This section outlines restrictions for adult establishment licenses in Buffalo Grove. It prohibits issuing an adult establishment license for premises that already hold a liquor license and imposes a one-year ban on licensing the same premises after an adult establishment license is revoked or surrendered. Additionally, applicants must either own or have a valid lease for the licensed premises.
Section Text
Adult Establishment License shall be issued to any person for premises for which a liquor license has been issued as provided in the Buffalo Grove Municipal Code.
B. When an Adult Establishment License shall have been revoked or surrendered following notice of hearing as provided herein, no license shall be granted to any person for the period of one year thereafter for the conduct of an Adult Entertainment Establishment in the premises described in the revoked license.
C. The Applicant
Business & Licensing
Evanston·3.4.12
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
Summary
This ordinance prohibits individuals under 18 from attending bar, pouring, mixing, or serving alcoholic liquor on licensed premises. It further restricts the sale of packaged alcoholic liquor to individuals under 21 by Class E licensees.
Section Text
such licensee shall employ on its premises any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to attend bar, or to pour, draw, mix or serve alcoholic liquor on said premises.
(B) No licensee of a Class E liquor license or any representative, agent or employee of such licensee engaging in the retail sale of packaged alcoholic liquor shall employ on its premises any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to sell packaged alcoholic liquor
Business & Licensing
Geneva·4.2.30
LICENSE—REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION—HEARING PROCEDURE
Summary
This section outlines the procedure for revoking or suspending liquor licenses in Geneva, Illinois. It details grounds for action, including violations of state law or local ordinances, and allows for fines in lieu of or in addition to suspension, with specific limits and a tiered structure for repeat offenses. Licensees are entitled to a public hearing with advance written notice and an opportunity to defend themselves, and may be required to cover the city's attorney fees and costs associated with the hearing.
Section Text
period of his license. Proceeds from such fines shall be paid into the general corporate fund of the city treasury. However, no such license shall be so revoked or suspended and no license shall be fined except after a public hearing by the local liquor control commissioner with a three-day written notice to the licensee, affording the licensee an opportunity to appear and defend. Further, in the event that the local liquor control commissioner shall find a licensee guilty...fees incurred by the city, reasonable costs, including but not limited to the costs of court reporter fees and witness fees incurred by reason of the hearing.
B. If the local liquor control commissioner has reason to believe that any continued operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the community, he may, upon the issuance of a written order stating the reason for such conclusions and without notice of hearing, order the licensed premises closed
Business & Licensing
Crestwood·112.49
Wine Sampling And Tasting
Summary
This ordinance allows licensed retail liquor establishments to conduct wine sampling and group wine tasting events under specific conditions. It outlines license requirements, quantity limitations, and spatial restrictions for these events, and defines what constitutes a 'bona fide customer'.
Section Text
Class A, C or Class E licensed retail location may conduct product sampling for its bona fide customers upon application to the Local Liquor Commissioner for a product sampling license. A product sampling license shall authorize the holder to give or sell to bona fide customers up to 12 ounces of wine a day. Product sampling shall be conducted in an area of the licensed location that shall not exceed 150 square feet or 10% of the location’s area
Business & Licensing
McCook·6.12
Penalties
Summary
This section outlines penalties for violations related to alcoholic beverage sales in McCook. It establishes misdemeanor charges and daily offenses for unlicensed sales, and allows for license suspension or revocation for licensees violating regulations. Fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 are imposed for each offense.
Section Text
person engaged in the sale at retail or wholesale of alcoholic beverage without a license so to do shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day that any person engages in the sale of liquor contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall constitute...separate offense, and, in addition thereto, any licensee violating the rules contained herein (including rules and regulations of the local liquor control commissioner) pertaining to the conduct of his business under such license, may have his license suspended or revoked by the local liquor control commissioner, and it is expressly made the duty of such commissioner to investigate any complaints concerning the conduct of any such establishment or place of business and to revoke the license of any licensee willfully
Business & Licensing
Carol Stream·11.1.6
Notice, Hearing And Order
Summary
This section outlines the procedure for revoking or suspending a liquor license in Carol Stream, requiring a public hearing, written notice to the licensee, a written order detailing the reasons for the decision, and specifies limitations on appeals.
