HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2012-100-O-12• Effective Date: November 11, 2012 9/6/2012
100-0-12
AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Subsection 3-5-6-(C)
to Decrease the Number of Class C Liquor Licenses
from Twenty -Nine to Twenty -Eight
(Closure of Hota, 2545 Prairie Ave.)
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Section 3-5-6-(C) of the Evanston City Code of 1979, as
amended, is hereby further amended by decreasing the number of Class C liquor
licenses from twenty-nine (29) to twenty-eight (28), to read as follows:
(C) CLASS C licenses, which shall authorize the retail sale in restaurants only of
• alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises where sold. No such license
may be granted to or retained by an establishment in which the facilities for food
preparation and service are not primarily those of a "restaurant", as defined in
Section 3-5-1 of this Chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person licensed
hereunder to sell "alcoholic liquor" at a "bar', as defined in Section 3-5-1 of this
Chapter, except to persons attending a reception or party not open to the public.
Alcoholic liquor may be sold in restaurants holding class C licenses only during
the period when their patrons are offered a complete meal. The applicants for the
renewal of such licenses may elect to pay the amount required herein
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 ............ $2,800.00
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 .............. $2,940.00
No more than twenty-eight (28) such licenses shall be in force at any one time.
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0 SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3: If any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held 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 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.
Introduced: 44Y\ c2012 Approved:
Adopted: , 2012 ' ,�' f , 2012
Eli th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
dney6reene, City Clerk W. Grant Fa a�r,C�(orporation Counsel
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