§ 4-58. Criteria for disqualification of applicant or location.

No license for the sale of malt beverages only, wine only, or malt beverages and wine, shall be issued to:

(1)

A person under 21 years of age.

(2)

A person of unsound mind.

(3)

A person who is not a citizen of the United States.

(4)

A person who at the time of application for renewal of any license would not be eligible for the license upon a first application.

(5)

A person who is serving as an elected city official or the city administrator; nor shall any license be granted to any business in which any person falling under this subsection holds any interest.

(6)

A person who has held a previous license that has been revoked for cause within a period of three years immediately prior to the filing of the application.

(7)

Any person as determined by the city council by reason of the person's business experience, financial standing, trade associations, personal associations, record of arrest, or reputation in any community in which applicant has resided, who is not likely to maintain the operation for which applicant is seeking a license in conformity with federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations.

(8)

Any person convicted under any federal, state or local law of any felony involving moral turpitude.

(9)

Any person who has been convicted under any federal, state or local law of any felony not involving moral turpitude within ten years immediately preceding the filing of application for the license.

(10)

Any person convicted under any federal, state, or local law of a misdemeanor, particularly, but not limited to, those involving alcoholic beverages, gambling or tax law violations, if the conviction tends to indicate that the applicant will not maintain the operation for which the applicant is seeking a license in conformity with federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations.

(11)

A location not suitable in the city council's judgment and discretion because:

a.

Of traffic congestion;

b.

The general character of the neighborhood; or

c.

By reason of the effect that the establishment would have on the adjacent and surrounding properties or neighborhood.

(12)

A location within an area where, in the city council's judgment, the number of malt beverages only licenses, wine only licenses, or malt beverages and wine licenses, already granted makes it contrary to the public interest or welfare.

(13)

A location at which a previous malt beverages only licenses, wine only license, or malt beverages and wine license, has been revoked or suspended, and where, in the city council's judgment, the problems which have arisen from the operation of a license at the location indicate that it is not in the interest of public health, safety, welfare or morals that the sale of malt beverages only, wine only, or malt beverages and wine, be permitted at the location.

(14)

An application that has included untrue or misleading information in an application or made or allowed to be made a material omission in the application for a license.

(Ord. No. 2013-01, § 1, 10-7-2013)