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4/7/2006
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AN ORDINANCE
Adding a New Section 3-5-6(Y) of the City Code of the
City of Evanston to the Alcoholic Liquor Regulations
to Create the Class Y Liquor License Class
Authorizing the Retail Sale of Wine Only
In a Specialty Wine Shop
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the Alcoholic Liquor Regulations Ordinance of the
41- Evanston City Code of 1979, as amended, be and it hereby is, further amended, by
adding a new Section 3-5-6(Y), to read as follows:
3-5-6-(Y): SPECIALTY WINE SHOP:
Class Y licenses, which shall authorize the retail sale of wine only 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 five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00) and, thereafter, an annual fee of five thousand dollars
($5,000.00). The total fee required hereunder for renewal applicants electing to
make semiannual payments, payable according to the provisions of Section 3-5-7 of
this Chapter, shall be two thousand five hundred eighty dollars ($2,580.00).
1. It shall be unlawful for a Class Y licensee to sell a single container of wine
unless the container is greater than or equal to sixteen (16) fluid ounces or
0.473 liters.
2. The sale of alcoholic liquor at retail pursuant to the Class Y license may
begin after eight o'clock (8:00) a.m. Monday through Sunday. Alcoholic liquor shall
not be sold after the hour of twelve o'clock midnight (12:00 a.m.) on any day.
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3. Winetasting of only the wines permitted to be sold under this classification for Is
consumption off -premises shall be permitted during authorized hours of business.
3. The licensed premises shall not exceed a gross area of five thousand (5,000)
square feet total.
4. Not less than twenty percent (20%) of total gross square area of the licensed
premises shall be designated for the sale of food.
No more than zero (0) such licenses shall be in force at any one time.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: �,vr1� 12 , 2006 Approved:
Adopted: t ,v`p . , 2006 ,l�vl�f 2006
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Attest:
Mary rki City Clerk J
L raine H. Morton, Mayor
App -1p ed s to for
Herbert D. Hill
First Assistant Corporation Counsel
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