Following is a list of reasons a temporary permit may not be issued or can be revoked. Per RCW 66.24.010, the board has broad discretionary authority to approve or deny a liquor license or permit application. Refusal by the board to issue or extend a temporary license shall not entitle the applicant to request a hearing.
- (1) An applicant who has received a temporary license and their application is later administratively closed, and they reapply for a liquor license at the same location.
- (2) The local authority objects for any reason.
- (3) The applicant affirmatively refuses to submit documents requested by the board to conduct the application investigation.
- (4) The applicant accrues or is involved in an administrative violation committed while operating under a temporary license.
- (5) The investigator is unable to determine the true party of interest.
- (6) The applicant fails to meet the basic requirements of the license.
- (7) An objection is received from a privately or publicly funded elementary or secondary school within five hundred feet of the proposed location.
- (8) Violation history of the applicant is found to be sufficient to raise the application to threshold decision.
- (9) Upon denial of the permanent license, the temporary license will be immediately revoked.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030. WSR 17-12-030, § 314-07-060, filed 5/31/17, effective 7/1/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030 and 66.24.010. WSR 15-11-106, § 314-07-060, filed 5/20/15, effective 6/20/15; WSR 10-10-126, § 314-07-060, filed 5/5/10, effective 6/5/10.]