(A) The duties of the City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator (the "City ABC Administrator") shall be assigned to the office of City Clerk.
(B) The City ABC Administrator shall be appointed by the Mayor and may be removed by the Mayor with or without cause. No conflict of interest shall be deemed to arise if the individual appointed as City ABC Administrator is also employed by the city in some other capacity.
(C) The City ABC Administrator shall take an oath prescribed in Section 228 of the Constitution and shall execute a bond with a good corporate surety in the penal sum of not less than $1,000 before entering upon his or her duties. The cost of this bond shall be borne by the city.
(D) The salary for City ABC Administrator, if any, shall be fixed from time to time by the Council.
(E) The function of the City ABC Administrator shall be the same with respect to city licenses and regulations as the functions of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, created by KRS 241.030, with respect to state licenses and regulations, except that no regulation adopted by a City ABC Administrator may be less stringent than the statutes relating to alcoholic beverage control or than the regulations of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
(F) The City ABC Administrator is authorized to examine and inspect, at any reasonable time, all books and records required to be maintained by licensees under KRS 244.150. The licensee shall submit to the City ABC Administrator a copy of all reports which the licensee is required or elects to submit to or file with the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
(G) The City ABC Administrator, on his or her own initiative or on complaint of any person, may institute proceedings to suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter.
(Ord. 2005-03, passed 8-17-05; Am. Ord. 2005-0006, passed 9-12-05)
Penalty, see § 116.99