Unless specifically defined otherwise in this Chapter, the words and phrases herein designated are defined for purposes of this Chapter as follows:
ALCOHOL: The product of distillation of any fermented liquid, whether rectified or diluted, whatever may be the origin thereof, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. It does not include denatured alcohol or wood alcohol.
SPIRITS: Any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation, mixed with water or other substances in solution, and includes brandy, rum, whiskey, gin or other spirituous liquors, and such liquors when rectified, blended or otherwise mixed with alcohol or other substances.
WINE: Any alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation of the natural contents of fruits or vegetables containing sugar, including such beverages when fortified by the addition of alcohol or spirits, as above defined.
BEER: A beverage obtained by 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.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR: Includes alcohol, spirits, wine and beer and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable of being consumed as a beverage by a human being.
ORIGINAL PACKAGE: Any bottle, flask, jug, can, cask, barrel, keg, hogshead or other receptacle or container whatsoever used, corked or capped, sealed and labeled by the manufacturer of alcoholic liquor, to contain and to convey any alcoholic liquor.
PERSON: Any person, firm, partnership, club, association or corporation.
RETAILER: A person who sells, or offers for sale, alcoholic liquor for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
SELL or SALE AT RETAIL: "Sell at retail" and "sale at retail" refer to and mean sales for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
SALE: Any transfer, exchange or barter in any manner, or by any means whatsoever, including the transfer of alcoholic liquors by and through the transfer or negotiation of warehouse receipts or certificates, for a consideration, and includes and means all sales made by any person, whether principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee.
TO SELL: Includes to keep or expose for sale and to keep with intent to sell.
PACKAGE SALES: The sale or offering for sale at retail of alcoholic liquor in the original package and not to be consumed or in fact consumed in whole or in part on the premises where sold.
CONSUMPTION SALES: The sale or offering for sale of retail of any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises where sold.
SERVICE OF FOOD: The service of meals for consumption only on the premises in an adequate and sanitary kitchen as defined in any appropriate health or food service ordinance of the Village. The meals must consist of more than the service or sale of packaged foods such as potato chips, pretzels, peanuts, cheese and crackers, or frozen or premade foods, such as pizza, hamburgers or sandwiches which can be prepared by being heated or warmed in an oven. The meals must be actually and regularly served at either tables or a counter, and provide for eating at tables, including small individual tables accompanying theater seats.
TABLE SERVICE 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 at tables (as opposed to counter service), 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.
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 owing, 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 employees for cooking, preparing and serving food and meals for its members and their guests; provided, that such club files with the Local Liquor Control Commissioner at the time of its application for a license under this Chapter two (2) copies of a list of names and residences of its members, and similarly files within ten (10) days of the election of any additional member his 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.
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 five (5) 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.
MOVIE THEATER: Any building to which the public is invited and pays consideration for the purpose of viewing motion pictures.
COUNTER SERVICE RESTAURANT: Any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where meals are served at the counter, 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.
(Amd. Ord. 5413, 6-3-19; Amd. Ord. 5432, 9-3-19; Amd. Ord. 5454, 11-18-19)