Section Text
such liquor license shall be revoked or suspended, except after a public hearing before the Liquor Control Commissioner. The Liquor Control Commissioner shall give written notice to the licensee, not less than three days prior to the hearing, affording the licensee an opportunity to appear and defend or otherwise answer.
(B) The Liquor Control Commissioner shall, within five days after such hearing, if he or she determines that the license should be revoked or suspended, state the reason or reasons...based upon the transcript so filed. No new or additional evidence shall be admitted or considered.
(D) In the event the appeal is from an order of the Liquor Control Commissioner denying a renewal application, the licensee shall have on deposit with the village an amount sufficient to cover the license fee for the renewal period and the certificate of dram shop insurance as required by this code
Business & Licensing
Hainesville·5.08.060
Notice, hearing and order
Summary
This section outlines the procedures for license revocation or suspension, requiring a public hearing, written notice to the licensee, and a written order detailing the reasons for the decision. It also details appeal processes and requirements for license renewal applications.
Section Text
such liquor license shall be revoked or suspended except after a public hearing before the liquor control commissioner. The liquor control commissioner shall give written notice to the licensee, not less than three days prior to the hearing, affording the licensee an opportunity to appear and defend or otherwise answer.
B. The liquor control commissioner shall, within five days after such hearing, if he or she determines that the license should be revoked or suspended, state the reason or reasons...record of the hearing so filed. No new or additional evidence shall be admitted or considered.
D. In the event the appeal is from an order of the liquor control commissioner denying a renewal application, the licensee shall have on deposit with the village an amount sufficient to cover the license fee for the renewal period and the certificate of dram shop insurance as required by this code.
(Ord. 98-12-1 § 1 (part): prior code
Business & Licensing
Villa Park·3.304
Application
Summary
This section outlines the requirements for applying for a liquor license in Villa Park. It details the necessary written application information, including applicant details, business information, premises description, and declarations regarding past license history and compliance with laws.
Section Text
application for any license provided for in this chapter shall be made to the local liquor control commissioner, in writing, signed by the applicant if an individual, by all the partners of a partnership, or by a duly authorized agent thereof if a club or corporation, and verified by oath or affidavit, and filed with the village clerk.
Such application shall contain the following statements and information:
(1) The name, age and address of the application in the case...application.
(7) A statement that applicant has never been convicted of a felony and is not disqualified to receive a license by reason of any matter or thing contained in any ordinance or state law.
(8) Whether a previous liquor license issued by any state or subdivision thereof, or by the federal government has been revoked, and the reasons thereof.
(9) A statement that the applicant will not violate any of the laws of the state or of the United
Business & Licensing
Hainesville·5.08.250
Retail sales restrictions
Summary
This section restricts the issuance of retail alcoholic liquor licenses based on proximity to sensitive locations like churches, schools, and hospitals, with specific exemptions and measurement guidelines. It also prohibits licenses for establishments whose principal business caters to minors.
Section Text
license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within one hundred (100) feet of any church, school, other than an institution of higher learning, hospital, home for aged or indigent persons or for veterans, their spouses or children, or any military or naval station, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to hotels offering restaurant service, regularly organized clubs, or to restaurants, food shops or other places where sale of alcoholic liquors...principal business carried on, if such place of business so exempted shall have been established for such purposes prior to the taking effect of this chapter; nor to the renewal of a license for the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor on premises within one hundred
(100) feet of any church or school where such church or school has been established within such one hundred (100) feet since the issuance of the original license. In the case of a church
Business & Licensing
Morton Grove·1.10P-1
Definitions
Summary
This section provides definitions for terms related to the local packaged liquor tax. It defines alcoholic liquor, alcoholic liquor facility, packaged liquor, person, purchase at retail, and retailer.
Section Text
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR: Spirits, wine, beer, ale, or other liquid containing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR FACILITY: Any establishment licensed under the provisions of this title or any premise sells alcoholic liquor at retail.
