For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. Any spirits, wine, beer, ale or other liquid containing more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
BREW PUB. An establishment that meets the requirements to be eligible for a craft brewer license or brew pub license from the State of Illinois.
CITY. The City of Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois, and shall include all the territory bounded by the limits of the city.
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 liquors, kept, used and maintained by its members through the payment of annual dues, and owning, hiring or leasing a building or space in a building, of such extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests and provided with suitable and adequate kitchen and dining room space and equipment and maintaining a sufficient number of servants and employees for cooking, preparing and serving food and meals for its members and their guests; provided that such club files with the Mayor at the time of its application for a license under this chapter two copies of a list of names and residences of its members, and similarly files within ten days of the election of any additional members his or her name and address; and, provided further, that its affairs and management are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting, and that no member or any officer, agent or employee of the club is paid, or directly or indirectly receives in the form of salary or other compensation any profits from the distribution or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or the members of the club or its guests introduced by members beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at any annual meeting by the members or by its board of directors or other governing body out of the general revenue of the club.
CONVENIENCE STORE. As any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public as a place for the sale of gasoline, petroleum products, sandwiches, snacks, candy, beverages, newspapers, magazines and other similar items, to the motoring public and located adjacent to, or in close proximity to, a primary street or highway.
CRAFT DISTILLER. An establishment that meets the requirements to be eligible for a craft distiller license and/or craft distiller tasting permit license from the State of Illinois.
HOTEL. Every 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 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 in connection therewith and such building or buildings, structure or structures being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity.
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 space 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.
WINERY. An establishment that meets the requirements to be eligible for a first class wine-maker's or limited wine manufacturer's license from the State of Illinois.
(1974 Code, § 3-10-1) (Ord. 315, passed 3-6-1934; Ord. 11-95-6, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 2021-05-02, passed 7-13-2021)