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, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. It does not include denatured alcohol or wood alcohol.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR: Includes alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, and capable of being consumed as beverage by a human being.
APPLICANT: The person or persons filing an application for an alcoholic liquor license, and in the case of a partnership or corporation or other business entity, it includes all of the partners, officers and/or directors of the business entity.
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: Every establishment or building, or part of an establishment or building, as the case may be, wherein the game of bowling, played with composition balls and ten (10) wooden pins, is played.
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 village president of the board of trustees, at the time of its application for a license under this chapter, two (2) copies of a list of the names and addresses of its members; and provided further, that its affairs and management are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members.
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.
LICENSEE: Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or club holding an alcoholic liquor license under the provisions of this chapter.
MICROBREWERY: Any public place or establishment that engages in the production, manufacturing, or brewing of beer on the premises by means of adequate and sanitary equipment designed and maintained to facilitate the brewing process and dispenses that beer produced on the premises for consumption on the premises and packaged for retail sale.
MOTION PICTURE THEATER: Any public place, except any business as defined in section 3-10-1 of this title, that is kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where the exhibition of motion pictures is offered to guests of all ages on a fixed schedule as advertised in print or electronic media and where food items are available from a fixed concession stand.
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, 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 guest.
RETAILER: A person who sells, or offers for sale, alcoholic liquor 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, and includes and means all sales made by any person, whether principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee.
SELL 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.
SPIRITS: Any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation, mixed with water or other substance 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.
VILLAGE: The village of West Dundee, Kane County, Illinois.
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" or "spirits", as herein defined. (Ord. 89-04, 4-3-1989; amd. Ord. 2016-30, 9-26-2016)