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2/7/2012
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Subsection 3-5-6-(B)
to Decrease the Number of Class B Liquor Licenses
from Seventeen to Sixteen
(Closure — Merle's Smokehouse 1727 Benson Avenue)
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Section 3-5-6-(B) of the Evanston City Code of 1979, as
amended, is hereby further amended by decreasing the number of Class B liquor
licenses from seventeen (17) to sixteen (16), to read as follows:
3-5-6-(B): CLASS B licenses, which shall authorize the sale on the premises
specified of alcoholic liquor only for consumption on the premises while food is
• available. Such licenses may be issued only to hotels or restaurants in the core area.
Establishments holding Class B licenses must have some food service available when
alcoholic liquor is being sold. The meanings of "hotel," "restaurant," and "core area"
shall be as defined in Section 3-5-1 of this Chapter. 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
four thousand three hundred dollars ($4,300.00).
The total fee required hereunder for renewal applicants electing to make semiannual
payments, payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-5-7 of this Chapter, shall be
four thousand five hundred fifteen dollars ($4,515.00).
No more than sixteen (16) such licenses shall be in force at any one 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hereby repealed.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
-00 any person or circumstance is held 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 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.
Introducedt"Su" % , 2012 Approved:
Adopted: \-MO_A)�_h )9 , 2012 �M c� , 2012
Attest:
Eli6beth B. Tisdahl, Mayor •
Approved as to form:
Rodney Gre ne, C�ityC�lerk W. Grant'Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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