Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 23-70
, adopted 12-18-23). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms as used in this chapter shall be construed according to the definitions given below:
AGENT: An authorized representative of the licensee who has supervisory authority over all employees of the licensed premises.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR: Any spirits, wine, beer, ale or other liquid containing more than one-half (1/2) of one percent of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
BASSET: A Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Educational Training Program, or other similar program, licensed by the State Liquor Control Commission pursuant to 235 Illinois Compiled Statutes sections 5/3-12 (11.1) and 6-27, or title 77 of the Illinois Administrative Code, chapter XVI, section 3500, as amended.
BEER: A beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or concoction of barley, or other grain, malt and hops in water, and includes, among other things, beer, ale, stout, lager beer, porter and the like. See 235 ILCS 5/1-3.04.
BYOA: Bring your own alcohol.
CATERING ENDORSEMENT: Permits the service of alcoholic liquors for consumption, either on-site or off-site, whether the location is licensed or unlicensed, as an incidental part of food service. Prepared meals and alcoholic liquors are sold at a package price agreed upon under contract.
CLUB: A corporation organized under the laws of this State, not for pecuniary profit, solely for the promotion of some common object other than the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor.
FULL BAR: An area within a business that is designed to store, sell, pour, serve and consume alcoholic beverages, which includes a structure in the appearance of a counter, across which alcoholic beverages served. A full bar can be a stand alone component of a business, whose primary service is the service of alcoholic beverages, or it may be a component added to a restaurant business who provides tabled food service and alcoholic beverage service as the two (2) core components of the business.
FULL SERVICE PERSONAL CARE ESTABLISHMENT: A business establishment that offers multiple personal care services that when giving individually or combined as a package require a minimum of two (2) hours to complete, which may include, but is not limited to, hair treatments, haircuts, nail treatments, body packs and wraps, exfoliation, waxing, aromatherapy, facials, and formal wear fitting events.
HOTEL: Any building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where food is actually served and consumed, and sleeping accommodations are offered for adequate pay to travelers and guests, whether transient, permanent or residential, in which twenty five (25) or more rooms are used for the sleeping accommodations of such guests and having one or more public dining rooms where meals are served to such guests, such sleeping accommodations and dining rooms being conducted in the same building or buildings, structure or structures being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity.
MIXED USE SPECIAL EVENT FACILITY: Means a fixed establishment within an enclosed building that rents space specially designed for both private events and public events and accommodates a minimum of fifty (50) patrons.
PACKAGED LIQUOR: Alcoholic liquor sealed in the original package container which meets the State and Federal label requirements; provided, however, where the packaged liquor is to be consumed off premise, the license holder may break up original larger cases of alcoholic liquor received from distributers for retail sale to customers.
SPECIAL EVENT: An event being held only by a not-for-profit organization within the City limits in which the not-for-profit organization offers the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption, during the time frame of the special event.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT: A permit for use by a current licensed retailer to allow the transfer of alcoholic beverages from an existing licensed retail premises to a designated site for a special event.
RESTAURANT: Any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where meals are served, and where meals are actually and regularly served without sleeping accommodations, such place being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity and having employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and serve suitable food for its guests.
RETAIL SALE: The sale for use or consumption, and not for resale in any form.
THEATRE AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER: Means an establishment within an enclosed building with stationary, affixed seating for at least one hundred (100) patrons at which the primary activity is the display of movies, plays being performed or musical performances being given or in combination thereof.
WINE: Any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural contents of fruits or vegetables containing sugar, including those beverages when fortified by the addition of alcohol or spirits, as defined in this section. See 235 ILCS 5/1-3.03.
(Ord. 18-1183, 11-12-2018; amd. Ord. 19-1193, 5-20-2019; Ord. 19-1196, 6-17-2019; Ord. 19-1210, 10-21-2019; Ord. 21-18, 4-5-2021; Ord. 21-49, 10-18-2021; Ord. 22-36, 5-16-2022)