like. Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, and whether or not the applicant is disqualified to receive the license sought by reason of any manner or thing contained in the laws of this state or this chapter;
(11) Agreement not to violate ordinances and the like. A statement that the applicant agrees not to violate any provision of this chapter or other ordinances of this village or any law of the United States or of this state in the conduct of the business, and that in the event such promise is broken or if any statement contained in the application is not true, that the license applied for may be immediately suspended or revoked;
(12) Residence in village. Whether or not the applicant, if an individual, or whether each partner, in the case of a partnership, is a bona fide resident of the village;
(13) Agreement to testify under oath and, as required, allow record of fingerprints. A statement that the applicant will testify under oath to all relevant and material questions propounded to him or her, in any hearing conducted by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner, either before or after the issuance of a license to the applicant, and that the applicant’s failure to so testify shall be sufficient reason for the refusal to issue any such license to the applicant, or the renewal thereof, or for the suspension or revocation of any license which has been issued to the applicant; and, a statement that the applicant, if requested by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner, will permit a record of the applicant’s fingerprints to be made by the Police Department of the village for the purpose of additional background investigation to determine whether the application should be granted; and, further, the applicant shall pay for all costs associated with obtaining fingerprints and/or background investigations; and also shall provide all information necessary to conduct the aforementioned background investigation;
(14) Statement as to receipt of money or credit from manufacturers or distributors. A statement that the applicant has not accepted, received or borrowed money, or anything else of value, or accepted or received credit (other than merchandising credit in the ordinary course of business for a period not to exceed 30 days) directly or indirectly from any manufacturer, importing distributor or wholesaler of alcoholic liquor, or from any stockholder or officer of any corporation engaged in, or any other person connected with any such business; and
(15) Connection with Police Department. Whether or not the applicant, his or her spouse, or any member of the applicant’s household is a member or employee of the Police Department of the village and whether or not any member or employee of the police department of the village is interested in any way, either directly or indirectly, in the license applied for, the premises, or the profits or proceeds from the sale of alcoholic liquor under the license applied for.
(1999 Code, § 21-4-1) (Ord. 03/31/2014, passed 3-31-2014)