(A) Any license may be revoked or suspended by the City ABC Administrator if the licensee shall have violated any other provisions of KRS Ch. 241 to 244, or any rule or regulation of the State Board, or of the Kentucky 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 Ch. 241 to 244 to be created, irrespective of whether the licensee knew of or permitted the violation or whether the violation was committed in 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:
(a) Two (2) violations of the terms and provisions of KRS Chapters 241 to 244, or any act regulating the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages within two (2) consecutive years;
(b) Two (2) misdemeanors directly or indirectly attributable to the use of alcoholic beverages within two (2) consecutive years; or
(c) 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 section 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, the licensee's agents, servants, or employees for:
(a) The trafficking or possession upon the licensed premises of controlled or illegal substances described in KRS Chapter 218A, including synthetic drugs;
(b) 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
(c) Knowingly receiving stolen property upon the licensed premises.
(8) Failure to comply with the terms of the City Administrator.
(Ord. 2020-06, passed 3-9-20)