HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8-O-25, Amending City Code Section 3-4-6(E) to Increase the Number of Class E Liquor Licenses from Two to Three for Khasvi, Inc. d_b_a Hops _ Grapes1/13/2025
8-O-25
AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 3-4-6(E) to Increase the Number of Class
E Liquor Licenses from Two to Three
Khasvi, Inc. d/b/a Hops & Grapes, 816 ½ Church Street
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Class E of Table 1, Section 3-4-6 of the Evanston City Code
of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended and revised as follows:
Class Type Consume
on site
Consume
off site
Initial
Fees
Renew
Fees Licenses Location
Limit
Permitted
Hours
E Package
Store
None Liquor $25,00
0
$4,100 2 3 None 8 a.m. -
Midnight
SECTION 2: Subsection 3-4-6(E) of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended by increasing the number of Class E liquor
licenses from two (2) to three (3) to read as follows:
(E) CLASS E licenses, which shall authorize in the retail package store 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. Class E
licenses shall also authorize the tasting of alcoholic liquor not exceeding the
limits set forth herein. Each Class E license shall be subject to the following
conditions:
1. It shall be unlawful for a Class E 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. It shall be unlawful for a licensee to bundle, tape, package, or
otherwise manipulate single containers of beer for sale as a set. Any such
manipulation of packaging shall be a violation of this Subsection. Nothing in this
Subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the sale of packages containing six
(6) single containers of beer, including such packages consisting of various
single containers of beer chosen by the consumer.
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2. It shall be unlawful for a Class E licensee to sell a single container of wine unless
the container is greater than 6.32 fluid ounces or 0.187 liters.
3. It shall be unlawful for a Class E licensee to sell a single container of alcoholic
liquor, except beer and wine which are regulated by Subsections (E)1 and (E)2 of
this Section, unless the container is greater than 6.76 fluid ounces or 0.20 liters.
4. The sale of alcoholic liquor at retail pursuant to the Class E license may begin
after 8:00 a.m., Monday through Sunday. Alcoholic liquor shall not be sold after
the hour of 12:00 midnight on any day.
5. Class E licenses shall permit the tasting of samples of the alcoholic liquor
permitted to be sold under this classification, on the licensed premises during
authorized hours of business. No charge, cost, fee, or other consideration of any
kind shall be levied for any such tasting. Licensees shall not provide more than
three (3) free tastings, each of which shall not exceed one (1) fluid ounce for
wine, two (2) fluid ounces for beer and one-quarter (0.25) fluid ounce for distilled
alcohol, to any person in a day. Licensees must have at least one (1) BASSET-
certified site manager on-premises whenever offering alcoholic liquor for tastings.
Licensees must provide food service when offering alcoholic liquor for tastings.
The applicant for a Class E license shall pay a first year license fee of twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000.00). Thereafter, the annual fee for a Class E license
shall be four thousand one hundred dollars ($4,100.00).
There shall be no more than three (3) Class E liquor license holders in the City at
any one time.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: 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.
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SECTION 5: 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 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: _________________, 2025
Adopted: ___________________, 2025
Approved:
__________________________, 2025
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
______________________________
Alexandra Ruggie, Corporation Counsel
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