For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. The meaning ascribed thereto in the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934 (ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, §§ 1-1 et seq.), and any successor statute, and shall be construed as synonymous with the term ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
CITY. The City of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
LIQUOR FACILITY. Any person or establishment licensed under the provisions of Chapter 111 of the Municipal Code.
MUNICIPAL CODE. The City of Quincy Municipal Code.
OWNER or OPERATOR.
(1) Any person or entity of any kind that has any ownership in, or is conducting the business or operation of, a liquor facility, a prepared food and beverage and alcoholic beverage facility, or a prepared food facility, including, without any limitation:
(a) Any person;
(b) Any firm, partnership, association, company, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, club, organization, or other entity of any kind; and
(c) Any receiver, executor, trustee, conservator, or other representative appointed by law or by order of any court.
(2) The term OWNER includes one owner or multiple owners.
PERSON. Any individual, firm or corporation, representative or entity.
PREPARED FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FACILITY or PREPARED FOOD FACILITY.
(1) Any person or establishment subject to the licensing requirements of Chapter 111 which sells alcoholic liquor, and includes any place at which food or beverage items are served and/or prepared where the food and beverage items are intended to be, or are permitted to be, consumed on the premises, or where alcoholic liquor is sold at retail, including, but not limited to those establishments commonly called an inn, restaurant, eating place, drive-in restaurant, bakery, buffet, cafeteria, café, lunch counter, fast food outlet, catering service, coffee shop, diner, sandwich shop, soda fountain, tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, gaming lounge, soft drink parlor, ice cream parlor, tea room, delicatessen, movie theater, mobile food or beverage or ice cream vehicle, hotel, motel or club. Where a facility is only partially intended to permit on-site consumption of food (such as a grocery store or convenience store with a prepared food service area), only that portion of the facility selling prepared food shall be considered a PREPARED FOOD FACILITY.
(2) A PREPARED FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FACILITY does not include churches, public or private schools, public or private universities or colleges, boarding houses, day care centers, nursing homes, retirement centers or similar residential care facilities or programs for the central preparation of meals to be delivered and consumed at private residences of invalids or the elderly, coin operated automatic food item dispensing machines, farm produce stands,
grocery stores that do not serve food prepared for immediate consumption, confectionary stores that do not serve prepared food, government entities, and the facilities or events of not-for-profit associations or corporations.
PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION. Food or beverage prepared for or made readily available for immediate consumption within or upon the premises where it is sold or where such items may be purchased for consumption off the premises where it is sold, such as where such items are made available for carry out, drive through, delivery, or similar service.
PURCHASE AT RETAIL. To obtain for use or consumption in exchange for a consideration, whether in the form of money, credits, barter or any other nature, and not for resale.
RETAILER. A person who sells or offers for sale for use or consumption and not for resale.
(Ord. 9391, passed 11-18-2019)