PACKAGED LIQUOR: Alcoholic liquor sold unopened at retail in its original package or container only for consumption off the retail premises.
PERSON: Any individual, firm or corporation, representative, or entity.
PURCHASE
Business & Licensing
Fox Lake·3.3.12
Regulations Governing Licenses
Summary
This section outlines regulations for all liquor licenses in Fox Lake. It requires licensees to comply with all laws, prevent violations on the premises, restrict minors, and sets conditions regarding employee age and conduct, including prohibitions on certain sexual acts and solicitation.
Section Text
engage, employ, or permit the engagement or employment of any female, or permit any other female to remain on said premises, who shall solicit any patron or customer thereof to purchase alcoholic or nonalcoholic liquor for her, himself or any other person therein on the licensed premises; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit any adult manageress or waitress who shall...regularly employed from accepting and serving the order of a patron or customer in the regular course of her employment as such manageress or waitress.
G. The following kinds of conduct on premises in this village licensed to sell alcoholic liquor, are prohibited:
1. The performance of acts, or simulated acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation or any sexual acts.
2. The actual or simulated exhibition, touching, caressing or fondling of the breasts, buttocks, pubic hair
Business & Licensing
Morton Grove·1.10K-1
Definitions
Summary
This section of the Morton Grove municipal code defines key terms related to the Prepared Food and Beverage Tax. It clarifies what constitutes 'alcoholic liquor', 'prepared food', and various types of 'prepared food facilities'.
Section Text
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR: Spirits, wine, beer, ale or other liquid containing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR FACILITY: Any establishment licensed under the provisions of this title and that sells alcoholic liquor at retail.
PERSON: Any individual, firm or corporation, representative, or entity.
PREPARED FOOD:
1. Means and includes any solid, liquid (including both alcoholic and nonalcoholic liquid), powder or item used or intended to be used...food which is sold in a closed or sealed bottle, can, carton or container of the manufacturer or wholesaler or which has not been prepared for immediate consumption.
PREPARED FOOD FACILITY:
1. Any person or establishment subject to licensing pursuant to this title which sells at retail food which has been prepared for immediate consumption and whether or not such prepared food facility use is conducted along with any other use(s) in a common premises or business establishment
Taxation & Revenue
East Dundee·117.04
Conditions And Regulations Governing Operation; Violation
Summary
This section outlines regulations for operating an adult use business in East Dundee. It includes age restrictions for patrons and staff, notification requirements for manager changes, prohibitions on alcohol and location near liquor-licensed premises, and restrictions on public indecency, prostitution, and explicit signage.
Section Text
promptly as practicable, but in any event within five regular business days, provide the information concerning the new manager which is required in § 117.03.
(4) No adult use shall be located on premises for which a license to sell alcoholic liquor has been issued, and no alcoholic liquor shall be permitted on such premises.
(5) No adult use shall be permitted unless the premises on which such business is located complies with the requirements of the Zoning Code
Business & Licensing
Westmont·22.251
Conditions and regulations governing operation; violation; penalty
Summary
This section outlines regulations for the operation of adult-use businesses in Westmont, including age restrictions, manager requirements, location restrictions related to alcohol sales and zoning, and prohibitions against public indecency, prostitution, and explicit signage.
Section Text
practicable, but in any event within five regular business days, provide the information concerning the new manager which is required in section this article.
(4) No adult use shall be located on premises for which a license to sell alcoholic liquor has been issued, and no alcoholic liquor shall be permitted on such premises.
(5) No adult use shall be permitted unless the premises on which such business is located complies with the requirements of the zoning ordinance
Business & Licensing
Oak Brook·4.8.5
Conditions And Regulations
Summary
This section outlines regulations for operating adult uses in Oak Brook, including age restrictions for patrons and employees, notification requirements for manager changes, prohibitions on alcohol sales and public indecency, and restrictions on signage.
Section Text
event within five (5) regular business days, provide the information concerning the new manager which is required in Section 4-8-3 of this Chapter.
4. No adult use shall be located on premises for which a license to sell alcoholic liquor has been issued, and no alcoholic liquor shall be permitted on such premises.
