Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-5076

• Record #: O2014-5076
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 6/25/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
• Final action: 7/30/2014
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 4 by adding new Chapter 4-58 regarding restrictions on practice of allowing patrons to bring alcoholic liquor purchased elsewhere onto premises of any establishment
• Sponsors: Graham, Deborah L., Mell, Deborah, Lane, Lona, Thompson, JoAnn, Hairston, Leslie A., Waguespack, Scott, O'Shea, Matthew J., Reboyras, Ariel, Austin, Carrie M., Colón, Rey, Mitts, Emma, Ervin, Jason C., Burnett, Jr., Walter, Willie B. Cochran, Harris, Michelle A.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 58 Restrictions on BYOB

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
7/30/2014	85727	City Council	Passed	Pass
7/23/2014		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Recommended to Pass	Pass
6/25/2014	84447	City Council	Referred

ORDINANCE



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


SECTION 1. Title IV of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting a new Chapter 4-58, as follows:
CHAPTER 4-58 RESTRICTIONS ON BYOB

4-58-010 Definitions.
"Alcoholic liquor" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 4-60-010 of this Code.

"BYOB" means the practice of allowing the patrons of a business to bring on to the premises of such business, for their own personal consumption, alcoholic liquor that was purchased or otherwise obtained elsewhere by such patrons.

"Restaurant" means any food dispensing establishment, as defined in Section 4-8-010, holding a valid retail food establishment license under Chapter 4-8 of this Code.

4-58-020 Ordinance prohibiting BYOB - Requirements - Procedure.
The City Council may, from time to time, prohibit BYOB in a specified area of the city, subject only to the conditions, restrictions and procedures described in this section.
An ordinance prohibiting BYOB in a specified area of the city must:

contain a description of the conditions requiring the prohibition on BYOB; and
identify such area by boundaries; and
cover an area of no less than two contiguous city blocks. For any such area established by ordinance, both sides of each street forming the boundary of the area shall be considered as within the area unless otherwise specifically stated in the ordinance establishing the area; provided, however, that (i) if an area is described by boundaries, the boundaries shall be drawn down the center of boundary streets unless otherwise specified in the ordinance establishing the area; and (ii) if a street that is a boundary of the area is also a boundary of wards of the city, the middle of that street will be the boundary of that area.
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(c) No ordinance adopted under this chapter shall prohibit BYOB in any restaurant.
After passage of an ordinance to prohibit BYOB within a specified area ofthe city, no ordinance may alter the ...