A license shall be purely a personal privilege, subject to revocation as provided in this chapter, and shall not constitute property, nor shall it be subject to attachment, garnishment or execution, nor shall it be alienable, transferable or assignable, voluntarily or involuntarily, or subject to being encumbered or hypothecated. Such license shall not descend by the laws of testate or intestate devolution, but shall cease upon the death of the licensee, provided that executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased licensee, and the trustee of an insolvent or bankrupt licensee, when such estate consists in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale of alcoholic liquor under order of the appropriate court, and may exercise the privileges of the deceased, insolvent or bankrupt licensee after the death of such decedent or such insolvency or bankruptcy until the expiration of such license but not longer than six months after the death, bankruptcy or insolvency of such licensee.
Any licensee may renew his or her license at the expiration thereof, provided that he or she is then qualified to receive a license, provided, further, that the premises for which such renewal license is sought are suitable for such purposes, and provided, further, that the renewal privilege herein provided for shall not be construed as a vested right which shall in any case prevent the Mayor and/or Council from decreasing the number of licenses to be issued within their jurisdiction.
(Ord. 1974-4. Passed 5-28-74.)