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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 3-4-6(E), Amending the Class E Liquor
License To Allow Sale of Alcoholic Liquor Greater than 6.76 Fluid
Ounces and Wine Greater than 6.32 Fluid Ounces
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Section 3-4-6(E) of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended and revised as follows:
(E) Class E licenses, which shall authorize in the retail package store area the retail
sale in package stores of alcoholic liquor in original packages to persons of at
least twenty-one (21) years of age for consumption off the premises. Each Class
E license shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. It shall be unlawful for a Class E licensee to sell a single container of beer
unless the volume of the container is equal to or greater than forty (40)
fluid ounces or 1.18 liters. It shall be unlawful for a licensee to bundle,
tape, package, or otherwise manipulate single containers of beer for sale
as a set. Any such manipulation of packaging shall be a violation of this
Subsection. Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed as prohibiting
the sale of packages containing six (6) single containers of beer, including
such packages consisting of various single containers of beer chosen by
the consumer.
2. It shall be unlawful for a Class E licensee to sell a single container of wine
unless the container is greater than 6.32 fluid ounces or 0.187 liters.
3. It shall be unlawful for a Class E licensee to sell a single container of
alcoholic liquor, except beer and wine which are regulated by Subsections
(E)1 and (E)2 of this Section, unless the container is greater than 6.76
fluid ounces or 0.20 liters.
4. The sale of alcoholic liquor at retail pursuant to the Class E license may
begin after 8:00 a.m., Monday through Sunday. Alcoholic liquor shall not
be sold after the hour of 12:00 midnight on any day.
The applicant for a Class E license shall pay a first year license fee of twenty-five
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thousand dollars ($25,000.00). Thereafter, the annual fee for a Class E license
shall be four thousand one hundred dollars ($4,100.00).
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: 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.
SECTION 4: 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 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
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