185—4.2 (123) General requirements. All applicants for liquor control licenses, wine permits, or beer permits shall comply with the following requirements, where applicable, prior to receiving a liquor license, wine permit, or beer permit.
	 4.2(1) Cleanliness of premises. The interior and exterior of all licensed premises shall be kept clean, free of litter or rubbish, painted and in good repair. Licensees and permittees shall at all times keep and maintain their respective premises in compliance with the laws, orders, ordinances and rules of the state, county and city health and fire departments and the Iowa department of inspections and appeals.
	 4.2(2) Toilet facilities. All licensees and permittees who mix, serve, or sell alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer for consumption on the licensed premises shall provide for their patrons adequate, conveniently located separate indoor or outdoor toilet facilities for men and women, which shall conform to county, city, and department of inspections and appeals’ rules and regulations. In case of outdoor facilities, they shall be approved by the department of inspections and appeals and the local approving authority where the licensed premises is located.
	 4.2(3) Water. All licensed establishments shall be equipped with hot and cold running water from a source approved by an authorized health department.
	 4.2(4) Financial standing and reputation. A local authority or the administrator may consider an applicant’s financial standing and good reputation in addition to the other requirements and conditions for obtaining a liquor control license, wine or beer permit, or certificate of compliance, and the local authority or the administrator shall disapprove or deny an application for a liquor control license, wine or beer permit, or certificate of compliance if the applicant fails to demonstrate that the applicant complies with the lawful requirements and conditions for holding the license, permit or certificate of compliance.
	  a.   	 In evaluating an applicant’s “financial standing,” the local authority or the administrator may consider the following: An applicant’s “financial standing” may include, but is not limited to, verified source(s) of financial support and adequate operating capital for the applicant’s proposed establishment, a record of prompt payment of local or state taxes due, a record of prompt payment to the local authority of fees or charges made by a local authority for municipal utilities or other municipal services incurred in conjunction with the proposed establishment, and a record of prompt payment or satisfaction of administrative penalties imposed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 123.
	  b.   	 In evaluating an applicant’s “good reputation,” the local authority or the administrator may consider such factors as, but not limited to, the following: pattern or practice of sales of alcoholic beverages to 19- and 20-year-old persons for which the licensee or permittee, the licensee’s or permittee’s agents or employees, have pled or have been found guilty, pattern and practice by the licensee or permittee, or the licensee’s or permittee’s agents or employees, of violating alcoholic beverages laws and regulations for which corrective action has been taken since the previous license or permit was issued, sales to intoxicated persons, licensee or permittee convictions for violations of laws relating to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the recency of convictions under laws relating to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, licensee or permittee misdemeanor convictions, the recency of the misdemeanor convictions.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 123.3(11), 123.21(11) and 123.30.