Legal Documents of Maryville

In issuing certificates of compliance (which shall total no more than three (3) in the corporate limits), the city council will consider all applications filed before a closing date to be fixed by it and select from such applications the persons deemed by it, in its sole discretion, to have the qualifications required by law and the most suitable circumstances for the lawful operation of the liquor store without regard to the order of time in which the applications are filed. Such persons and only such persons shall receive certificates of compliance issued by the city. Applications shall be retained by the city until such time as all liquor stores for which certificates of compliance have been issued by the city are open for business. At that time, all pending applications which did not result in the granting of a certificate of compliance after consideration by city council will expire and be disposed of by the city. Applications can only be submitted to the city during the time frame the city council has set for receipt of such applications. Applications and all matters submitted with or as part of such applications at the time they are submitted are the sole and exclusive property of the City of Maryville and constitute public records open to public inspection. If an additional certificate of compliance is made available by council adding to the number of liquor stores, the application process for the additional certificate of compliance shall not affect adversely any previous holder of a local liquor retailer's license and such previous holder's license shall remain in full force and effect. (1999 Code, § 8-314)