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A. Each licensee may renew his or her license at the expiration thereof; provided, that he or she is then qualified to receive said license, and the premises for which such renewal license is sought is suitable for the purpose; provided further, that the renewal privilege herein contained shall not be construed as a vested right which shall in any case prevent the City Council from decreasing the number of licenses to be issued within the City.
B. The requirements and procedures for obtaining a renewal of a license shall be the same as that provided in case of an original application for a license.
C. Any request for renewal must be received with the appropriate renewal fee not later than November 1 of the year prior to the year for which a license is being requested. Failure to apply by this date shall result in such renewal being denied unless good cause is shown to excuse such failure.
D. The annual license fee, as distinguished from the renewal fee provided in section 2-1-26 of this chapter, must be paid at the time the license is issued by the City Clerk.
E. The failure to renew a license as prescribed or to pay the required annual license fee before the expiration date shown on the license being renewed shall result in the lapse of said license. (Ord. 06-87, 11-2-1987)
F. No licensee may sell liquor after the expiration of his or her license until the license has been reissued after payment of the annual license fee. Failure to pay the annual license fee or the second installment thereof shall be grounds to revoke said license if the appropriate fee is not paid in full within five (5) working days of the date due, along with the late payment fee as set out in section 2-1-26 of this chapter. (Ord. 06-87, 11-2-1987; amd. 2017 Code)
Any license issued under this chapter shall be for a single and particular location. Upon application being filed with the City Clerk for a change of location, and upon payment of an investigation fee in the amount as shall now or as hereafter may be required by this chapter, the Local Liquor Control Commissioner may allow the location authorized by the particular license to be changed. In case the applicant has not personally operated his business at the particular location for at least ninety (90) days prior to the business at the change of location, such application shall be rejected. The application blank shall be similar to that required of an original application for license under this chapter. After investigation, the change of location may be approved or rejected, as in the case of original license applications, and if approved, the authorized change of location shall be shown by endorsement upon the face of the existing license. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit any licensee to change the location of his business, or to operate his business or a portion thereof, as a subtenant or otherwise, at a site or place of business which, under this chapter, would be prohibited or denied to an original applicant. (Ord. 06-87, 11-2-1987)
A. Hours Established:
1. Except as provided below, it shall be unlawful for any liquor licensee, or employee of such licensee, to sell or offer for sale at retail, on the premises, any alcoholic liquor during the following hours:
Monday through Saturday (inclusive) 12:01 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. (Ord. 03-2013, 6-10-2013)
2. Provided, however, the following shall apply to Class A licenses: It shall be unlawful for any liquor licensee, or employee of such licensee, to sell or offer for sale at retail on the premises, any alcoholic liquor during the following hours:
Monday through Friday (inclusive) 12:01 A.M. to 6:00 A.M.
Saturday 1:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M.
Sunday 1:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.
Sunday 9:00 P.M. to 12:00 midnight. (Ord. 09-2017, 7-10-2017)
3. Provided, however, the following shall apply to Class B licenses: It shall be unlawful for any liquor licensee, or employee of such licensee, to sell or offer for sale at retail on the premises, any alcoholic liquor during the following hours:
Monday through Friday (inclusive) 12:01 A.M. to 6:00 A.M.
Saturday 1:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M.
Sunday 1:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.
Sunday 9:00 P.M. to 12:00 midnight.
4. Provided, however, as to all liquor licensees, if December 31 shall fall upon a Sunday, then said sales shall not be prohibited from one o'clock (1:00) P.M. on December 31 to one o'clock (1:00) A.M. the following Monday. (Ord. 03-2013, 6-10-2013)
B. Presence And Consumption On Premises After Hours:
1. No patron shall remain or be permitted to remain or be admitted to any licensed premises more than thirty (30) minutes after the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited for the remainder of the closed hours described therein.
2. Consumption of liquor is prohibited, without exception, more than thirty (30) minutes after the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited for the remainder of the closed hours described therein.
3. The doors of each licensed premises shall be locked, and no person not in the employ of the licensee shall be admitted to or upon the premises during the times when patrons are prohibited from being on the licensed premises. (Ord. 06-87, 11-2-1987)
A. Sanitation Facilities: In the case of a Class A license, the licensee shall provide separate toilets and washstands for male and female patrons, and shall maintain the same in a clean and sanitary condition, and shall comply with the health ordinances of the City.
B. Principal Business Not The Sale Of Alcoholic Beverages: Where the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal business of the licensee, such alcoholic liquor shall be offered for sale only at designated locations or enclosures within the licensed premises which shall be solely restricted to the sale of alcoholic liquor. Such locations or enclosures shall be separated from the remainder of the premises devoted to the sale of items other than alcoholic liquors by doors, slides, screens, counters, shades or other apparatus clearly identifying a separate section of the premises; provided, that alcoholic beverages known as "wine", as that term is defined in section 2-1-2 of this chapter, shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection in establishments where the primary business is the sale of food as a grocery or market. (Ord. 06-87, 11-2-1987)
It is unlawful for any licensee or any officer, associate, member, representative, agent or employee of such licensee to sell, give, deliver or serve any alcoholic liquor to any person under the age of twenty one (21) years or to any intoxicated person, except as provided in 235 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/6-16.1. (Ord. 06-87, 11-2-1987; amd. 2017 Code)
A. Purchase By Or For Prohibited:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty one (21) years to purchase, accept or procure or to attempt to purchase, accept or procure any alcoholic liquor from any retail liquor dealer in the City or from any other person.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or otherwise obtain alcoholic liquor and then to sell, give or deliver such alcoholic liquor to another person under the age of twenty one (21) years unless in the performance of a religious ceremony or service.
