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4-388-010 Definitions.
4-388-020 Sale of food, beer and wine – Permitted.
4-388-030 License – Required.
4-388-040 Fees.
4-388-050 Special club license – Application – Contents.
4-388-060 Special club license – Application – Approval conditions.
4-388-065 License issuance prohibited – Additional building requirements.
4-388-070 Special club license – Term/renewal/transfer of interest.
4-388-075 Annual inspections.
4-388-080 Applicability of code – Dispensing and purveying food.
4-388-090 Applicability of code – Sale and service of alcoholic beverages.
4-388-097 Exit diagrams/occupancy placards.
4-388-100 Sale of admission.
4-388-110 Amusement tax – Applicability.
4-388-120 Days and hours of operation.
4-388-130 Banners – Prohibited.
4-388-140 Violation – Penalties.
4-388-150 Reserved.
4-388-160 Two-hour fire resistance rating.
4-388-170 Height restrictions.
4-388-175 Miscellaneous requirements.
4-388-180 Catering establishments.
4-388-190 Occupancy limits.
4-388-200 Facilities/drinking fountain.
4-388-210 Engineer's statement.
4-388-220 Expansion of rooftops.
Whenever used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Rooftops” means for any building in the Wrigley Field Adjacent Area in which a special club license is located: (i) the roof of the building and any enclosed area, deck or other structure on or above the roof of the building; and (ii) the upper enclosed floor directly below the roof of the building.
(b) “Wrigley Field Adjacent Area” means only that property included inside the following boundary line: the alley next north of and parallel to West Waveland Avenue; North Kenmore Avenue; a line 29.15 feet north of West Waveland Avenue; the alley next west of and parallel to North Sheffield Avenue; a line 79.4 feet north of West Waveland Avenue; North Sheffield Avenue; West Waveland Avenue; the westerly right-of-way of the Chicago Transit Authority elevated structure; West Addison Street; North Sheffield Avenue; West Waveland Avenue; and North Seminary Avenue.
(c) “Special club license” means a license, issued by the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection, giving the license holder the rights specified in this chapter.
(d) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection of the City of Chicago.
(e) “Day-of-event admission sales” means any sale or transfer of ownership of a right-of-access to a rooftop that occurs on the same day that the right-of- access is eligible to be used, redeemed, or otherwise utilized for admission to a rooftop.
(f) “Game days” means any date in which a major league baseball game is scheduled to be played at Wrigley Field. “Game days” include all scheduled Chicago Cubs regular season home games at Wrigley Field, all scheduled Chicago Cubs playoff home games at Wrigley Field, and the major league baseball All-Star Game, if played at Wrigley Field.
(g) To “sell food, beer and wine” means the sale of food, beer and wine and the service of food, beer and wine as part of the rights granted in the special club license as specified in this chapter.
(h) “Roof level” means the roof of the building, and any deck, seating structure or other structure located on, or extending above, the roof.
(Added Coun. J. 5-20-98, p. 69285; Amend Coun. J. 1-20-99, p. 88459; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 53211, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-11-06, p. 68371, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5)
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Municipal Code, a special club licensee may sell rooftop admission rights and sell food, beer and wine on rooftops in the Wrigley Field Adjacent Area in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The sale or service by a special club licensee of any alcoholic beverage or liquor other than beer or wine is not permitted under a special club license at any time. A special club licensee shall be required to own no other City of Chicago licenses to conduct the activities delineated in this ordinance other than the “special club license” as defined in this ordinance.
(Added Coun. J. 5-20-98, p. 69285; Amend Coun. J. 1-20-99, p. 88459)
No person shall sell rooftop admission rights, or sell food, beer or wine on rooftops in the Wrigley Field Adjacent Area without first having obtained a special club license. A special club license may be obtained only by a person who maintains the right to possession of a rooftop in the Wrigley Field Adjacent Area, either through ownership of a building, lease of a building, or lease of a rooftop.
(Added Coun. J. 5-20-98, p. 69285; Amend Coun. J. 1-20-99, p. 88459)
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