A. License Term: Each alcoholic liquor license shall commence on May 1 and shall terminate on April 30 next following its issuance; however, alcoholic liquor licenses may commence after May 1 for less than a full one year term, but shall terminate on April 30 next following its issuance, when the application therefor is reviewed by the Local Liquor Control Commission during the regular license term, which normally commences on May 1.
B. Licenses Not To Constitute Property; Not Transferable: An alcoholic liquor license shall be purely a personal privilege and shall be valid for the time specified therein unless sooner revoked or suspended, and shall not constitute property nor shall it be subject to attachment, garnishment or execution; nor shall it be alienable or transferable, voluntarily or involuntarily, or subject to be encumbered or hypothecated. Such license shall not descend by the laws of testate or intestate devolution, but it shall cease upon the death of the licensee; provided that executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased licensee, and the trustee of any insolvent or bankrupt licensee, when such estate consists in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale or manufacture of alcoholic liquor under order of the appropriate court, and may exercise the privileges of the deceased or insolvent or bankrupt licensee after the death of such decedent, or such insolvency or bankruptcy until the expiration of such license, but no longer than six (6) months after the death, bankruptcy or insolvency of such licensee. A refund shall be made of that portion of the license fees paid for any full calendar month in which the licensee shall be prevented from operating under such license in accordance with the provisions of this section.
C. Change Of Location: A retail alcoholic liquor license shall permit the sale of alcoholic liquor only in the premises described in the application and license. Such location may be changed only upon the written application to make such change and issuance of permission by the Local Liquor Control Commission. No change of location shall be permitted unless the proposed new location is a proper one for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor under the laws of this State and the provisions of this chapter.
D. License To Be Posted: Every person who shall obtain an alcoholic liquor license under this chapter shall at all times keep the license hung or posted in some conspicuous place in his tavern, or other place of business, where said alcoholic liquors are sold.
E. Sanitary Condition Of Premises: All premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor or for the storage of such liquor for such sale, shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and shall be kept in full compliance with applicable laws of the State and ordinances of the Village regulating the condition of premises used for the storage or sale of food for human consumption.
F. Sale To Minors: It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty one (21) years to purchase or obtain any alcoholic liquor in any tavern, or other place in the Village where alcoholic liquor is sold. (Ord. 89-04, 4-3-1989)
G. Insurance: All persons granted a license to sell alcoholic liquor within the Village under the provisions of this chapter shall carry dramshop insurance with limits of coverage not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).
Evidence of such dramshop insurance shall be filed with the Village Clerk or Deputy Village Clerk, together with a receipt for the payment of the premiums and a certificate of insurance designating the Village as a party entitled to written notice in the event of the cancellation of said insurance coverage, for any reason whatsoever, within ten (10) days of said cancellation, before any license shall be issued hereunder. (Ord. 2017-14, 5-22-2017)