Every licensee, and every officer, shareholder, associate, member, agent, representative and employee of every licensee under this chapter, shall be subject to the following regulations, and all persons shall likewise be subject to the applicable regulations set forth below. As used in this section, the term
LICENSEE shall be deemed to include every officer, shareholder, associate member, agent, representative and employee of the licensee.
(A) Every licensee shall conduct his or her place of business in a quiet, decent and respectable manner and shall eject therefrom or refuse admittance thereto all persons rendering themselves objectionable or undesirable by reason of undue noise or other acts disturbing the peace.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to give or deliver any alcoholic liquor or intoxicating beverages to a person under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Soliciting of drinks or prostitution is prohibited.
(C) Every licensee shall immediately report to the Police Department any act by a person or patron which renders the person or patron objectionable, causes undue noise or disturbance, breaches the peace or is otherwise unlawful.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to permit or allow any waiter, waitress, bartender, entertainer or other employee or person to commit any of the acts declared to be unlawful in this section. A person shall be deemed to be a waiter, waitress, bartender or entertainer if the person acts in that capacity without regard to whether or not the person is paid any compensation by the management of the establishment in which the activity is performed.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to permit or allow any act or form of entertainment which, when considered as whole, would be considered obscene (for example, entertainment which predominantly appeals to prurient interests), as such tern is defined by state law.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to permit or allow any of the following:
(G) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to suffer or permit any species of gambling on his or her premises or any part thereof, or on any places adjacent thereto that are under his or her control. Nothing in this division shall prohibit any person from playing, using, owning, maintaining or transporting a video gaming terminal as authorized in a licensed establishment which is licensed pursuant to the Illinois Video Gaming Act, ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, §§ 1 et seq., as hereinafter amended from time to time.
(H) It shall be unlawful for a license holder to employ any person under the age of 21 in any capacity where the principal duty is the sale of alcoholic liquor. In situations where the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal activity, but a secondary consideration, no person under the age of 18 may be directly involved. No person under the age of 18 may be directly involved in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages.
(I) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to bring or carry any weapon, or to cause or allow any weapon to be stored, possessed or carried, within any licensed premises where alcohol is consumed on the premises. A weapon is any item so defined by ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 24-1, as amended.
(J) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to be indebted in any way to the village.
(K) It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under this chapter to accept, receive or borrow money or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, from any person connected with, or in any way representing, any manufacturer or distributor of any coin-operated or amusement device who installs or furnishes such devices for use on the licensed premises. This section shall not apply to commissions or rental fees arising out of the use of such coin-operated or amusement devices on licensed premises.
(Ord. 03-818, passed 6-12-2003; Ord. 12-1063, passed 9-13-2012; Ord. 17-1181, passed 7-13-2017)