§ 4-51. Contact person.

All license holders under this chapter must provide an individual to be designated the "contact person" who is a Bartow County resident for all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter as follows:

(1)

If the license holder is a Bartow County resident, then said license holder shall be the contact person;

(2)

The contact person shall be the individual upon who all notices and violations are to be provided to if not the license holder.

(3)

If the license holder is not a Bartow County resident, the license holder must designate one (1) employee officer, property owner or lessor of the location, or an attorney who is a Bartow County resident as the contact person;

(4)

If the contact person ceases to become employed at the licensed establishment, then the license holder must within three (3) business days notify the director of planning and development for the city and a new contact person must be employed, named and appointed by the license holder within ten (10) business days from the previous contact person's termination of employment;

(5)

A contact person is subject to all provisions of this chapter;

(6)

The license holder must in writing designate the contact person on the forms provided by the planning and development department upon initial application, renewals and/or changes in the contact person;

(7)

All service of notices and/or violations required by this chapter may be made to the contact person in lieu of the license holder for the purposes of this chapter. The license holder shall be responsible for any service of any notice to the contact person and for any and all actions requested;

(8)

If at any time, an establishment licensed under this chapter does not have a contact person except as provided for in paragraph (4) herein, then said establishment cannot sell alcoholic beverages, and must immediately cease the sale of all alcoholic beverages and post a notice on the premises on all doors open to the public, until a new contact person has been designated;

(9)

If a licensee operates an establishment without a contact person, except as provided for in paragraph (4), then said licensee is subject to the suspension and revocation of his license as provided for in this chapter for all violations of this chapter;

(10)

All contact persons must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

(11)

a.

The following identification items shall be presented to the Cartersville Police Department prior to an application or renewal being filed for all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter:

1.

A picture identification being either a naturalization documents, valid passport, valid driver's license or valid state identification card; and

2.

Social Security number or work visa.

b.

The Cartersville Police Department shall issue a certificate of compliance that all information is complete prior to the department of planning and development accepting an application for review.

c.

If the certificate of compliance is not issued, the department of planning and development is not authorized to accept an application.

d.

A contact person under this division must be and continue to be a person of good moral character, a resident of the United States for a period of at least two (2) years, and must meet the following additional qualifications, which shall be required during the entire period that he/she is the designated contact person.

1.

The contact person shall not have been convicted, within ten (10) years of the date of his application, of a felony or any violation of the laws of this state or any other state relating to the sale of distilled spirits, alcoholic liquor, malt beverages or wine.

2.

The contact person shall not have had revoked, for cause, such as a violation of regulations or improper operation, within three (3) years next preceding his application, any license issued to him by any state, county, or municipality to sell distilled spirits, alcoholic liquor or malt beverages. This subsection shall not apply to any licenses heretofore revoked by this city.

3.

The contact person shall make a sworn statement of his qualifications under paragraphs (1) and (2) and shall place it on file with the alcohol control board before any license is issued. Any misstatement or concealment of fact in the application shall be grounds for revocation of the license issued and shall make the contact person liable to prosecution for perjury under the laws of the state.

4.

The contact person must not have any past due city taxes, bills, fees, assessments or any other charges.

5.

A violation of any of the above qualifications and restrictions shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of the license issued.

6.

The contact person must be a resident of Bartow County, Georgia.

7.

Each contact person's application must include three (3) letters of recommendation from residents of Bartow County.

(Ord. No. 81-05, § I, 10-6-05; Ord. No. 51-08, § 1, 12-4-08; Ord. No. 04-13, § 1, 2-21-13)