Ch6.§3-15 · City of Nowthen public records

A. Preliminary background and financial investigation. On an initial application for a license, on an application for transfer of a license and, in the sound discretion of the City Council that it is in the public interest to do so, on an application for renewal of a license, the City shall conduct a preliminary background and financial investigation of the applicant or it may contract with the Commissioner of Public Safety for the investigation. The applicant shall pay with the application an investigation fee of five hundred ($500) dollars which shall be in addition to any license fee. If the cost of the preliminary investigation is less than five hundred ($500) dollars, the unused balance shall be returned to the applicant. The results of the preliminary investigation shall be sent to the Commissioner of Public Safety if the application is for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license or an on-sale wine license. B. Comprehensive background and financial investigation. If the results of a preliminary investigation warrant, in the sound discretion of the City Council, a comprehensive background and financial investigation, the City Council may either conduct the investigation itself or contract with the Commissioner of Public Safety for the investigation. The investigation fee for this comprehensive background and financial investigation to be paid by the applicant shall be five hundred ($500) dollars, less any amount paid for the initial investigation if the investigation is to be conducted within the state, and ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, less any amount paid for the initial investigation, if the investigation is required outside the state. The unused balance of the fee shall be returned to the applicant whether or not the application is denied. The fee shall be paid in advance of any investigation and the amount actually expended on the investigation shall not be refundable in the event the application is denied. The results of the comprehensive investigation shall be sent to the Commissioner of Public Safety if the application is for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license or an on-sale wine license. (Ordinance #26, adopted August 11, 2009) 6-3-16: HEARING AND ISSUANCE: The City Council shall investigate all facts set out in the application and not investigated in the preliminary or comprehensive background and financial investigations. A hearing shall be held in front of the City Council regarding all new on-sale and off-sale liquor licenses. A hearing may be held at the discretion of the City Council regarding all license renewals, and any other license listed in Section 6-3-8 of this Section. After any investigation and/or hearing, the City   Council shall in its sound discretion grant or deny the license application or renewal. No license shall become effective until the proof of financial security has been approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety. (Ordinance #26, adopted August 11, 2009)

Ch.6 § 3-15

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