5.15.040 License application.
A. All applications for licenses authorized by this chapter shall be verified and filed with the community development director of West Point City and shall state the applicant’s name in full, that the applicant has complied with the requirements and possesses the qualifications specified in the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, and if the applicant is a co-partner, the names and addresses of all partners, and if a corporation or limited liability company, the names and addresses of all officers and directors of the corporation or members of the limited liability company, and must be subscribed by the applicant who must state under oath that the facts stated therein are true.
B. The applicant for such license, together with such information as is required by the city to be attached thereto, shall be referred to the code enforcement officer for inspection and report. The code enforcement officer shall, within 10 business days after receiving such application, make report to the city council of the following:
1. The general reputation and character of the persons who habitually frequent the place;
2. The nature and kind of business conducted at such place by the applicant or by any other person, or by the applicant at any other place;
3. Whether alcoholic beverages are or have been served or permitted to be consumed in said place, or by said applicant at any other place;
4. Whether said business is, or has been, conducted in a lawful, quiet and orderly manner;
5. The nature and kind of entertainment, if any, at said place;
6. The proximity of the premises to any church, public school, public library, public playground, public building, or park. The code enforcement officer shall add to his report his recommendation as to granting or denying the application.
C. Upon receipt of the code enforcement officer’s report, the city council shall act upon the application as it shall deem necessary to protect the public health, safety, welfare and morals of the city.
D. Licenses may not be granted to sell beer within 600 feet of any church, public school, public library, public playground, or park as measured from the nearest entrance of the restaurant by following the shortest route of either ordinary pedestrian or, where applicable, vehicular travel along public thoroughfares, whichever is closer to the property boundary of the church, public school, public library, public playground, or park.
E. Each licensee must be over 21 years of age.
F. Each licensee shall not be delinquent in his financial obligations to the city. [Ord. 11-20-2007B § 2. Code 2000 § 16-3-4].