HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2013-119-O-13• Effective Date: December 13, 2013 10/11/2013
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Subsection 3-4-6-(Y), Class Y Liquor Licenses,
To Permit Limited Sale of Wine by the Glass
NOW. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS THAT:
SECTION 1: Subsection 3-4-6-(Y) of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
(Y) Class Y licenses, which shall authorize the retail sale of alcoholic liquor, wine and
beer to persons of at least twenty-one (21) years of age as set forth herein.
1. It shall be unlawful for a Class Y licensee to sell a single sealed container
of wine unless the container is greater than or equal to sixteen (16) fluid
ounces or four hundred seventy-three thousandths liter (0.473 1).
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2. The sale of alcoholic liquor at retail pursuant to the Class Y 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.
3. Wine tasting shall be permitted during authorized hours of business.
Licensees shall not provide more than three (3) free samples, each of
which shall not exceed one (1) fluid ounce, to any person in a day.
Licensees may sell wine samples, but the volume of any wine sample sold
shall not exceed six (6) fluid ounces and the total volume of all samples
sold to a person in a day shall not twelve (12) fluid ounces. Licensees
shall not provide and/or sell more than a total of fifteen (15) fluid ounces of
wine samples to any person in a day. Beer tasting of only the beers
permitted to be sold under this classification for consumption off -premises
shall be permitted during authorized hours of business. Licensees shall
not provide more than three (3) free samples, each of which shall not
exceed two (2) fluid ounces, to any person in a day. Licensees may sell
beer samples, but the volume of any beer sample sold shall not exceed
twelve (12) fluid ounces and the total volume of all samples sold to a
person in a day shall not exceed twenty four (24) fluid ounces. Licensees
shall not provide and/or sett more than a total of thirty (30) fluid ounces of
• beer samples to any person in a day._Licensees must have at least one
(1), BASSET -certified site Manager on -premises whenever offering wine
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and beer for tasting. Licensees must provide food service when offering •
wine and beer for tasting.
4. The licensed premises shall not exceed a gross .area of five thousand
square feet (5,000 ft2) total.
5. Not less than ten percent (10%) but not more than twenty percent (20%)
of total gross square foot area of the licensed premises shall be
designated for the sale of food.
6. Not more than ten percent (10%) of total gross square foot area of the
licensed premises may be designated for the sale of beer.
7. Not more than two percent (2%) of total gross square foot area of the
licensed premises may be designated for the sale of alcoholic liquor other
than wine and beer.
The applicant for the renewal only of such licenses may elect to pay the amount
herein semiannually. 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 .....$5,000.00
The total fee required hereunder for renewal applicants electing to make •
semiannual payments, payable according to the provisions of Section 3-4-7 of
this Chapter, shall be .....$5,160.00
No more than three (3) such licenses shall be in force at any one (1) time.
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. 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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SECTION 5: The findings and recitals 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.
Introduced: 2013
Adopted.-ejd ) U-,r / 1 , 2013
Attest:
Ro ey Gr ene, City Clerk
Approved:
2013
Eli a eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. �anFarrar, Corporation Counsel
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