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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 3-4-6 By Creating the New Class W
Liquor License
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Table 1 of Section 3-4-6 of the Evanston City Code of 2012,
as amended, is hereby further amended and revised to add the following:
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W 'Commercial Beer/Wine None $4,000 $4,000 0 None 11 a.m. —
Indoor 10 p.m.
;Recreation (Mon -Sat);
Facility 12 p.m. —
10 p.m.
(Sun)
SECTION 2: Subsection 3-4-6 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended by the enactment of a new Subsection (W)
thereof, "Class W Liquor License", to read as follows:
(W) CLASS W licenses, which shall authorize the sale of beer and wine for
consumption at a commercial indoor recreation facility, is limited to patrons of at
least twenty-one (21) years of age. Such commercial indoor recreation facility
liquor licenses shall be issued subject to the following conditions:
1. Licensees who offer servings of beer or wine for retail sale shall provide
expanded food service which includes such items as sandwiches,
flatbreads, empanadas, hot dogs, salads, or other similar, a la carte items
to customers who are purchasing beer or wine. Licensees may arrange for
the presence and operation of a mobile food vehicle on or adjacent to the
licensed premises during authorized hours of business to serve food to
customers. Only mobile food vehicle vendors licensed pursuant to Title 8,
Chapter 23 of the City Code shall be allowed to be present and operate.
Licensees required to provide expanded food service shall comply with all
applicable requirements of Title 8, Chapter 6 of the City Code.
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2. Licensees shall not provide more than two (2) servings of beer or wine to
any person in a day. Each serving must not exceed five (5) fluid ounces
for wine and twelve (12) fluid ounces for beer.
3. Class W licensees must have at least one (1) BASSET -certified site
manager on -premises whenever beer or wine is available for on -site
consumption. All persons who sell, open, pour, dispense or serve beer or
wine shall be BASSET certified. Class W licensees must provide food
service whenever beer or wine is available for on -site consumption, in
accordance with the specifications applicable to retail sale for on -site
consumption. The licensee is strictly liable for complying with all provisions
regarding food service. Beer or wine for retail sale for on -site consumption
shall be sold and dispensed only in plastic containers provided by the
licensee. Beer or wine sold within the licensed premises for consumption
on the premises shall' not be removed from the licensed premises. No
alcoholic liquor shall be brought onto the licensed premises or consumed
on the licensed premises other than the beer or wine sold at retail.
4. The sale of beer or wine shall only take place from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00
p.m., Monday through Saturday and from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on
Sunday. No beer or wine may be consumed on the premises after 10:30
p.m. on any given day.
5. Every employee of a Class W licensee who participates in the sale of beer
or wine, pursuant to this license class, must be BASSET -certified.
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 dollars ($4,000.00).
The total fee required hereunder for renewal applicants electing to make
semiannual payments, payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-4-7 of this
Chapter, shall be four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200.00).
No more than zero (0) such license(s) shall be in force at any one (1) time.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
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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 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: D.k�� A4 , 2016 Approved:
Adopted: NGVWMAQJA 14 , 2016 kb-1"'�-W �� , 2016
ElizWeth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
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Rodney Gree e, City Clerk W. Grant Farrar, Corporatiah counsel'
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