In addition to any other inquiries, conditions, or considerations required or permitted by law:
(A) Building inspector approval. The City ABC Administrator shall not grant any alcoholic beverage license or approve a renewal of a license until the applicant and his or her place of business shall have been approved by a licensed building inspector, and any and all other inspections required by the state’s Building Code or other applicable law;
(B) Background check. All applicants shall voluntarily submit to a criminal background check and shall sign a waiver allowing the release of this information to the City ABC Administrator;
(C) Financial responsibility. No license to sell alcoholic or malt beverages may be granted or renewed to any person who is delinquent in the payment of any property taxes, both real and personal, any other taxes due to the city, fees of any type, or charges due to any department of the city at the time of issuing the license, nor may any license be granted or renewed to sell upon any premises or property, owned and occupied by the licensee, upon which there are any of the above delinquent payments due and owing to the city. Further, if a licensee becomes delinquent in the payment of any of the above at any time during the license period, the license to sell alcoholic or malt beverages may be subject to revocation or suspension;
(D) Behavior toward administration. No person, whether applicant for license or a licensee, shall in any manner attempt to bribe, threaten, unduly influence, or intimidate the City ABC Administrator, or any member of the city’s staff, or any State ABC Administrator or staff, in any matter in which an application or proposed application for license, or procedure for revocation or suspension is pending before such officer. This division is not intended to stifle expressions of opinion; however, it is intended to make clear that the ABC Administrators are public officials charged with the administration and enforcement of the law, both local and state. Any person applying for a license, or contesting the revocation or suspension of a license, who engages in attempted bribes, threats, attempted undue influence, or intimidation of a city or state ABC Administrator or staff, shall be disqualified from receiving or retaining a license, in addition to other penalties as provided by law. The procedures for appeals shall apply to disqualifications, revocations, or suspensions under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prohibit monetary settlements in lieu of revocation or suspension of license after a final order or revocation or suspension, where the chapter and applicable statutes allow for such payments in settlement; and
(E) Mandatory responsible beverage service training.
(1) All persons employed in the selling and serving of alcoholic beverages shall participate in and complete a city-approved responsible beverage service training program. For a responsible beverage service training program to be approved by the city, it must effectively train its participants in the identification of false age documents and recognition of characteristics of intoxication. The city will not require enrollment in particular classes, but only that the training be obtained from a recognized program meeting the goals expressed in this chapter.
(2) All persons required to complete training under division (E)(1) above shall complete that training within 30 days of the date on which the person first becomes subject to the training requirement. When a new business is licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, all employees must be trained prior to the opening of business.
(3) Each licensee shall be responsible for compliance with the training requirements and shall maintain, for inspection by the City ABC Administrator, a record or file on each employee that shall contain the pertinent training information. Each premises licensed hereunder must at all times, when alcoholic beverages are being served, have at least one person currently certified in responsible beverage service training on duty.
(4) All persons completing the training required by this section shall be re-certified in responsible beverage service training from a program approved by the city not less than once every three years thereafter.
(Ord. passed 11-14-2016)