Legal Documents of Baxter

Before any permit is issued by the board of mayor and councilmen, the applicant therefor shall file with the board of mayor and councilmen a sworn petition in writing and shall establish the following:

1. The name and residence of the applicant.
2. The location of the premises at which the business shall be conducted.
3. The owner or owners of such premises.
4. That the applicant shall not engage in the sale of such beverages except at the place or places for which the board of mayor and councilmen has issued permits or permit to such applicant.
5. That no sale of such beverages will be made except in accordance with the permit granted.
6. The applicant shall state as to whether the permit for the sale of beer is sought for consumption on the premises or for sale to be carried off the premises with no consumption on the premises.
7. The application, if for a Class A off-premises consumption permit, is for a grocery store/convenience store; if for a Class A on-premises consumption permit, is for a restaurant; if for Class B on-premises consumption permit (Tennessee Motor Speedway Track). All applicants shall state how many years that they have been in business at the premises to be licensed, and the straight-line distances to the closest school, the closest church, and to any other nearby place of public gathering.
8. That neither the applicant nor any persons employed, or to be employed by him in such distribution or sale of such beverage, has ever been convicted of any violation of the law against prohibition, sale, possession, manufacture, or transportation of intoxicating liquor, or of any crime involving moral turpitude within the past ten (10) years.
9. That the applicant has not had a license for the sale of legalized beer or other beverages of like alcoholic content revoked.
10. The application shall state whether the person applying will conduct the business in person, or whether he is acting as agent for any other person.
11. That no brewer or distiller of legalized beer or any other beverage of like alcoholic content has any interest, financial or otherwise, in the premises upon or in which the business to be licensed is carried on.
12. That no brewer or distiller of legalized beer or any other beverages of like alcoholic content has any interest, financial or otherwise, in the business which is licensed, or requested to be licensed.
13. That the applicant will not thereafter convey or grant any brewer or distiller of legalized beer of any other beverage of like alcoholic content any interest in either the business which is licensed to be carried on, or in any other property at which such business may thereafter be carried on.
14. That the applicant has, at the time of making such application, no indebtedness or other financial obligation to any brewer or distiller of legalized beer or other beverage of like alcoholic content, and will not, during the period such license shall be in force, contract any financial obligation to any brewer or distiller of legalized beer or other beverage of like alcoholic content other than for the purchase of such beer or other beverage of like alcoholic content.
15. This application shall be verified by the affidavit of the applicant, made before a notary public or the city recorder, and if any false statement is made in any part of such application, the permit or license granted or issued to the applicant shall be revoked by the board of mayor and councilmen. (2011 Code, § 8-304, modified)