§ 6-98. Time limit to begin business in licensed establishment; forfeiture for nonuse.

(a)

All holders of licenses under this chapter must, within 12 months after the issuance of the license, open for business the establishment referred to in the license. Failure to open the licensed establishment as referred to in this section within the 12-month period shall serve as an automatic forfeiture and cancellation of the unused license, and no refund of license fees shall be made to the license holder. No alcoholic beverages may be sold until such time as the business is open to the public.

(b)

Any holder of a license under this chapter who shall begin the operation of the business as authorized in the license, but who shall for a period of three consecutive months thereafter cease to operate the business as authorized in the license, shall upon completion of the three-month period automatically forfeit his license, which license shall then, by virtue of such failure to operate, be canceled without the necessity of any further action of the county.

(Ord. of 8-14-73, art. II, § 20; Ord. of 4-14-87; Ord. of 10-24-89, § I; Ord. of 5-11-93; Code 1977, § 3-4-46; Ord. of 7-10-01 (eff. 1-1-02); Amd. of 5-26-09; Amd. of 2-25-14)