SUBSTITUTE O R D I N A N C~E
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 4-160-010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, and by. deleting the language struck through, as follows:
4-160-010 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
"Adjacent" means contiguous physical proximity, with no separation by the public way or any other property or structure.
"Amusement" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 4-156-010.
"Fixed point-of-sale" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 4-60-075.
"Sports Plaza" means an outdoor open area which: (1) is not on the public way; (2) is used for the service of alcohol regulated by Chapter 4-60 and/or the conduct of amusements regulated by Chapter 4-156; (3) is adjacent to a sports stadium with a minimum capacity of 15,000 people; and (4) has a minimum capacity of 400 people.
SECTION 2. Article II of Chapter 4-160 of the Municipal Code.of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
4-160-100 Scope.
Subject to compliance with the Code, Wrigley Plaza is hereby established; This Article II provides requirements and restrictions that are specifically applicable to Wrigley Plaza in addition to those in Article I. This Article II shall be repealed of its own accord, without further action of the City Council, on November 30,-2049 2024. Any licenses, permits, or other authorizations granted in conjunction with Wrigley Plaza shall be rendered void simultaneously with this repeal.
4-160-110 Definitions.
For the purposes of this Article II. the following definitions apply:
"Concert" means a live, in-person musical performance, the main purpose of which is the musical performance.
"Event" with the initial "E" capitalized has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 4-156-430.
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"Festival" means an organized series of public activities that may include cultural performances, exhibitions, and other activities, and may include music and the service of food and beverages, provided that the music is incidental fo the other activities at the festival. "Festival" does not include activities incidental to Stadium events open exclusively to ticket holders of the Stadium event.
"High Impact Special event" means a Special event that (a) is held on Wrigley Plaza; (b) requires a Special event permit: (c) has an attendance of 1,000 or more people at anv one time; and (d) includes ad-) concert: (2) watch party for a sporting event that is being aired while the sporting event is being played other than a Chicago Cubs home game; or (3) festival.
"Special event" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 10-8-335. T-be-per-rmt required pursuant to that-seotien-shall-be-feguired for any Special ovent at Wri§ley-P4aza with an expeeted-daily-attendance-of 1,000 people or mefe?
"Stadium event" means a Major League Baseball game or Event taking place in Wrigley
Field.
"Wrigley Plaza" means the Wrigley Field Sports Plaza.
4-160-120 Hours of operation.
Except as provided in subsection (b), Wrigley Plaza shall be closed and no amusement or other activity of any kind shall take place therein between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. on Sundays through Thursdays, or between 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. on Friday and Saturdays.
For stadium Stadium events that end after sunset, Wrigley Plaza shall close no later than 45 minutes after the end of the Stadium event.
Except as provided in subsection (d), no sale or service of alcoholic liquor shall take place in Wrigley Plaza:
between 9:00 P.M. and 9:00 A.M. on Sundays through Thursdays; nor
between 10:00 P.M. and 9:00 A.M. on.Friday and Saturdays.
The sale of alcoholic liquor may take place in Wrigley Plaza only from two hours prior to the start time of a Stadium event until:
one hour after the end of a baseball game that begins before 5r00 4:10
P.M.; or
the end of a baseball game that begins after §fO0 4:10 P.M.; or
if a baseball game continues past 11:00 P.M., alcohol sales shall cease at
11:00 P.M.; or
in the case of all other Events, one hour prior to the expected end of Ihe Event, but in no case later than the restriction set forth in Section 4-160-120(c).
4-160-130 General provisions.
(a) A maximum of four fixed points-of-sale for alcoholic liquor is authorized.
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Alcoholic liquor may be sold at Wrigley Plaza only during Stadium events^ or Special events, or amusements. Alcoholic liquor sold in the Sports Wrigley Plaza must remain in, and be consumed in, either the Sports Wrigley Plaza or in the.adjacent stadium. Alcoholic liquor sold in the stadium may be carried into the Sports Wrigley Plaza only during times when alcoholic liquor is offered for sale in the-Sperts Wrigley Plaza. Patrons may carry alcoholic liquor from tho Sporto Wrigley Plaza into the stadium, and vice versa, only in disposable cups, and only while entering or exiting a stadium entrance that directly connects to tho Sports Wrigley Plaza. Patrons.may not carry alcoholic liquor from Wrigley Plaza into the stadium after the end of the seventh inning of a baseball game.
A Wrigley Plaza Venue liquor licensee shall:
sell only beer and-wme alcoholic liquor only from a fixed point-of-sale^.
serve boor-and-wine alcoholic liquor only in plastic cups which i(+)-de-not oxcood a capaofty-of-46 fluid ounces; and (ii) clearly identify the Wrigley Plaza Venue liquor licensee from which the alcoholic liquor was purchased.
not sell alcoholic liquor in quantities greater than:
16 fluid ounces for beer, hard cider, hard seltzer, malt liquor, and
similar beverages;
6.3 fluid ounces for wine; and
3 fluid ounces for spirits.
(3 4) not sell or offer for sale any package goods.
The combined occupancy pf all locations that are immediately adjacent to Wrigley Plaza, either at or above grade, and are subject to the outdoor patio liquor license shall not exceed 1,000. All such location's must have the greatest frontage facing south.
During Stadium events, access to Wrigley Plaza is limited to Stadium event ticketholders.
4-160-140 Special Events held on Wrigley Plaza.
A maximum of twelve High Impact Special events is authorized at Wrigley Plaza each calendar year. Of these, only five High Impact Special events may be concerts.
Alcohol may be sold at Wfi§ley-P4aza a Special event events only from the beginning of the'Special event to one hour prior to the end of the Special event.
Between Labor Day and June 15, Wrigtey-Plaza High Impact Special events shall end before 9:00 P.M. on Sundays through Thursdays.
A festival that runs for no more than three consecutive days shall count as one Special event.
A Special event permit shall be reguired for every Special event with an expected attendance of 1,000 or more people.
Except for High Impact Special events, noise and amplified sound generated at Wrigley Plaza shall comply with Sections 8-32-070 and 8-32-080 of this Code. For High Impact Special events, the holder of the Special event permit shall monitor sound levels at a minimum
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of three locations within one mile of Wrigley Plaza and shall report the findings of such monitoring to the City annually and upon request,
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon passage and approval.
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02019-9412
Chicago, January 15, 2020
To the President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on License and Consumer Protection, having under consideration a substitute ordinance introduced by Alderman Thomas Tunney (which was referred on December 18, 2019), to amend Chapter 4 of the Municipal Code of Chicago concerning further regulation of licensing at the Wrigley Field Plaza, begs leave to recommend that Your Honorable Body pass the substitute ordinance which is transmitted herewith.
This recommendation was concurred in by a viva voce vote of the members of the committee on January 8, 2020.
CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON LICENSE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Respectfully submitted,