(A) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner may revoke or suspend any license issued by him or her if he or she determines that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of the Liquor Control Act or of any valid ordinance or resolution enacted by the Board of Trustees or any applicable rule or regulations established by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner or the State Commission which is not inconsistent with law. In addition to the suspension, the Local Liquor Control Commissioner may levy a fine on the licensee for such violations. The fine imposed shall not exceed $1,000 for a first violation within a 12-month period, $1,500 for a second violation within a 12-month period and $2,500 for a third or subsequent violation within a 12-month period. Each day on which a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. Not more than $15,000 in fines may be imposed against any licensee during the period of his or her license. Proceeds from such fines shall be paid into the general corporate fund of the municipal treasury.
(B) No such license shall be so revoked or suspended and no licensee shall be fined except after a public hearing by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner with a three-day written notice to the licensee affording the licensee an opportunity to appear and defend. All such hearings shall be open to the public and the Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall reduce all evidence to writing and shall maintain an official record of the proceedings. If the Local Liquor Control Commissioner has reason to believe that any continued operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the community, he or she may, upon the issuance of a written order stating the reason for such conclusion and without notice or hearing order the licensed premises closed for not more than seven days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during that period, except that if such licensee shall also be engaged in the conduct of another business or businesses on the licensed premises such order shall not be applicable to such other business or businesses.
(C) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall within five days after such hearing, if he or she determines after such hearing that the license should be revoked or suspended or that the licensee should be fined, state the reason or reasons for such determination in a written order, and either the amount of the fine, the period of suspension, or that the license has been revoked, and shall serve a copy of such order within the five days upon the licensee.
(2007 Code, § 21-4-10)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 235 ILCS 5/7-5