(A) No license under this chapter may be issued, or renewed, to:
(1) A person who, within five years of the license application, has been convicted of any felony, or a willful violation of a federal or state law, or local ordinance governing the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale, or distribution, of alcoholic beverages;
(2) A person who has had an alcoholic beverage license revoked within five years of the license application, or to any person who, at the time of the violation, owns any interest, whether as a holder of more than 5% of the capital stock of a corporate licensee, as a partner or otherwise, in the premises, or in the business conducted thereon, or to a corporation, partnership, association, enterprise, business, or firm in which any person is, in any manner, interested;
(3) A person under the age of 21 years;
(4) A person not of good moral character and repute; or
(5) A person not a citizen of the United States, or a resident alien.
(B) No person holding a license from the Commissioner as a manufacturer, brewer (except as provided by statute), wholesaler, or importer, may have a direct, or indirect, interest, in whole or in part, in a business holding an alcoholic beverage license from the city.
(Prior Code, § 5.43) (Ord. 156, second series, passed 10-20-1998)