5. No adult use shall be permitted unless the premises on which such business is located complies with the requirements of the zoning ordinance
Business & Licensing
Oakbrook Terrace·122.05
Conditions and regulations; violation; penalty
Summary
This section outlines regulations for adult-use businesses in Oakbrook Terrace, including age restrictions for patrons and employees, notification requirements for manager changes, prohibitions on alcohol and public indecency, and operating hour limitations.
Section Text
event within five regular business days, provide the information concerning the new manager which is required in § 122.03(A) of this chapter.
(4) No adult use shall be located on premises for which a license to sell alcoholic liquor has been issued, and no alcoholic liquor shall be permitted on such premises.
(5) No adult use shall be permitted unless the premises on which such business is located comply with the requirements of the city's Zoning Code
Business & Licensing
South Chicago Heights·6.73
Advertising
Summary
This ordinance prohibits licensed liquor establishments in South Chicago Heights from displaying advertising that is obscene, indecent, immoral, or offensive to public morals or decency.
Section Text
person licensed to sell alcoholic liquor shall erect or post any sign or advertising for the licensed premises which contains statements, words or pictures of an obscene, indecent or immoral character and which offend the public morals or decency
Business & Licensing
Frankfort·113.56
Prohibiting Persons Under Age Of 21 To Remain On Licensed Premises
Summary
This section prohibits individuals under 21 years of age from remaining on licensed premises where alcoholic liquor is sold, with exceptions for those accompanied by a parent or guardian, or for establishments whose primary business is not alcohol sales. It also prohibits licensees from allowing minors to remain if they possess or consume alcohol.
Section Text
shall be unlawful for any holder of a retail liquor dealer’s license or his agent or employee, to suffer or permit any person under the age of 21 to be or remain in any room or compartment adjoining or adjacent to or situated in the room or place where such licensed premises is located; provided that this division shall not apply to any person under the age of 21 who is accompanied by his parent or guardian...licensed premises which derives its principal business from the sale of other commodities or services than the sale of alcoholic liquor.
(B) No licensee, nor any officer, associate, member, representative, agent or employee of such licensee who knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that a person under the age of 21 years possesses or is consuming alcoholic liquor while on the premises shall allow such minor to remain on such premises.
(Ord. 1105, passed
Business & Licensing
Calumet Park·112.35
Windows Of Licensed Premises To Be Unobstructed
Summary
This ordinance requires that the interior of licensed premises selling alcoholic liquor for on-site consumption must be fully visible from the street, road, or sidewalk at all times. It prohibits obstructions and mandates continuous lighting to ensure visibility, with willful obstruction leading to license revocation.
Section Text
premises where the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption thereon is licensed, no screen, blind, curtain, partition, article or thing shall be permitted in the windows or upon the door of such licensed premises, not inside such premises, which shall prevent a clear view into the interior of such licensed premises from the street, road or sidewalk at all times, and no booths, screen, partition or other obstruction, nor any arrangement of lights or lighting shall be permitted...full view of the entire interior of such premises from the street, road, or sidewalk. All rooms where liquor is sold for consumption upon 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 of any such licensed premises required by the foregoing provisions shall be willfully obscured by the licensee
Business & Licensing
Plano·3.2.6.1
Class A License
Summary
This section defines the Class A liquor license in Plano, authorizing the sale of all alcoholic liquors for on- or off-premises consumption. It also outlines requirements for dispensing facilities and premises separation when operating alongside other businesses, with an exception for restaurant-wide distribution.
Section Text
Description: Class A licenses shall authorize the licensee to sell at retail all kinds of alcoholic liquors for consumption on or off the premises.
B. License Fee And Number Issued: The annual license fee for such license shall be as set forth in this chapter, and the number of class A licenses issued and in effect at any given time shall be as specified in this chapter.
C. Facilities And Premises:
1. The holder of a class A license must...have available the necessary facilities and equipment for dispensing liquor on the premises.