B. Possession, Consumption By Prohibited; Exemptions:
1. No person under the age of twenty one (21) years shall have any alcoholic beverage in an open container in his possession on any street or highway or in any public place or in any place open to the public.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to whom the sale, gift, delivery or service of any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age to consume or to possess in any manner, including by consumption, any such alcoholic liquor, except as otherwise provided by law. The violation referred to in this subsection which relates to the possession of alcohol after it has been consumed may be identified as the "illegal possession of alcohol by consumption" or by the section number of this chapter. This violation may be proven by evidence which indicates that the breath of the person charged with such offense had a smell associated generally or specifically with any alcoholic liquor. No additional evidence relating thereto shall be necessary to find the defendant to be in violation of this chapter. It shall not be necessary to show that the person charged with an offense hereunder was, at the time in question, under the influence of any alcoholic liquor in any manner, but such evidence shall be admissible to prove a violation of this chapter.
3. The possession, dispensing or consumption by a minor of alcoholic liquor in the performance of a religious service or ceremony or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by a minor under the direct supervision and direct approval of the parents or parent of such minor in the privacy of a home is not prohibited by this chapter, and this subsection shall be considered only as a defense for which the burden of proving that it applies to and was reasonably relied upon in a particular case shall be on the person charged with an offense under this chapter.
C. Identification Requirements:
1. a. A licensee or any officer, associate, member, representative, agent or employee of such licensee may demand written evidence and may not rely on oral evidence of the prospective recipient's age and identity before making a sale, gift, delivery or service to a prospective recipient of any alcoholic liquor. The decision whether or not to demand such evidence rests with the licensee and his agents and employees. However, if no evidence is demanded, such decision is made at the licensee's peril.
b. Any person from whom such written evidence is demanded shall forthwith display his/her motor vehicle operator's license, secretary of state's identification card, federal selective service card, federal armed forces identification card or other written evidence of age and identity issued by a public officer in the performance of his official duties.
c. If any such person fails to present such written evidence, he shall be considered to be an underage person who is not entitled to any such alcoholic liquor. However, if such written evidence of age and identity is produced and shows the prospective recipient to be of the age required to purchase such alcoholic liquor and if such a sale, gift, delivery or service of alcoholic liquor is made in reasonable reliance thereon, then the licensee and his representatives shall not be subject to any penalty provisions of this chapter.
d. The burden of proving that a demand of written evidence of the age and identity was made, that such written evidence was shown, the content of the written evidence presented, and the reasonableness of the reliance thereon shall be on the person charged with an offense under this chapter.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to present or offer to any licensee or to any officer, associate, member, representative, agent or employee of a licensee or to any other person any written, printed, or photostatic evidence of his age and identity or that of any other person which is false or fraudulent, for the purpose of ordering, purchasing, attempting to purchase, or otherwise procuring or attempting to procure any alcoholic liquor of any kind or description in violation of this chapter, or to have in his possession any false or fraudulent written, printed or photostatic evidence of age and identity.
D. Warning Sign Posted: In every premises upon which the sale of alcoholic liquor is licensed hereunder, a sign, clearly visible to the public, shall be posted at the entrance and at the cash register, by the licensee thereof, to be furnished by said licensee, which shall read substantially as follows:
WARNING TO MINORS
You must be 21 years old to purchase any liquor and you must be able to prove it. You are subject to prosecution and fine for the purchase of alcoholic beverages or misrepresentation of your age for the purpose of purchasing alcoholic beverages.
E. Employment:
1. No licensee, agent or employee shall permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to draw, pour, or mix any alcoholic liquor in the premises either as an employee or gratuitously.
2. No licensee, his agent or employee shall permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to sell, serve or dispense or in any other way handle alcoholic liquor, including packaged liquor, upon his licensed premises.
F. Presence On Premises:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to be or remain in any premises which is licensed hereunder; except, that any person under the age of eighteen (18) years may be or remain in such premises:
a. If accompanied by his or her parent or legally appointed guardian; or
b. If more than fifty percent (50%) of the gross business income received therein results from the sale of services or commodities other than alcoholic liquor.
2. It shall be unlawful for any licensee hereunder or his officer, partner, associate, representative, agent or employee to suffer or permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to be on or remain in any premises which is licensed hereunder; except, that any person under the age of eighteen (18) years may be or remain in such premises:
a. If accompanied by his or her parent or guardian; or
b. If more than fifty percent (50%) of the gross business income received therein results from the sale of services or commodities other than alcoholic liquor.
G. Responsibility Of Parent Or Guardian: It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian to suffer or permit his or her child or ward under the age of eighteen (18) years to violate any provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 06-87, 11-2-1987; amd. Ord. 01-2001, 3-12-2001; 2017 Code; Ord. 04-2021; Ord. 05-2024, 9-9-2024)
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