(A) The Local Liquor Control Commissioner may suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if he determines that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 of the state or the provisions of this chapter or any applicable rules or regulations established by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission or any applicable rules or regulations established by said Local Liquor Control Commissioner, or for any other grounds established in the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
(B) (1) No such license shall be revoked or suspended or nonrenewed except after a public hearing by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner and Board of Trustees with written notice sent to the licensee at least three days prior to the hearing affording said licensee an opportunity to appear and defend; however, 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 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.
(2) The notice hereunder shall include the time, date, and place of the hearing and a general description of the alleged causes for the possible revocation or suspension or the reasons for the nonrenewal. At any hearing hereunder, the licensee shall be entitled to all the protections and rights allowed by law. Such different or additional procedures as may be allowed by law may be established from time to time by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner and approved by the Board of Trustees of the village.
(C) If the Local Liquor Control Commissioner determines after a hearing that the license should be revoked, suspended, or nonrenewed, he shall, within ten days after the hearing, state the reason for such determination in a written order of revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal, and shall serve a copy of the order upon the licensee. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner has the responsibility to prepare a written official record of the proceedings of such hearing.
(D) The licensee, after the receipt of the order of suspension or revocation, shall have the privilege within a period of 20 days after the receipt of such order of suspension or revocation, of appealing the order to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. If, and only if, such right exists under state law, the licensee shall have the similar right to appeal any decision of nonrenewal within said 20-day period to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission.
(E) In the event an appeal is taken from an order of the Local Liquor Control Commissioner, the appeal shall be limited to a review of the official record of the proceedings of such Local Liquor Control Commissioner.
(Ord. 87-09, passed - -87)