(A) The Mayor of the city shall serve as the Local Liquor Commissioner ("the Commissioner") and shall be charged with the administration of this subchapter and of such other ordinances relating to alcoholic liquor as may be, from time to time, enacted by the City Council.
(B) The Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties with respect to local liquor licenses:
(1) To grant all local licenses issued to persons or entities for premises within the city, and to take any one or more of the following forms of disciplinary action:
(a) To suspend a license for not more than 30 days;
(b) To revoke a license for cause; and
(c) To levy a fine for any violation of laws or ordinances on licensed premises.
(2) To enter or to authorize any law enforcement officer or other city employee designated by the Commissioner to enter, at any time, upon the premises licensed hereunder, to determine whether any of the provisions of the state law or city ordinance or any rules or regulations adopted by the Commissioner or by the State Liquor Control Commission ("State Commission") have been or are being violated, and at such time to examine the premises of the licensee in connection therewith.
(3) To establish a policy and standards for alcohol and tobacco compliance operations to investigate whether a licensee is furnishing:
(a) Alcoholic liquor to persons under 21 years of age in violation of this subchapter; or
(b) Tobacco to person in violation of the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act.
(4) To notify the Secretary of State where a club incorporated under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act or a foreign corporation functioning as a club in this state under a certificate of authority issued under that Act has violated this subchapter or the Illinois Liquor Control Act by selling or offering for sale at retail alcoholic liquors without a retailer's license.
(5) To receive complaints from any citizen within the city that any provision of the state law or of this subchapter has been or is being violated and to act upon any such complaints in the manner provided by law.
(6) To examine, or cause to be examined, under oath, any applicant for a local license, or for a renewal thereof, or any licensee upon whom notice of revocation has been served, as provided in § 111.037(D); to examine, or cause to be examined, the books and records of any such applicant or licensee, and to hear testimony and take proof for the commissioner's information in the performance of his or her duties, and for such purpose to issue subpoenas which shall be effective in any part of this state. For the purpose of obtaining any of the information desired by the commissioner under this section, the commissioner may authorize any person or city employee to act on his or her behalf.
(7) From time to time, to report to the City Council actions which have been taken to grant or deny liquor licenses or to penalize licensees.
(8) To appoint a person or persons to assist the Commissioner in the exercise of the powers and in the performance of the duties of the Commissioner as specified in this paragraph; and to designate and grant authority to such other persons, from tame to time as the commissioner may deem' necessary, to carry out any of such duties.
(Ord. 02-44, passed 11-26-02; Am. Ord. 07-43, passed 3-25-08)