(A) The Commissioner may revoke or suspend any liquor license issued by this city or fine the licensee, if he or she determines that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, any applicable rule or regulations established by the State Liquor Control Commissioner, any state law regarding alcoholic liquor or any provision of this chapter.
(B) If the Commissioner has reason to believe that any continuing operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the community he or she may, upon the issuance of a written order stating the reason for the conclusion and without notice or hearing, order the licensed premises closed for not more than seven days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during that period; except that if the licensee shall also be engaged in the conduct of another business or businesses on the licensed premises, then the order shall not be applicable to the other business or businesses not involving alcoholic liquor.
(C) In situations in which the welfare of the city or its citizens is not immediately threatened, the Commissioner shall give a licensee three-days’ written notice at which time a hearing will be held to determine whether the city liquor license should be revoked or suspended. The licensee shall have the right to appear at the hearing and defend himself or herself.
(D) The Commissioner shall conduct the hearing, and the City Attorney or his or her designee shall be allowed to present evidence against the licensee.
(E) The hearing shall be open to the public, and an official record of the hearing shall be maintained and preserved either through tape recordings or by the efforts of a certified shorthand reporter or stenographer. All written evidence shall be preserved.
(F) The Commissioner shall within five days after the hearing, if he or she determines that the license should be revoked or suspended, state the reason(s) for that determination, the period of suspension or revocation or the amount of fine levied in a written order. The licensee shall be served a copy of the written order within five days of the issuance of the order.
(1986 Code, § 4-52) (Ord. 1994-28, passed 9-19-1994)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, §§ 7-5 and 7-7