(A) Any person desiring a license required by this chapter shall make a sworn, written application therefor to the Mayor as Liquor Control Commissioner. Each application shall contain the following information with respect to the applicant:
(1) The name and the business and residence addresses of the applicant, and if the applicant is a corporation, the state of incorporation, and if not Illinois, then whether or not the applicant is licensed to transact business in Illinois;
(2) If the applicant is not a corporation, that the applicant is a citizen of the United States;
(3) If the applicant is not a corporation, the applicant's place of birth and, if a naturalized citizen, the date and place of naturalization;
(4) That the applicant has never been convicted of a felony;
(5) That the applicant has never been convicted of being the keeper of a house of ill-fame, of pandering, or of any other crime or misdemeanor opposed to decency or morality;
(6) That the applicant is not, at the time of making the application, connected with a house of ill-fame;
(7) That a license issued to the applicant under this chapter has not been revoked or suspended;
(8) If the applicant is applying for a Class A license, the location where the applicant proposes to engage in the business for which the application is submitted, and whether or not the proposed location is within 100 feet of any church, school, hospital, home for aged or indigent persons, or for war veterans, their wives, or children, or of any military or naval station;
(9) The type of business to be carried on and the date the business was established;
(10) Whether food for human consumption is to be sold in the place of business if the license is issued;
(11) Whether alcoholic liquor will be sold or delivered outside of any building or structure on the premises;
(12) Whether the applicant owns the premises for which the license is sought or, if he does not, the name of his or her landlord and the period of the lease;
(13) Whether any manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler of alcoholic liquor or any stockholder or officer of any corporation engaged in any such business has paid, given, or loaned money to the applicant, or given, leased, or permitted the use of anything of value by the applicant or extended credit to the applicant;
(14) The business or businesses in which the applicant has been engaged for the last five years preceding the filing of the application;
(15) That the applicant agrees not to violate any ordinance of the city or any law of the United States or of the state in the conduct of the business, and that in the event such promise is broken or in the event any statement contained in the application is not true, the license applied for may be immediately suspended or revoked.
(B) If the applicant for a license under this section is not a corporation, the applicant shall be required to show satisfactorily that he or she is of good moral character and that he or she is a bona fide resident of the city.
(C) All partners shall sign the application if the applicant is a partnership. All corporate officers shall sign and indicate their official positions if the applicant is a corporation.
(D) The information requested in the application shall be furnished for each person signing the application who has an ownership interest in excess of 25%.
(E) The Mayor and/or the Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall have the authority to grant or deny the application.
(Ord. 1105, passed 6-2-92; Am. Ord. 1683, passed 7-6-21; Am. Ord. 1730, passed 4-16-24)