Kingdom City Administration of Law: License Suspension/Revocation ordinance (§ 600.090)

A. Suspension Or Revocation Of License — When — Manner. The Board of Trustees may suspend or revoke the license of any person for cause shown. In such cases the Village Clerk shall schedule a hearing before the Board of Trustees or a hearing officer not less than ten (10) days prior to the effective date of revocation or suspension. Prior to the hearing the Clerk shall give not less than ten (10) days' written notice to the licensee specifying the grounds upon which the license is sought to be revoked or suspended and the time, date and place of the hearing. Notice may be accomplished by personal delivery, United States mail or by posting on the licensed premises. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Section 600.100 of this Chapter.

B. Grounds For Suspension Or Revocation. A license may be suspended or revoked for any of the following reasons:

1. Violating any of the provisions of either this Chapter, Chapter 311, RSMo., or any ordinance of the Village; or

2. Failing to obtain or keep a license from the State Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco Control; or

3. Making a false affidavit in an application for a license under this Chapter; or

4. Failing to keep an orderly place or house; or

5. Selling, offering for sale, possessing or knowingly permitting the consumption on the licensed premises of any kind of intoxicating liquors, the sale, possession or consumption of which is not authorized under the license; or

6. Selling, offering for sale, possessing or knowingly permitting the consumption of any intoxicating liquor which has not been inspected and labeled according to the laws of the State of Missouri; or

7. Selling, giving, or otherwise supplying intoxicating liquor to:

a. Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, or

b. Any person during unauthorized hours on the licensed premises, or

c. A habitual drunkard or to any person who is under or apparently under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or

d. Any person on the licensed premises during a term of suspension as ordered by the Board of Trustees.

C. Automatic Revocation/Suspension. A license shall be revoked automatically if the licensee's State liquor license is revoked or if the licensee is convicted in any court of any violation of this Chapter or Chapter 311, RSMo., or of any felony violation of Chapter 195 or 579, RSMo., in the course of business. A license shall be suspended automatically if the licensee's State liquor license is suspended, and the suspension shall be for a term not less than that imposed by the State.

D. Effect Of Suspension. No person whose license shall have been suspended by order of the Board of Trustees shall sell or give away any intoxicating liquor during the time such suspension is in effect. Any licensee desiring to keep premises open for the sale of food or merchandise during the period of suspension shall display the Board of Trustees's order of suspension in a conspicuous place on the premises so that all persons visiting the premises may readily see the same.