2. In the event a class A license shall be granted to a person conducting another business on the same premises, the area designated for sale of alcoholic liquors shall be completely enclosed and separated from all other operations being conducted on the premises; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not be deemed to prohibit the sale and distribution of alcoholic liquors throughout the premises used
Business & Licensing
Wonder Lake·111.15
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING UNFIT PERSONS AND MINORS
Summary
This ordinance prohibits the sale of alcohol to intoxicated persons, habitual drunkards, and individuals under 21 years of age. It also makes it unlawful for minors to purchase, obtain, or consume alcohol, with exceptions for supervised religious ceremonies, and mandates the display of a warning notice to minors.
Section Text
under the age of 21 years to misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic liquor any place in the village where alcoholic liquor is sold. 5. In every establishment which holds a village liquor license, there shall be displayed at all times in a prominent place, a printed card which shall be supplied by the Village Clerk and which shall read substantially as follows:
WARNING TO MINORS - You are subject to a fine
Business & Licensing
Yorkville·3.3.14
Restrictions concerning unfit persons and minors
Summary
This section prohibits licensees from selling alcohol to intoxicated individuals, habitual drunkards, or minors. It also makes it unlawful for minors to purchase, obtain, or misrepresent their age to acquire alcohol, and prohibits their consumption of alcohol in public or other specified places, with exceptions for supervised religious ceremonies or home consumption.
Section Text
twenty-one (21) years to misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic liquor any place in the City where alcoholic liquor is sold.
E. In every establishment which holds a City liquor license, there shall be displayed at all times in a prominent place, a printed card which shall be supplied by the City Clerk and which shall read substantially as follows:
WARNING TO MINORS - You are subject to a fine
Business & Licensing
Antioch·8.4.4
Permits; Registration
Summary
This section grants the parks director discretion to issue permits for exclusive use of park facilities, including serving alcohol at private functions. It also outlines specific rules for the Antioch Skate/Bike Park and addresses violations.
Section Text
Alcohol In The Parks:
1. The parks director is empowered with the discretion to grant permits for the serving of alcoholic beverages for private functions only in the parks, provided, however, that no such license shall be granted for a private function in the Aqua Center.
2. The parks director may establish routine practices and supplemental rules for the issuance and management for the granting of permits to serve alcoholic beverages, including, but not limited to, ensuring that the applicant...violate any laws of the state of Illinois nor any ordinances of the village of Antioch, and that any required insurance policy be issued and filed with the parks department.
3. All requests for the issuance of a liquor license for public service of alcoholic beverages must be presented to the liquor commissioner pursuant to the local and state liquor codes.
D. Violation: Any violation of a permit for exclusive use of a park facility or area
Utilities & Services
Hanover Park·10.25
Location restrictions
Summary
This ordinance restricts the issuance of alcohol retail licenses within 100 feet of churches, schools, hospitals, and certain other institutions. Exemptions exist for businesses where alcohol sales are not the primary activity if established prior to the ordinance, and for license removals if the protected institution was established later.
Section Text
license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of any church, school, hospital, home for the aged or indigent persons or for veterans, their wives or children, or any military or naval station. This prohibition shall not apply to clubs, restaurants, food shops or other places where the sale of alcoholic liquor...principal business carried on if such place of business not exempted shall have been established for such purpose prior to the taking effect of this chapter, nor shall this prohibition apply to the removal of a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor on premises within 100 feet of any church or school where such church or school has been established within 100 feet after the issuance of the original license.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the issuance
Business & Licensing
Plano·3.2.5
Restrictions On Issuance Of License
Summary
This section outlines restrictions on the issuance of liquor licenses in Plano. It prohibits issuance to non-residents, individuals of poor character, those with certain felony convictions or convictions related to illegal activities, and entities where key personnel do not meet eligibility requirements.
Section Text
federal or state law, unless the Illinois liquor control commission and local liquor control commissioner determines that such person will not be impaired by the conviction in engaging in the licensed practice after considering the matter set forth in such person's application and the Illinois liquor control commission and local liquor control commissioner investigation.
D. A person who has been convicted of being the keeper or is keeping a house of ill fame.
E. A person who has been...mayor or alderman of the city and no such official shall be interested in any way, either directly or indirectly, in the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcoholic liquor.
N. Any person not eligible for a state retail liquor dealer's license