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(A) (1) It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any alcohol or liquor of any kind at retail in the city between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 midnight and 12:00 noon on Sunday. Hours of operation on Sunday for Class A, B, E, F, G, H, J and K shall be 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight. The sale of liquor shall be allowed between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Sundays by those businesses defined as a restaurant and holding a liquor license.
(2) December 31 of each year will be an exception to the operating hours for New Year’s Eve. The permissible hours will be extended for Class B - bar, Class C and D restaurants, Class E - club, Class F - bar, Class J - fraternal/religious, and Class K - micro-brewery to allow last drinks to be served no later than 1:30 a.m. and the establishment to close at 2:00 a.m. The opening hours will remain the same as set by ordinance. Retail sale of liquor not for consumption must be completed prior to midnight.
(B) It shall be unlawful to keep open for business or to admit the public to any premises in or on which alcoholic liquor is sold at retail during the hours within which the sale of liquor is prohibited; however, in the case of clubs, the establishments may be kept open during those hours, but no alcoholic liquor shall be sold or consumed by the public during those hours.
(C) It is further provided that if the licensee is engaged in other business on the premises and the sale of alcoholic liquor is secondary to that business, then the licensee may remain open at any time, but no alcoholic liquor shall be sold or consumed by the public during the hours when that type of sale is prohibited.
(1969 Code, § 3-13) (Ord. 1976-16, passed 6-28-1976; Am. Ord. 1995-33, passed 12-21-1995; Am. Ord. 1996-22, passed 6-24-1996; Am. Ord. 2003-30, passed 11-10-2003; Am. Ord. 2015-24, passed 12-14- 2015; Am. Ord. 2017-20, passed 12-11-2017; Am. Ord. 2018-11, passed 6-25-2018) Penalty, see § 111.99
It shall be unlawful for any holder of a retail liquor dealer’s license issued pursuant to this chapter to sell, deliver, or give any alcoholic liquor to any intoxicated person or to any person known to him or her to be a habitual drunkard, spendthrift, insane, feebleminded, or distracted person.
(1969 Code, § 3-10) Penalty, see § 111.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Chapter 235, Act 5, § 6-16
It shall be unlawful for any holder of a retail liquor license issued pursuant to this chapter to permit the disturbance of peace by loud, boisterous, or rowdy behavior, or obscene or vulgar conduct, on the premises where liquor is sold.
(1969 Code, § 3-11) Penalty, see § 111.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to prevent disorderly conduct, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-5-3
Disorderly conduct, see ILCS Chapter 720, Act 5, § 26-1
Liability of licensee and landlord, see ILCS Chapter 235, Act 5, § 6-21
(A) Allowing obscene activities. It shall be unlawful for any holder of any liquor license granted hereunder to allow upon the premises under his or her control, the exhibiting of any bare or uncovered breast at or below the areola area or the exhibiting of any breast at or below the areola area of girls or women covered with a transparent or semi-transparent material which exposes to public view the breast at or below the areola area, or exhibiting of bare or uncovered buttocks, genitals, pubic hair, or anus of either girls, women, boys, or men, or the exhibiting of buttocks, genitals, pubic hair, or anus covered with a transparent or semi-transparent material which exposes to public view the buttocks, genitals, pubic hair, or anus.
(B) Putting on obscene activities. It shall be unlawful for any holder of any liquor license granted hereunder to produce or put on any performance or exhibit that includes the exhibiting of any bare or uncovered breast at or below the areola area or the exhibiting of any breast at or below the areola area of girls or women covered with a transparent or semi- transparent material which exposes to public view the breast at or below the areola area, or exhibiting of bare or uncovered buttocks, genitals, pubic hair, or anus of either girls, women, boys, or men, or the exhibiting of buttocks, genitals, pubic hair, or anus covered with a transparent or semi-transparent material which exposes to public view the buttocks, genitals, pubic hair, or anus.
(1969 Code, § 3-12) (Ord. 2000-22, passed 6-12-2000) Penalty, see § 111.99
It shall be unlawful to employ in any premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor any person who is afflicted with or who is a carrier of any contagious, infectious, or venereal disease; and it shall be unlawful for any person who is afflicted with or is a carrier of any such disease to work in or about any premises or to be engaged in any way in the handling, preparation, or distribution of liquor.
(1969 Code, § 3-14) Penalty, see § 111.99
Cross-reference:
Food handlers; health requirements, see § 112.02
Statutory reference:
Authority to act to suppress diseases, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-20-5
Authority to regulate sale of beverages, for health purposes, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-20-2
All premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor or the storage of liquor for retail sale, shall be kept in full compliance with the ordinances and code provisions regulating the condition of premises used for the storage or sale of food for human consumption.
(1969 Code, § 3-15) Penalty, see § 111.99
Cross-reference:
Food handling; sanitary premises required, see § 112.01
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate the sale of beverages, for health purposes, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-20-2
(A) No premises upon which the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises is licensed pursuant to this chapter, other than as a club, restaurant, or hotel, shall be permitted to have any screen, blind, curtain, partition, article, or thing in the windows or upon the doors of the licensed premises nor inside the premises which shall prevent a clear view into the interior of the licensed premises from the street, road, or sidewalk at all times; and no booth, screen, partition, or other obstruction nor any arrangement of lights or lighting shall be permitted in or about the interior of the premises which shall prevent a clear view of the entire interior from the street, road, or sidewalk.
(B) All rooms where liquor is sold for consumption on the premises shall be continuously lighted during business hours by natural light or artificial white light so that all parts of the interior of the premises shall be clearly visible. In case the view into any licensed premises required by the foregoing provisions shall be willfully obscured by the licensee or by him or her willfully permitted to be obscured or in any manner obstructed, then the licensee shall be subject to revocation of his or her license in the manner herein provided.
(C) In order to enforce the provisions of this section, the Mayor shall have the right to require the filing with him or her of plans, drawings, and photographs showing the clearance of the view as above required.
(1969 Code, § 3-16) Penalty, see § 111.99
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