(A) A retail or bottle club license issued by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission and outstanding may be automatically renewed by the Commission in the absence of a written request by the City Council to require the licensee to submit an application for renewal. Any licensed retail premises located in an area which is annexed to the city shall file a formal application for a license, and while the application is pending, the licensee may continue all license privileges until the original license expires or is canceled or revoked. If that license expires within sixty (60) days following the annexation date of the area, the license may be renewed by order of the Commission for not more than one (1) year. (Ref. 53-135 RS Neb.)
(B) The City Clerk shall cause to be published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the municipality, one (1) time between January 10 and January 30 of each year, individual notice in the form prescribed by law of the right of automatic renewal of each retail liquor and beer license and each bottle club license within the Municipality, except that notice of the right of automatic renewal of Class C licenses shall be published between the dates of July 10 and July 30 of each year. If written protests to the issuance of automatic renewal of a license are filed in the office of the City Clerk by three (3) or more residents of the municipality on or before February 10, or August 10 for Class C licenses, the City Council shall hold a hearing to determine whether continuation of the license should be allowed. Upon the conclusion of any hearing required by this section, the City Council may request a licensee to submit an application as provided in section 53-135 RS Neb. (Ref. 53-135.01 RS Neb.) (Amended by Ord. Nos. 259, 11/1/83; 661, 11/2/04; 1013, 8/8/19)