A liquor license held in safekeeping for more than the allotted three years should not be revoked if its owner makes a good-faith effort to reinstate the license but fails, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
In a unanimous March 29 memorandum opinion in Club 530 v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the court found that Club 530 Inc. was not at fault for the circumstances that prevented it from reinstating its liquor license within three years and the license should not have been automatically revoked. Because the club lacks a valid health license, however, the decision nonetheless vacated a portion of the trial court’s ruling that reinstated the club’s license, giving the club 60 days to demonstrate compliance with the Liquor Code in order to reissue the license.
