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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 3-4-6-(C) to Decrease the Number of Class C
Liquor Licenses from Nineteen to Eighteen
(BL Restaurant Operations, LLC, d/b/a Bar Louie, 1520 Sherman
Avenue)
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Class C of Table 1, Section 3-4-6 of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended, is hereby further amended and revised as follows:
C Hotel Liquor None $4,300 $4,300 4.9-18 None
or
Restaurant
11 a.m. — 1
a.m. (Mon -
Wed);
11 a.m. — 2
a.m. (Thurs-
Sat);
10 a.m. — 1
a.m. (Sun)
11 a.m. — 2
a.m. on New
Year's Day,
Memorial
Day, Fourth
of July, Labor
Day and
Thanksgiving
SECTION 2: Subsection 3-4-6-(C) of the. Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended by decreasing the number of Class C liquor licenses from
nineteen (19) to eighteen (18) to read as follows:
(C) CLASS C licenses, which shall authorize the sale on the premises specified of alcoholic
liquor only for consumption on the premises while food is available. Such licenses may
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be issued only to hotels or restaurants in the core area. Establishments holding Class C
licenses must have some food service available when alcoholic liquor is being sold. The
meanings of "hotel," "restaurant," and "core area" shall be as defined in 3-4-1 of this
Chapter.
1. The sale of alcoholic liquor shall not take place between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and
11:00 a.m., except that sales may be made up to 2:00 a.m. on Friday, Saturday,
Sunday mornings and up to 2:00 a.m. on the mornings of January 1, Memorial Day,
July 4, Labor Day and Thanksgiving; however, no such sales shall be made between
2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
2. A licensee operating a licensed restaurant which leases space in a hotel, may sell
alcoholic liquor to registered guests of that hotel. Any alcoholic liquor sold must be
consumed on the premises of the hotel, and be sold while food service is available in
the restaurant or hotel.
The applicant for the renewal only of such licenses may elect to pay the amount herein required
semiannually or annually. Such election shall be made at the time of application.
The annual single payment fee for initial issuance or renewal of such license shall be four
thousand three hundred dollars ($4,300.00).
The total fee required hereunder for renewal applicants electing to make semiannual payments,
payable pursuant to the provisions of 3-4-7 of this Chapter, shall be four thousand five hundred
fifteen dollars ($4,515.00).
No more than RiReteeR eiohteen (a 9 18) such license(s) shall be in force at any one (1) time.
repealed.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
SECTION 4: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without the
invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid application of this ordinance
is severable.
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SECTION 5: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be prima
facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by the Illinois
Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: j,, y 1.1th , 2020 Approved:
Adopted: July 13th , 2020 July 21 , 2020
Stephen H. Hagerty, Mayor
Attest:c� Approved as to form:
Devon Reid, City Clerk Kelley A. Gandurski, Corporation Counsel
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