A. The Village President is designated as the Sherman Liquor Control Commissioner and is charged with the administration of the applicable provisions of the Illinois Liquor Control Act 1 , and the provisions of this chapter, as well as such other ordinances and resolutions relating to alcoholic liquor as may be enacted from time to time by the Village.
B. In addition to any other powers and duties as established by law, the Liquor Control Commissioner shall have all of the following powers and duties with respect to local liquor licenses:
1. To grant and/or suspend for not more than thirty (30) days or revoke for cause all local licenses issued to persons for premises within his jurisdiction;
2. To enter or to authorize any law enforcing officer to enter at any time upon any premises licensed hereunder to determine whether any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations adopted by him or by the State Commission have been or are being violated, and at such time to examine said premises of said licensee in connection therewith;
3. To notify the Secretary of State where a club incorporated under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act of 1986 or a foreign corporation functioning as a club in this State under a certificate of authority issued under that Act has violated this chapter by selling or offering for sale at retail alcoholic liquors without a retailer's license;
4. To receive complaint from any citizen within his jurisdiction that any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant hereto, have been or are being violated and to act upon such complaints in the manner hereinafter provided;
5. To receive local license fees and pay the same forthwith to the Village Treasurer as the case may be;
6. To levy fines for violations of this chapter. (Ord. 2015-4, 4-14-2015)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. |