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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Sections 3-5-1 and 3-5-6(H)
of the Liquor Control Regulations
Regarding Package Liquor Stores
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That section 3-5-1 of the City Code of the City of Evanston, 1979,
as amended, be and hereby it is further amended to revise the definition of "package store",
to read as follows:
Package Store: "A place of business in which the premises are used primarily or
exclusively for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in original packages for
consumption off the premises where sold. In the case of a package store affiliated
. with, and operated under the same roof as, a drug store, one one-way exit door
may be provided to allow passage from the package store into the drug store.
Complete floor -to -ceiling separation between the package store and liquor store
is otherwise required.
SECTION 2: That section 3-5-6(H) is hereby amended to read as follows:
3-5-6(H) CLASS H licenses, which shall authorize in the core area the retail sale
in package stores of alcoholic liquor in original packages to persons of at least
twenty one (21) years of age for consumption off the premises. The applicant for
a Class H license shall pay a first year license fee of twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000.00). Thereafter, the annual fee for a Class H license shall be two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). Each Class H license shall be subject
to the following conditions:
1. It shall be unlawful for a Class H licensee to sell a single container of beer
unless the volume of the container is equal to or greater than forty (40)
fluid ounces or 1.18 liters.
2. It shall be unlawful for a Class H licensee to sell a single container of wine
• unless the container is greater than sixteen (16) fluid ounces or 0.473 liters.
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3. It shall be unlawful for a Class H licensee to sell a single container of •
alcoholic liquor, except beer and wine which are regulated by supra 1 and
2, unless the container is greater than sixteen (16) fluid ounces or 0.473
liters.
4. It shall be unlawful for the holder of a Class H license to offer for sale at
retail any alcoholic liquor in original packages for consumption off the
premises where sold before the hour of ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. or after
the hour of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. on Monday through Thursday; before
the hour of ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. or after the hour of eleven o'clock
(11:00) P.M. Friday and Saturday; and before the hour of ten o'clock
(10:00) P.M. on Sunday.
5. Licensees affiliated with and under the same roof as, a drug store, must
assure that all items available for sale in the package store are paid for in
the package store.
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: 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: 1., 1996
Adopted: i4,. �J , 199
Approved: 1- 199'
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