A. The Mayor may, in accordance with the law and the provisions of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 1 , as amended, revoke or suspend any liquor dealer’s license for any violation of any provision of this chapter or for any violation of any State law or regulation pertaining to the sale of alcoholic liquor. In addition to or in lieu of a suspension, the Local Liquor Control Commissioner may levy a fine on the licensee for such violations. The fine imposed shall be set out in the City of Sycamore Consolidated Fee Schedule.
There may be a cap on fines imposed against any licensee during the period of his license as set out in the City of Sycamore Consolidated Fee Schedule. Proceeds from fines shall be paid into the General Corporate Fund of the City Treasury. However, no such license shall be so revoked or suspended and no license shall be fined except after a public hearing before the Local Liquor Control Commissioner, with a three-day written notice to the licensee, affording the licensee an opportunity to appear and defend. Further, in the event that the Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall find a licensee guilty of violating any provision of this chapter, he/she may order the licensee to pay to the City reasonable attorney fees incurred by the City, the Chief of Police, and the Local Liquor Control Commissioner and other reasonable costs, including but not limited to the costs of court reporter fees and witness fees incurred by reason of the hearing.
B. If the Local Liquor Control Commissioner has reason to believe that any continued operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the community, he/she may, upon issuance of a written order stating the reason for such conclusions, and without notice of hearing, order the licensed premises closed for not more than seven (7) days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during that period. If the licensee is also engaged in another business on the licensed premises, such order shall not be applicable to such other business.
C. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall within five (5) days after such hearing, if he/she determines after such hearing that the license should be revoked or suspended, or that the licensee should be fined, state the reason for such determination in a written order of revocation or suspension and serve a copy of such order within the five (5) days upon the licensee.
D. When any license shall have been revoked for any cause, no local liquor license shall be granted to any person for the period of one year thereafter for the conduct of the business of selling alcoholic liquor in the premises described in the revoked license unless the revocation order has been vacated or was entered as to the licensee only and the new licensee is not in any way related to the revoked license.
E. Review of the decisions of the Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall be as provided for in section 7-9 of the Illinois Liquor Control Act 2 . (Ord. 2018.11, 3-4-2019, eff. 5-1-2019; amd. Ord. 2023.04, 5-1-2023)
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| 1 | 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. |
| 2 | 235 ILCS 5/7-9 |