[Ord. No. 2022-008, § 1, 2-14-2022]
A. 
Each person holding a valid license desiring such license renewed, shall file with the Enforcement Agency an application for license renewal on or before the first day of May and not later than the 30th day of May each year. Failure to submit the completed renewal application by May 1, will be subject to late charges approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees maintained in the Finance Department.
B. 
Applications shall be accompanied by a license issued by the Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, a No Tax Due Letter issued by the Missouri Department of Revenue within the last ninety (90) days, a criminal record check from the Missouri State Highway Patrol completed within the last six (6) months, proof of voter registration, and a copy of the liquor license issued by Cass County, Missouri.
C. 
Proper Parties To File. The application shall be filed by the actual owner, if a single ownership, or if a partnership, information on all partners shall be included with the application, or if a corporation, the person filing must be a stockholder in the corporation for such filing.
D. 
Contents Of Application. The application shall disclose in affidavit form any information the Enforcement Agency deems necessary.
E. 
If during the period for which a license is granted, there are any change of facts or information differing from that set forth in the original or in any renewal application on file, written notice shall be given by the license holder within ten (10) days after the change to the Enforcement Agency.
F. 
Refusal To Renew. If any affidavit contains information which does not justify such renewal or if the Enforcement Agency has other information that the applicant has not met all the other requirements of this Chapter, the Enforcement Agency, in its discretion, may refuse to renew such license. In the event of such refusal, the applicant shall be given a hearing before the Enforcement Agency in the same manner as provided for revocation or suspension proceedings, and such applicant shall be entitled to take the matter to the City Council in the manner provided in this Chapter.
G. 
If any licensee fails to file an application for license renewal during the prescribed time, then such license shall be automatically suspended until such application is filed.
No license shall be transferable or assignable except as provided by 311.250 RSMo.
A. 
No person holding a license under this Chapter to manufacture or sell alcoholic beverages shall make any change in the ownership of the business without first filing a completed application to change the managing officer and submitting same to the Enforcement Agency. A criminal record check from the Missouri State Highway Patrol completed within the last six (6) months, proof of voter registration, and authorization from the entity approving the appointment of the new managing officer.
B. 
Whenever a corporation holding a liquor license under the provisions of this Chapter makes application for a change of managing officers, a fee approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees maintained in the Finance Department.
C. 
The Enforcement Agency may have ten (10) days from the filing of the application and required information provided for in subsection A of this Section before approving the transferee or purchaser. Any such application not acted upon within a period of ten (10) days from the date of filing may be considered disapproved and the applicant may make an appeal in the manner provided in this Chapter.
If one (1) or more members of a partnership having a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages withdraws from the partnership, the Enforcement Agency, upon application accompanied by a bill of sale or affidavit of transfer, shall allow the remaining partner or partners originally licensed, to continue the operation under the original license for the remainder of the period for which the license fee has been paid and it shall not be necessary for the remaining partner or partners to secure a new license until the expiration of the license.
A. 
No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferable or assignable except as herein provided. In the event of the death of the licensee, the widow or widower or the next of kin of such deceased licensee, who shall meet the other requirements of this law may make application and the Enforcement Agency may transfer such license to permit the operation of the business of the deceased for the remainder of the period for which a license fee has been paid by the deceased.
B. 
Whenever one (1) or more members of a partnership withdraws from the partnership the supervisor of liquor control, upon being requested, shall permit the remaining partner, or partners, originally licensed, to continue to operate for the remainder of the period for which the license fee has been paid, without obtaining a new license.