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107-0-98
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-5-6(0) of the
Liquor Regulations to Increase the Number
of Class O Licenses
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 3-5-6(0) of Title 3, Chapter 5 of the Evanston
City Code of 1979, as amended, be and it hereby is further amended to read as follows:
Section 3-5-6(0):
Class O licenses, which shall authorize the retail sale of warm beer and wine in
grocery stores and combination stores, as defined in section 3-5-1 -of this
• Chapter, 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 ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for the first fifteen thousand
(15,000) square feet of space and five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each
additional five thousand (5,000) square feet, to a maximum fee of twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000.00). The annual renewal fee for renewal of a Class
O license is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). No more than five
(5) such licenses shall be in force at any one time. Such Class O license shall
be subject to the following conditions:
1. It shall be unlawful for a Class O licensee to sell a single container of beer
unless the volume of the container is greater than 40 fluid ounces or 1.18 liters.
2. It shall be unlawful for a Class O licensee to sell a single container of wine
unless the container is greater than or equal to 16 fluid ounces or .473 liters.
3. The sale of warm beer and wine shall be confined to an area which is
separated by a full enclosure or full partition with a controlled access to and from
all other retail sales activity at the grocery store.
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4. It shall be unlawful for a Class O licensee to consummate the sale of warm •
beer and wine except solely within the area set forth in subsection (3) supra and
with a cash register designated as for the sale of warm beer and wine and which
cash register is operated by a person of at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
5. It shall be unlawful for the holder of a Class O license to offer for sale at the
licensed premises warm beer and wine in original packages for consumption off
the premises where sold before the hour of eleven o'clock (11:00) A.M. or after
hour of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. on Monday through Saturday; and before the
hour of twelve o'clock (12:00) noon and after the hour of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M.
on Sunday.
6. A Class O licensee shall provide a minimum of twelve thousand (12,000)
square feet of production, preparation and display area in which products are
prepared and are for sale. The sale of products other than warm beer and wine
shall be the primary use within the area. No more than ten percent (10%) of the
area shall be utilized for the sale of warm beer and wine.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed. •
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: !v (I'll � 9--3 , 1998
Adopted: 1 `7 , 1998
Approved: (7 , 98
Mayor
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ATTEST:
Dili,MIR•I1 r�r.
Approved as to form:
Counsel
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