HomeMy WebLinkAbout064-O-23 Amending City Code Section 3-4-6(R-1) to Prohibit the Service of Alcohol in Glass or Plastic Containers7/10/2023
64-O-23
AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 3-4-6(R-1) to Prohibit the Service of
Alcohol in Glass or Plastic Containers
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston Class R-1 liquor is the liquor license for
Welsh Ryan Arena on Northwestern University’s campus; and
WHEREAS, the R-1 license mandates that alcohol be served in plastic
cups during events at Welsh Ryan Arena; and
WHEREAS, pouring beer into a plastic cup creates unnecessary waste
and is at odds with the City’s Climate Action Resilience Plan (CARP); and
WHEREAS, prohibiting the service of alcohol in glass or plastic containers
at Welsh Ryan Arena events will be consistent with the CARP; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council finds that it is in the best interests
of the City to amend the City Code mandate the service of alcohol in cans or
compostable cups for R-1 liquor license holders.
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Section 3-4-6 “Classification and License Fees” of the
Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows:
3-4-6. – CLASSIFICATION AND LICENSE FEES.
(R-1) CLASS R-1 licenses, which shall authorize the sale on the premises specified of
alcoholic liquor only for consumption upon the premises while food service is available.
1. Such licenses shall be issued for use only in facilities with a permanently constructed
seating capacity of not more than eight thousand (8,000) and not less than seven
thousand (7,000) persons, designed and used for presentation of sporting events and
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other activities, such as recreational activities and entertainment events, and includes
retail sales areas and retail food dispensing outlets, including, but not limited to,
restaurant areas to accommodate liquor by the drink as well as food patronage, owned,
operated and maintained by not for profit educational institutions within the designated
university areas.
2. Establishments holding Class R-1 licenses must have some food service available
when alcoholic liquor is being sold.
3. Alcohol may be served only on days on which there is a sporting event, recreational
activity, or other entertainment event which occurs in the qualifying facility.
4. R-1 license holders shall only serve alcohol beginning one (1) hour prior to the start
of the event and must cease selling alcohol no later than thirty (30) minutes prior to the
conclusion of the event. For men's basketball games at Welsh Ryan Arena, alcohol
sales shall end at or prior to the second half twelve (12) minute TV timeout. For
women's basketball games, alcohol sales shall end prior to the start of the fourth (4th)
quarter.
5. In the general admission area, all alcoholic beverages must be may not be served in
glass or plastic containers.
6. No more than two (2) alcoholic beverages shall be sold to any person in any single
transaction.
7. The term "university area" shall be as defined in Section 3-4-1 of this Chapter.
The applicant for the renewal only of such licenses may elect to pay the amount herein
required semiannually or annually. Such election shall be made at the time of
application.
The annual fee for such license shall be six thousand dollars ($6,000.00).
The total fee required hereunder for renewal applicants electing to make semiannual
payments, payable according to the provisions of Section 3-4-7 of this Chapter, shall be
six thousand three hundred dollars ($6,300.00).
No more than one (1) such license(s) shall be in force at any one (1) time.
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 ruled 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 provision or 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: _________________, 2023
Adopted: ___________________, 2023
Approved:
__________________________, 2023
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Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
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Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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Nicholas E. Cummings, Corporation Counsel
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