Record #: SO2020-2179   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 4/24/2020 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 5/20/2020
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 4 and 8 regarding fines for violations of outdoor patio regulations
Sponsors: Hopkins, Brian
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 60 Liquor Dealers, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 156 Amusements, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 8 - Offenses Affecting Public Peace, Morals & Welfare - Ch. 32 Noise and Vibration Control
Attachments: 1. SO2020-2179.pdf, 2. O2020-2179.pdf
Related files: O2020-268
Committee on License and Consumer Protection
April 22, 2020

ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 4-60-200 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
4-60-200 Violation - Penalty.

Any person found in violation of Section 4-60-130 by commencing the unauthorized sale of early Sunday liquor sales shall be fined not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00 for each violation. Any person or establishment found in violation of Section 4-60-140(g) shall be fined not less than $600 nor more than $5.000.00 for each violation. Any person violating any 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.

SECTION 2. Section 4-156-424 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
4-156-424 Outdoor patio.

At no time may any live or recorded music be played or performed on the outdoor premises of a public place of amusement licensed as an outdoor patio. This prohibition shall not apply to an outdoor patio operated in conjunction with a consumption on the premises - Incidental activity license issued under Chapter 4-60, at a museum located at the Field Museum of Natural His­tory, the Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium or the Art Institute of Chicago. Any person vio­lating this Section shall be fined not less than $400.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each of­fense. Every dav such violation shall continue shall be regarded as a separate and distinct of-fense.

SECTION 3. Section 8-32-080 ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
8-32-080 Regulated entertainment businesses.

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