HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2013-068-O-13Effective Date: August 20, 2013 6/5/2013
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Subsection 3-4-6-(P1)
to Increase Craft Brewery Production Limits to 930,000 gallons
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston's ("City") Class P-1 liquor license permits
craft breweries to produce and store on -site 465,000 gallons of alcohol annually; and
WHEREAS, the 98" Illinois General Assembly passed HB 1573, which
amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934, including production limits for craft brewers; and
WHEREAS, if and when HB 3450 is signed into law, the amount of craft
beer that individual Illinois craft breweries may lawfully produce and store on -site will
increase from 465,000 gallons annually, to 930,000 gallons.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Subsection 3-4-6-(P-1) of the Evanston City Code of 2012,
as amended, is hereby further amended by increasing the production limit, to read as
follows:
(P-1) CRAFT BREWERY license, shall authorize the on -site production and storage of
beer in quantities not to exceed nine hundred thirty thousand (930,000) gallons
(or 30,000 barrels) per year, the sale of such beer for consumption off -premises
and on -site sampling and consumption of such beer by persons of at least
twenty-one (21) years of age. Sale of beer manufactured outside the facility is
prohibited. Such craft brewery licenses shall be issued subject to the following
conditions:
1. It shall be unlawful for a Class P-1 licensee to sell a single container of
beer for off -premises consumption unless the volume of the container is
' greater than forty (40) ounces or 1.18 liters.
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2. During authorized hours of business, Class P-1 licensees may offer for on- •
site consumption samples of beer permitted to be produced and sold
pursuant to this classification. 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 for on -site consumption samples
of the beer permitted to be produced and sold pursuant to this
classification, provided the total quantity of the sampling package,
regardless of the number of containers in which the beer is being served,
does not exceed sixteen (16) fluid ounces.
3. Class P-1 licensees must have at least one (1) BASSET -certified site
manager on -premises whenever beer is available for on -site consumption.
Class P-1 licensees must provide food service whenever beer is available
for on -site consumption.
4. It shall be unlawful for the holder of a Class P-1 license to provide a
sample of or sell any beer before the hours of 10:00 a.m. or after the hour
of 10:00 p.m. on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday; before
the hour or 10:00 a.m. or after the hour of 11:00 p.m. on any Friday or
Saturday;_ and before the hour of 12:00_p.m. and after the hour -of 10:00 -- - -
p.m. on any Sunday.
5. Every Class P-1 licensee must have a valid Class 3 Brewer's License from
the State of Illinois.
6. Every employee of a Class P-1 licensee who participates in the production
and sale of beer, pursuant to this license class, must be BASSET -certified.
The annual single payment fee for initial issuance or renewal of such license
shall be $1,800.00.
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 $1,890.00.
No more than zero (0) such licenses shall be in force at any one (1) time.
SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, a roval and publication in the manner provided b law, b •
P 9 PP p p y but not at any
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time prior to HB 1573, and the amendments therein, as adopted by the 98tn Illinois
General Assembly becomes law in the state of Illinois.
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.
Introduced: a
Adopted: (�
Attest:
Rod y Green City —Clerk
, 2013 Approved:
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Ann Rainey, Mayor Pro T ,n 1
Approved as to form:
W. Grant`Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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