(A) Pursuant to KRS 241.160 and KRS 241.170, there is hereby created the office of the City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator.
(B) The Mayor of the city shall appoint an employee of the city to serve as the City Alcohol Beverage Administrator, pursuant to KRS 241.170.
(C) The City Alcohol Beverage Administrator may from time to time appoint such additional personnel, such as Alcohol Beverage Control investigator(s), as is necessary to assist him or her in the administration of this chapter.
(D) The functions of the City ABC Administrator shall be the same with respect to the city licenses and regulations as the functions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the Commonwealth (hereinafter referred to as ABC Board) with respect to state licenses and regulations.
(E) To prevent potential conflicts of interests, no person shall be a City ABC Administrator, an investigator, or an employee of the city, under the supervision of the City ABC Administrator, who would be disqualified to be a member of the ABC Board under state law set forth in KRS 241.100.
(F) (1) The City ABC Administrator shall have authority delegated by the Mayor, and as authorized under KRS Chapters 241 to 244.
(2) The City ABC Administrator, and his or her investigators, shall have jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries of the city. They may inspect any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, sold, stored, or otherwise trafficked in, without first obtaining a search warrant.
(G) The City ABC Administrator and his or her investigators shall have available at all reasonable times for their inspection all books and records required to be maintained by licensees under KRS 244.150, and the City ABC Administrator shall receive copies of all reports submitted by licensee to the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
(H) (1) The City ABC Administrator, before entering upon his or her duties, shall take the oath as prescribed in § 228 of the Constitution and shall execute a bond with a good corporate surety in the penal sum of not less than $1,000.
(2) Any employee delegated or assigned to the ABC Administration may also be asked to execute a similar bond in such penal sum as the city deems necessary, unless said person is already covered under the city’s active bonds as required under KRS in regards to officials and employees of the city.
(Ord. passed 11-14-2016)