[Ord. No. 1398, § 1, 3-10-2003]
(a) Any applicant seeking an intermunicipal transfer of a liquor license
or economic development liquor license under Act 141 of the Liquor
Code shall complete the township's application form which shall
be available from the township.
(b) The township application may be amended from time to time by resolution
of Township Council.
(c) The township's application shall contain, but is not limited
to, a request for the following information:
(1) Applicant name; address; telephone number; fax number.
(2) Applicant's representative or attorney name; address; telephone
number; fax number.
(3) Location and name of the establishment of the liquor license proposed
to be transferred or issued.
(4) License number/LID number of the liquor license proposed to be transferred.
(5) Proposed location of the liquor license to be transferred or issued,
including street address, parcel number and block and unit number.
(6) The name of the establishment sought to be licensed and proposed
use.
(7) Type of liquor license proposed to be transferred or issued.
(8) Present zoning classification of proposed location of the liquor
license to be transferred or issued.
(9) Anticipated date for liquor license transfer or issuance and commencement
of operations.
(10)
Other locations owned or operated by the applicant which currently
hold liquor licenses, including name, address and liquor license number
of these establishments.
(11)
Whether applicant or anyone associated with locations owned
or operated by the applicant which currently holds liquor licenses
has ever been cited with liquor law violations.
(12)
Whether applicant has had a liquor license transfer or application
denied.
(13)
Whether applicant, or if a corporation, any officer or director
of the corporation, or if a partnership or association, any member
or partner of the partnership or association, has been convicted or
found guilty of a felony within the past five years.
(14)
Name, address and distance from
proposed licensed premises of:
a. Nearest licensed establishments.
c. Nearest public playgrounds.
e. Nearest charitable institutions.
(15)
List of existing liquor licenses in Plymouth Township which
are inactive, in safekeeping and/or for sale, including name, address
and telephone number of contact person for each.
(16)
Verification by the applicant that the information contained
in the application is true and correct; that the presentation of false
information shall subject the applicant to possible arrest, fines
and imprisonment; and acknowledgment that submission of false information
may constitute grounds for denial of a liquor license transfer or
issuance.
[Ord. No. 1398, § 1, 3-10-2003]
(a) The township shall hold a public hearing in conformity with Act 141
of the Liquor Code and at the public hearing a court reporter shall
be present to make a transcript of the hearing.
(b) The township shall have the right to post the property upon which
the liquor license is sought but shall not be required to do so.
(c) The township shall publish a public notice of its intention to hold
a public hearing once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in the township. Such notice shall state the
time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter
to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall no be
more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than
seven days from the date of the hearing.
(d) The township shall mail or deliver a notice of the hearing to the
owner or to the occupier of every lot on the same street within five
hundred (500) feet of the location of the lot upon which the liquor
license would be transferred or issued and to the owner or occupier
of every lot not on the same street within one hundred fifty (150)
feet of the location of the lot upon which the liquor license would
be transferred or issued, provided that failure to give such notice
shall not invalidate any action taken by Plymouth Township Council.
[Ord. No. 1398, § 1, 3-10-2003]
(a) There shall be a fee accompanying the application to be set by resolution,
from time to time, by Plymouth Township Council.
[Ord. No. 1398, § 1, 3-10-2003; Ord. No. 1475, § 1, 5-14-2007]
(a) The township shall render a written decision by resolution to approve
or disapprove the applicant's request for an intermunicipal transfer
of a liquor license or for the issuance of an economic development
license within 45 days of the last public hearing.
(b) The township may approve the request.
(c) A decision by Plymouth Township Council to deny the request may not
be appealed.