For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. 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 0.5%, or less, of alcohol by volume.
BASSET. A Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training (BASSET) program licensed by the State of Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) as required by ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, §§ 3-12 and 6-27 and Title 77 of Illinois Administrative Code, Chapter XVI, § 35.
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.
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 an 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 the CLUB files with the Local Liquor Control Commissioner at the time of its application for a license under this chapter 2 copies of a list of names and residences of its members, and similarly files within 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 profit 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.
LICENSEE. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or club holding a retail liquor dealer’s license under the provisions of this chapter.
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.
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, the 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 service suitable food for its guests.
(Prior Code, § 3-1)
(Ord. 1982-2, passed 7-15-1982; Am. Ord. 2010-14, passed 3-4-2010)
Statutory reference:
Restaurant and club license, see ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 6-25
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, §§ 1-3 et seq.