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Effective Date: June 25, 2014 4/22/2014
4/15/2014
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AN -ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Sections 3-4-1 and 3-4-6 By Creating the New
Class O Liquor License Allowing the Sale of Beer at
Automobile Service Stations Which Have
More Than 3000 Feet of Interior Floor Space
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: That Section 3-4-1 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, which defines terms as used in Chapter 4: Liquor Control Regulations, is
hereby further amended to include the following:
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AUTOMOBILE SERVICE A building, property, or structure the principal
STATION (GAS use of which dispenses or offers for retail sale
STATION). of automotive fuels or oils and incidental
convenience goods; having pumps and storage
tanks thereon, and where battery, tire and
other similar services, are rendered, but only if
rendered wholly within lot lines. "Automobile
service stations" shall not include an
automotive body repair establishment or a car
wash.
SECTION 2: That Subsection 3-4-6 of the Evanston City Code of 2012,
as amended, is hereby further amended by the enactment of a new Subsection (0)
thereof, "Class O Liquor License", to- read as follows:
(0) CLASS O licenses, which shall authorize the retail sale of beer in automobile.
service stations as defined in. Section 3-4-1 of this Chapter, and in ..original.
packages to persons of at least twenty-one (21) years of age for consumption off
_ the premises. The applicant for such license shall pay an initial fee of $2,000.00
i and thereafter an annual fee of $2,000.00.
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1. It shall be unlawful for a Class O licensee to sell a single container of beer
unless the volume of the container is- greater than forty -(40) 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.
2. The retail sale of beer pursuant to the Class O license may begin after 8:00
a.m., Monday through Sunday. Beer shall not be sold after the hour of 12.00
midnight on any day. The retail sale of beer area on the premises shall
occupy no more than four hundred (400') square feet of floor space.
3. No sale of beer shall be allowed to any patron who is occupying a motor
vehicle at the time of sale. Retail sale of beer pursuant to this license class
shall only be allowed in a licensed premise which has more than three
thousand (3000') square feet of interior floor space.
4. No sale of beer shall be allowed from a drive-in window or other similar
opening in the licensed premises to any patron. All employees who sell beer
to patrons shall have BASSET training.
The total number of Class O licenses in effect at any one (1) time shall not
exceed zero (0).
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
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.
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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: -a�lr , 2014 Approved -
Adopted: ��sl� 2?j 2014 2014
Eli th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest:
Ro ey Gre e, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
W. Grant Fa rr ar, Corporation Counsel
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