(A) Any license may be revoked or suspended by the City ABC Administrator if the licensee shall have violated any of the provisions of KRS Ch. 241 through 244, or any rule or regulation of the ABC Board or of the Department of Revenue relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale and transportation or taxation of alcoholic beverages or if such licensee shall have violated or shall violate any act of Congress or any rule or regulation of any federal board, agency or commission, or this chapter now, heretofore, or hereafter in effect relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale and transportation or taxation of intoxicating liquors or any rules or regulations of the city heretofore in existence or authorized by the terms of KRS Ch. 241 through 244 to be created, irrespective of whether the licensee knew of or permitted the violation or whether the violation was committed in disobedience of his or her instructions, or any such license may be revoked or suspended for any cause which the City ABC Administrator in the exercise of his or her sound discretion deems sufficient.
(B) A license may be revoked for any of the reasons for which the City ABC Administrator would have been required to refuse a license if the facts had been known.
(C) In addition to the foregoing stated causes, any license may be revoked or suspended for the following causes:
(1) Conviction of the licensee or his or her agent or employee for selling any illegal beverages on the premises licensed.
(2) Making any false, material statements in an application for a license.
(3) If within a period of two (2) consecutive years, any licensee or any clerk, servant, agent or employee of the licensee shall have been convicted of two (2) violations of the terms and provisions of KRS Chapter 241 through 244 or any act heretofore or hereafter in effect relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages or if within such period, any licensee or any clerk, servant, agent or employee of the license shall have twice been convicted of any felony or of any misdemeanor directly or indirectly attributable to the use of alcoholic beverages, or of one (1) such felony and one (1) such misdemeanor.
(4) Willful and deliberate failure or default of a licensee to pay an excise tax or any part thereof, or any penalties imposed by or under the provisions of any statutes, this chapter or acts of Congress relative to taxation, or for a violation of any rules or regulations of the Department of Revenue made in pursuance thereof.
(5) Gambling. See § 120.30.
(6) Conviction of the licensee, the licensee's agents, servants or employees of:
(a) Trafficking or possession upon the licensed premises of controlled or illegal substances described in KRS 218A.
(b) Knowingly permitting the trafficking or possession by patrons upon the licensed premises of controlled or illegal substances described in KRS 218A.
(c) Knowingly receiving stolen property upon the licensed premises.
(Ord. 2018-18, passed 6-19-18)