Record #: O2014-2454   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 4/2/2014 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 4/30/2014
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-130 to further regulate hours of operation for alcoholic liquor establishments
Sponsors: O'Connor, Patrick, Mitts, Emma, Moreno, Proco Joe, Graham, Deborah L., Tunney, Thomas, Fioretti, Bob
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 60 Liquor Dealers
Attachments: 1. O2014-2454.pdf
ORDINANCE
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
 
SECTION 1. Section 4-60-130 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
 
4-60-130 Hours of operation.
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (a) (2) of this subsection, no person licensed hereunder as a retailer of alcoholic liquor shall sell, permit to be sold, or give away any alcoholic liquor between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sundays, except that when a Sunday falls on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the sale of package good6 liquor may commence at 8:00 A.M. on said Sundays a supermarket may commence the sale of package goods at 8:00 a.m. on Sundays.
  1. A consumption on the premises - incidental activity licensee, who also has a retail food establishment license for the same premises, shall not sell, permit to be sold, or give away any liguor between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sundays at the licensed premises; provided that there shall be no sale of package goods in the licensed premises between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sundays, except that when a Sunday falls on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the sale of package goods liquor may commence at 8:00 A.M. on said Sundays a supermarket may commence the sale of package goods at 8:00 a.m. on Sundays. A consumption on the premises - incidental activity licensee, who also has an indoor special event license issued under Chapter 4-156 shall not sell or permit to be sold any liguor after 12:00 midnight and before 12:00 noon, or at any time other than during the special event. The holder of an airport pushcart liguor license or a consumption on the premises license for an establishment located within "authorized areas" of "O'Hare" or "Midway", as those terms are defined in Section 4-60-077, may sell or permit to be sold alcoholic liguor at any time within such authorized areas, subject to such time restrictions as the commissioner of aviation may set by rule. I
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  1. Prior to any existing licensee's commencing early Sunday liguor sales pursuant to subparagraph (a)(1) or (a)(2), the licensee shall submit to the commissioner, along with a review fee of $250, a detailed floor plan and site plan of the licensed premises which clearly delineates the sguare footage of the retail floor area and the sguare footage of the floor area devoted to the retail sales of liguor. If after review of the such floor and site plan, the commissioner determines that the licensee meets the criteria established in subparagraph (4)(B),the commissioner shall issue a revised liguor license, which on its face indicates that the licensee may commence early Sunday liguor sales.
  2. For purposes of this subsection (a), the following definitions apply:
  1. " Early Sunday liguor sales" means the sale of package goods between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sundays pursuant to subparagraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this
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  1. "Supermarket" means a store:
(i) with an interior floor area of the licensed premises of not less than 10,000 sguare feet devoted to retail sales:
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  1. that holds a valid package goods license;
  2. that sells, at retail, a variety of food and household products, including fresh, prepared, frozen and canned foods, dairy products, vegetables, fruits, meat, and poultry; and
  3. in which the display space for alcoholic liguor does not exceed 25 percent of the floor area devoted to retail sales.
 
 
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
 
4-60-200 Violation - Penalty.
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Any person found in violation of Section 4-60-130 by commencing the unauthorized sale of early Sunday liguor sales shall be fined not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $10,000 for each violation. Any person violating any of the other provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $300.00 nor more than $5,000.00 for each offense, except where otherwise specifically provided. A separate and distinct offense shall be held to have been committed each day any person continues to violate any of the provisions hereof.