Record #: O2019-346   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 1/23/2019 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action:
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 4-60 regarding notification requirements for alcoholic liquor applicants and licensees
Sponsors: Lopez, Raymond A., Santiago, Milagros, Taliaferro, Chris, Moreno, Proco Joe, Curtis, Derrick G., Reboyras, Ariel, Foulkes, Toni, Scott, Jr. Michael, Maldonado, Roberto, Reilly, Brendan, Napolitano, Anthony V., Burke, Edward M.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 60 Liquor Dealers
Attachments: 1. O2019-346.pdf
Related files: R2019-362
January 23, 2019 Meeting - Chicago City Council Committee on License & Consumer Protection


ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Section 4-60-024 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:

4-60-024 Lapse of license - Transfer of interest.

(. (Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

Issuance of a new license under subsection (e) of this section is subject to the following conditions: If 50 or more legal voters people reside within a distance of 500 1.000 feet from the licensed premises, the applicant shall first notify all legal voters registered all of the residents within the 500 1.000-foot area radius by certified mail, return receipt requested, stating that application is being made for issuance of a license to a new licensee, and stating the name of the applicant and the location of the licensed premises. The applicant shall sign an affidavit verifying that all legal voters registered all of the residents within the 5001.000-foot area radius have been notified by certified mail. The applicant shall cause to be posted at the location of the premises, in a place clearly visible from the public way, notice in the form prescribed by the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection, stating that application is being made for a license for operation of the business by a new licensee. Within 60 days before the filing of an application for the new license, the applicant shall obtain and file with the department of business affairs and consumer protection Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection the written consent of at least 51 percent of the legal voters registered residents living within the SOO 1.000-foot area radius, together with a list of United States Postal Service verified residential addresses within the 1.000-foot radius and the proof of residence of each of the consenters. Proof...

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