§ 3-14-49. Application for retail license.

(a)

Any person who wishes to obtain a retail license for the sale of alcoholic beverages shall file with the business license supervisor a written application on a form provided by the county. Each applicant shall pay an administration fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and shall also tender with the application the license fee provided by this article. Said application shall include the following information:

(1)

Full name, home address, social security number and birth date of the applicant and the applicant's manager or agent, if different from the applicant, and whether the applicant is an individual, partnership or corporation, provided that the manager of each location owned by a corporation must receive the license in his name if the principal owner of the corporation resides in another county; if the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of each partner must be shown; if the applicant is a manager of a corporation or owner of a corporation, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of each officer of the corporation must be shown. If applicant is the owner, he must own at least a twenty-five (25) percent share of the business.

(2)

The location or address of the place of business at which the applicant will engage in business, if and when permission to do so is granted by the county and a license is issued. The applicant shall include the plans for the building in which the business shall be operated, a plan of the property on which said building shall be situated and a parking diagram.

(3)

The names of all persons who have or will have an interest, monetary or otherwise, in the business which the licensee will operate under the license.

(4)

The results of a police check (i.e., local records, GCIC and FBI).

(5)

The employment record of applicant and operator/manager.

(6)

Such other information as the board of commissioners may require from time to time.

(b)

As a prerequisite to the issuance of any such license, the applicant shall furnish a complete set of fingerprints which shall be forwarded to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

(c)

Each applicant shall make a sworn statement of his qualifications on the application form and place same on file with the business license supervisor before any license is issued. Any misrepresentation or concealment of fact in said application or sworn statement shall be grounds for revocation of license.

(Ord. No. 82-3, §§ V, XII(3), (6), 3-16-82; Ord. No. 86-05, 3-18-86; Ord. No. 97-01, § 18, 2-5-97; Ord. No. 07-06, § 1, 7-9-07)