(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership or any other entity to conduct, manage, keep or operate a hotel or motel without having first obtained a license therefore.
(B) No license, pursuant to this chapter, shall be issued without a valid certificate of occupancy having been issued for the structure by the building official of the Village.
(C) No license shall be issued to any applicant if any manager, owner or person owing more than five percent (5%) of the shares of stock in the hotel or motel has, within seven (7) years next preceding submission of an application for a hotel or motel license, has been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, or any offense involving gambling, prostitution, a violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or any other felony offense as provided by the Illinois Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/1-1, et seq.). (Ord. 21-O-46, 9-27-2021)