§ 5.08.080. Creation of local licensing authority; membership; term.

A.

There is created a local licensing authority, sometimes referred to as the "licensing authority" or the "authority."

B.

The authority shall consist of five members appointed by the city council. Members shall be, at the time of their appointment and throughout their respective terms of office, residents of the city. No person shall serve on the authority who holds a license for the sale of alcohol beverages or fermented malt beverages, or who has a financial interest in any such license, or who has a financial interest in the business of any person who has such a license, or who is employed in a business licensed to sell alcohol beverages or fermented malt beverages.

C.

Appointments shall be for four-year terms except that, of the persons first appointed to the authority, three shall be appointed for four year terms and two shall be appointed for two-year terms.

D.

The city council may fill any vacancy on the authority for the unexpired term of office, and may remove any member of the authority, with specified reasons given for such removal.

E.

In addition to the regular members of the authority, the city council may appoint one associate member for a four-year term. In the event that any regular member of the authority is temporarily unable to act owing to absence from the city, illness, interest in a case before the authority, or any other cause, the absent member's place may be taken during such time by the associate member who shall have all the powers of a regular member while serving in the place of a regular member.

(Code 1977, § 5.08.080; Ord. No. 1117-1993, § 3; Ord. No. 1138-1993, § 1; Ord. No. 1612-2012, § 5, 3-20-2012)

State law reference

Defined, C.R.S. § 12-47-103.