4-1-24: UNDERAGE PERSONS:
   A.   Employment:
      1.   No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be employed on a licensed premises while the premises is open for business, except as provided in subsections A3 and A4 of this section.
      2.   No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be employed in any position involving the drawing, pouring, mixing or otherwise dispensing of alcoholic liquors.
      3.   It shall not be a violation of this chapter for a person under eighteen (18) years of age to be employed on a licensed premises during open business hours if the licensee is or operates a restaurant, club, hotel, bowling alley, as defined in the liquor control act of 1934, 235 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/1-1 et seq., or a grocery store or other retail establishment which is not used exclusively or primarily for the sale and/or consumption of alcoholic liquor, and the employment does not directly involve the sale, dispensing, or delivery of alcoholic liquor.
      4.   It shall not be a violation of this chapter for a person under eighteen (18) years of age to be employed on a licensed premises during open business hours if the employment is for the purpose of providing entertainment on the licensed premises, and the person under eighteen (18) years of age is part of an act in which his parent, parents, or guardian appears.
   B.   Underage Persons On Premises: It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person under twenty one (21) years of age to enter upon any licensed premises unless such person is accompanied by his parent or legally appointed guardian, or such person is in the exercise of his legitimate business, trade or employment. This subsection does not apply to restaurants, clubs, or hotels, nor to those portions of bowling alleys, grocery stores, drugstores, or other retail establishments which are not used exclusively or primarily for the sale and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
   C.   Purchase, Consumption Or Possession By 1 :
      1.   It shall be a violation for any person under the age of twenty one (21) years to purchase or otherwise obtain or consume alcoholic liquor on a licensed premises.
      2.   It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty one (21) years to purchase, accept, receive, transport or have in his or her possession any alcoholic liquor. (Ord., 11-14-1995; amd. Ord. O2024-6, 5-14-2024)

 

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1. See also section 5-12-3 of this code.