HomeMy WebLinkAbout34-O-24 Amending Section 3-4-6 (F-3) of the Evanston City Code to Allow the Sale of Wine for Off-Premises Consumption3/25/24
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-4-6(F-3) of the Evanston City Code to Allow
the Sale of Wine for Off-Premises Consumption
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Table 1 of Section 3-4-6 of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following:
F-3 Retailer Liquor None
Wine
$2,000 $2,000 1 None 11 a.m. –
9 p.m.
SECTION 2: Section 3-4-6(F-3) of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended, is hereby amended as follows:
(F-3) Class F-3Ordi licenses, which shall authorize the sale of alcoholic liquor in
a retail store in original packages to persons of at least twenty-one (21) years of
age for consumption on the premises and the sale of wine in original packages to
persons at least twenty-one (21) years of age for consumption off the premises.
1. Wine servings for consumption on the premises shall be dispensed in
containers no larger than five hundred (500) milliliters.
2. Beer servings for consumption on the premises shall be dispensed in
containers no larger than sixteen (16) ounces.
3. Canned cocktail servings, meaning a mixed drink or cocktail that is
premixed and packaged in a metal can and contains more than six and
twenty-five hundredths percent (6.25%) of alcohol by volume but not more
than fifteen perfect (15%) of alcohol by volume, shall be dispensed in
containers no larger than sixteen (16) ounces.
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4. Alcohol sold within the licenses premises shall not be removed from the
licenses premises. Wine servings for consumption off the premises shall be
dispensed in containers no larger than two hundred (200) milliliters.
5. The sale of alcoholic liquor at retail pursuant to the Class F-3 license may
begin after 11:00 a.m., Monday through Sunday. Alcoholic liquor shall not be
sold after the hour of 9:00 P.M. on any day.
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 two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
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 two thousand one hundred dollars ($2,100.00).
No more than one (1) 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.
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.
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Introduced:_________________, 2024
Adopted:___________________, 2024
Approved:
__________________________, 2024
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________
Stephanie Mendoza
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
______________________________
Alexandra Ruggie
Interim Corporation Counsel
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