Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms as used in this chapter shall be construed according to the definitions given below:
ALCOHOL: The product of distillation of any fermented liquid, whether rectified or diluted, whatever may be the origin thereof, including synthetic ethyl alcohol, but not including denatured alcohol or wood alcohol.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR: Any 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. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to alcohol used in the manufacture of denatured alcohol produced in accordance with acts of congress and regulations promulgated thereunder, nor to any liquid or solid containing one-half of one percent (0.5%), or less, of alcohol by volume.
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.
BOWLING ALLEY: Any establishment or building, or part of an establishment or building, as the case may be, wherein the game of bowling is played with composition balls and ten (10) pins.
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 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 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.
CONVEYANCE: Any vehicle, trailer, or watercraft or container operated for the transportation of persons or property.
GATHERING: Any group of three (3) or more persons who have assembled or gathered together for a social occasion or other activity.
HOST: To aid, conduct, allow, entertain, organize, supervise, control, or permit a gathering.
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 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 in connection therewith and such building or buildings, structure or structures being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity.
ILLICIT DRUGS: Any drug, substance, or compound prohibited by law, including drugs prescribed by a physician that are in the possession of or used by someone other than the person to whom the drug was prescribed.
KEG: Any original package container capable of holding more than one gallon of beer.
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.
PARENT: Any person having legal custody of a juvenile as natural, adoptive, or stepparent, as a legal guardian, as a person to whom legal custody has been given by order of the court, or any other person over twenty one (21) years of age who is in loco parentis of a minor.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity.
PUBLIC PLACE: Any publicly owned property, streets, highways, schools, parks as well as the common areas of apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, parks, businesses, or parking lots.
REASONABLE STEPS: Controlling access to alcoholic beverages at a gathering, controlling the quantity of alcoholic beverages present at the gathering, verifying the age of persons attending the gathering by inspecting driver's licenses or other government issued identification cards to ensure that minors do not consume alcoholic beverages while at the gathering, supervising the activities of minors at the gathering, and calling for police assistance in the event underage persons are in possession of alcohol at the gathering or advising law enforcement in advance of departing one's residence that the owner will be away and no underage person is authorized to be present and consume alcohol at the owner's residence.
RELIGIOUS CEREMONY: The possession, consumption, and dispensation of alcohol or an alcoholic beverage for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rites or religious ceremony.
RESIDENCE OR PREMISES: Any home, yard, field, land, apartment, condominium, hotel or motel room, or other dwelling unit, or a hall or meeting room, park, or any other place of assembly, public or private, whether occupied on a temporary or permanent basis, whether occupied as a dwelling or specifically for a party or other social function, and whether owned, leased, rented, or used with or without permission or compensation.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON: Any person which hosts a gathering or having custody or control of private property where a gathering occurs.
RESTAURANT: Any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where meals are served, and where meals actually are served 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.
RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD: A self-service establishment selling a limited number of prepared food items which are served in containers and with utensils that are disposable and which are dispensed for consumption on or off the premises.
RETAIL SALE: The sale for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
RETAILER: A person who sells or offers for sale alcoholic liquor for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
SALE OF A KEG: Any sale of beer in a keg, even though the keg is to be returned by the purchaser to the seller.
STATE COMMISSION: The Illinois liquor control commission.
UNDERAGE PERSON: Any individual under twenty one (21) years of age.
WINE: Any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural contents of fruits or vegetables, containing sugar, including such beverages when fortified by the addition of "alcohol" as defined in this section. (Ord. 0-94-04, 6-6-1994; amd. Ord. 0-95-44, 10-16-1995; Ord. 0-10-13, 6-28-2010)