HomeMy WebLinkAbout66-O-24, Amending City Code Section 3-4-6(C) to Increase the Number of Class C Liquor Licenses from 23 to 24 for GEM Museum Suites, 1555 Oak Avenue7/8/2024
66-O-24
AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 3-4-6(C) to Increase the Number of Class
C Liquor Licenses from Twenty-Three to Twenty-Four
BCH 1555, LLC, d/b/a GEM Museum Suites, 1555 Oak Avenue
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Class C 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
C Hotel or
Restaurant
Liquor None $2,800 $2,800 23 24 None 11 a.m.—
1 a.m. (Mon-
Wed); 11
a.m. – 2 a.m.
(Thurs-Sat);
10 a.m. – 1
a.m. (Sun)
11 a.m. – 2
a.m. on New
Year’s Day,
Memorial
Day, Fourth
of July, Labor
Day, and
Thanksgiving
SECTION 2: Subsection 3-4-6(C) of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended by increasing the number of Class C liquor
licenses from twenty-three (23) to twenty-four (24) to read as follows:
(C) CLASS C licenses, shall authorize the sale on the premises specified of
alcoholic liquor only for consumption on the premises while food is available. Such
licenses may be issued only to hotels or restaurants in the core area. Establishments
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holding Class C licenses must have some food service available when alcoholic liquor
is being sold. The meanings of "hotel," "restaurant," and "core area" shall be as
defined in 3-4-1 of this Chapter.
1. The sale of alcoholic liquor shall not take place between the hours of 1:00 a.m.
and 11:00 a.m., except that sales may be made up to 2:00 a.m. on Friday,
Saturday, Sunday mornings and up to 2:00 a.m. on the mornings of January 1,
Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day and Thanksgiving; however, no such sales
shall be made between 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
2. A licensee operating a licensed restaurant which leases space in a hotel, may
sell alcoholic liquor to registered guests of that hotel. Any alcoholic liquor sold
must be consumed on the premises of the hotel, and be sold while food service
is available in the restaurant or hotel.
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 single payment fee for initial issuance or renewal of such license shall be
two thousand eight hundred dollars ($2,800.00).
The total fee required hereunder for renewal applicants electing to make semiannual
payments, payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-4-7 of this Chapter, shall be
two thousand nine hundred forty dollars ($2,940.00).
No more than twenty-two (23) twenty-four (24) such license(s) shall be in force at any
one (1) 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: _________________, 2024
Adopted: ___________________, 2024
Approved:
__________________________, 2024
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
______________________________
Alexandra Ruggie, Corporation Counsel
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