ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Sections 4-60-022 and 4-60-023 of the Municipal Code set forth restrictions on liquor sales for, respectively, consumption on premises and packaged goods; and
WHEREAS, For organizational efficiency and for ease of reference, sections 4-60-022 and 4-60-023 set out affected areas using a ward-based numbering system; and
WHEREAS, As a result of the 2010 National Decennial Census, ward boundaries in the City of Chicago were re-drawn; and
WHEREAS, The ordinance which re-drew the ward boundaries was passed by the City Council on January 19, 2012 and is found in the Journal of the Proceedings of that date at pages 19792 through 19849. This ordinance is numbered by the City Clerk's office as SO2012-582;and
WHEREAS, Subsequent to the City Council passing SO2012-582, an ordinance to make corrections to said ordinance was passed by the City Council on September 12, 2012 and is found in the Journal ofthe Proceedings of that date at pages 33628 through 33683. This ordinance is numbered by the City Clerk's office as 02012-5439; and
WHEREAS, As a consequence of re-drawing ward boundaries, numerous liquor sale restrictions in sections 4-60-022 and 4-60-023 are no longer numbered accurately according to the wards in which they are now located; and
WHEREAS, It is necessary and appropriate to correct these numbering inaccuracies so that the liquor sale restrictions shown in sections 4-60-022 and 4-60-023 are numbered according to the wards in which they are located; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The intent of this ordinance is solely to correct numbering errors for ease of reference, and not to reduce, increase or otherwise change the restrictions on liquor sales currently in place for consumption on premises and packaged goods.
SECTION 2. This ordinance sets forth only those subsections of sections 4-60-022 and 4-60-023 that are being amended, and excludes unaffected subsections for the convenience of the re...
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