(A) Pursuant to the procedure described herein, city licenses may be either revoked or suspended by the Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator upon the occurrence of:
(1) Any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance of the city; or
(2) Any violation of any provision of state law in regard to alcoholic beverages or the rules and regulations of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in regard thereto; or
(3) Any other cause, reason, or circumstance for which a state license may be revoked or suspended by the Board. City licenses must be revoked by the Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator upon the occurrence of any cause or circumstance which requires revocation of a state license to which a city license corresponds. With the approval of the City Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator a licensee may, as an alternative and in lieu of part of or all of the, days of any suspension period, pay the following sums to the city: distillers, rectifiers, vintners, brewers, and blenders, $1,000 per day; wholesale liquor licenses, $400 per day; wholesale beer licenses, $400 per day; retail drink liquor licenses, $50 per day; retail package liquor licenses, $50 per day; retail beer licensees, $25 per day; all remaining licensees, $10 per day.
(B) The procedure for the revocation or suspension of a city license shall consist of a written notice signed by the Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator and mailed to the licensee at the address of the licensed premises by certified mail, describing the cause, circumstance, or occurrence and the time and date thereof for which the city license may be revoked and indicating the time and place of a hearing in regard thereto at least five days thereafter at which the licensee and the representatives thereof shall be heard. The hearing shall be conducted by the Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator in the city and according to the procedure prescribed by the Board for hearings by the Board as supplemented by the regulations of the City Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator. The Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator shall control and make all decisions in regard to the introduction of evidence and shall hear all arguments in regard thereto. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator shall issue a written decision in regard thereto and mail a certified copy to the licensee at the address of the licensed premises by certified or registered mail.
(Ord. 1-7-84, passed - -84)