§ 5.08.350. Restrictions upon issuance of license.

No license authorized by this chapter shall be issued to:

A.

A person under the age of twenty-one years; or under any legal disability;

B.

A person who is not of good moral character and reputation in the community in which he or she resides;

C.

A person who has been convicted of a felony under any federal or state law, if the president of the village board of trustees determines after investigation that such person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;

D.

A person who has been convicted of being a keeper or is keeping a house of ill fame;

E.

A person who has been convicted of pandering or other crime or misdemeanor opposed to decency and morality;

F.

A person who is an alcoholic or who has a history of drinking problems in incidents in which he or she was intoxicated;

G.

A person who within the past two years has been involved in any battery, assault or fight in which he or she was the aggressor, or who has a history of such conduct;

H.

A person whose license under this chapter or whose license issued by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission has been revoked for cause;

I.

A person who, at the time of application for renewal of any license issued under this chapter, would not be eligible for such license upon a first application;

J.

A copartnership, unless all the members of the copartnership are residents of the village, and all are otherwise qualified to obtain a license;

K.

A corporation, unless it is incorporated in Illinois, or unless it is a foreign corporation which is qualified under the Illinois Business Corporation Act to transact business in Illinois;

L.

A corporation, if any officer, manager or director thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate more than five percent of the stock of such corporation, would not be eligible to receive a license under this chapter for any reason other than citizenship and residence in the village;

M.

A person whose place of business is conducted by a manager or agent, unless such manager or agent possesses the same qualifications required of the licensee;

N.

A person who has been convicted of a violation of any federal or state law concerning the manufacture, possession or sale of alcoholic liquor, or shall have forfeited his or her bond to appear in court to answer charges for any such violation;

O.

A person who does not own the premises for which a license is sought, or does not have a lease thereon, for the full period for which the license is to be issued;

P.

Any law-enforcing public official, the president or member of the village council, and no such official shall be interested in any way, either directly or indirectly, in the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcoholic liquors;

Q.

A person who is not the beneficial owner of the business to be operated by the licensee;

R.

A person who has been convicted of a gambling offense as prescribed by any of subsections (a)(3) through (a)(10) of Section 28-1 of, or as prescribed by Section 28-1.1 or Section 28-3 of the "Criminal Code of 1961" of the state, approved July 28, 1961, as heretofore or hereafter amended, or as prescribed by a statute replacing any of the aforesaid statutory provisions;

S.

A person to whom a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp has been issued by the federal government for the current tax period;

T.

A copartnership to which a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp has been issued by the federal government for the current tax period, or if any of the partners has been issued a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp by the federal government for the current tax period;

U.

A corporation, if any officer, manager or director thereof, or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than twenty percent of the stock of such corporation, has been issued a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp by the federal government for the current tax period;

V.

Any premises for which a federal gaming device stamp or a federal wagering stamp has been issued by the federal government for the current tax period;

W.

A person who has not submitted to photographing and fingerprinting by the police department, or by any other law-enforcing agency with the approval of the chief of police;

X.

Any person not eligible for a state retail liquor dealer's license;

Y.

A person who intends to sell alcoholic liquors for use or consumption on his or her licensed retail premises who does not have liquor liability insurance coverage for that premises in an amount that is at least equal to the maximum liability amounts set out in subsection (a) of Section 6-21 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 found at 235 ILCS 5/101 et seq. or any successor provision of state law.

(Ord. 2003-24 § 1, 2003: Ord. 1988-1 § 88, 1988; Ord. 7-1974 § 25, 1974)