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No license shall be issued to:

(A) A person who is not a citizen of the United States.

(B) A person who is not of good character and reputation in the community in which he or she resided.

(C) A person who, within two (2) years immediately preceding the date of application, has been convicted of a felony, any crime involving moral turpitude or drunkenness, operating or attempting to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or the violation of any other law of this City or state or any other city or state or of the United States pertaining to alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverages or nonalcoholic malt beverages.

(D) A partnership, unless all members of the partnership shall otherwise be qualified to obtain a license.

(E) A corporation, if any manager, officer or director thereof or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the stock of such corporation would be ineligible to receive a license hereunder for any reason other than citizenship.

(F) A corporation, if any manager, officer or director thereof, or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the stock of such corporation, has been an officer, manager or director, or a stockholder owning in the aggregate more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the stock of a corporation which:

(1) Has had a retailer’s license revoked under K.S.A. 41-2708 and amendments thereto; or

(2) Has been convicted of a violation of the Drinking Establishment Act or the cereal malt beverage laws of this state.

(G) A person whose place of business is conducted by a manager or agent unless such manager or agent possesses the same qualifications required of the licensee.

(H) A person whose spouse would be ineligible to receive a retailer’s license for any reason other than citizenship or age, except that this subsection (H) shall not apply in determining eligibility for a renewal license. (Ord. 21-30 § 1, 2021; Ord. 05-141 § 13, 2005; Ord. 97-51 § 2, 1997; Ord. 87-139 § 1, 1987.)