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 provi-sions 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 His-tory, the Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium or the Art Institute of Chicago. Any person vio-lating this Section shall be fined not less than $400.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each of-fense. 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.

 

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

(d) A violation of this Section is subject to a fine of $600.00 for a first offense. $1,000.00 for a second offense committed within a one-year period, and $2.000.00 for a third or subsequent of-fense committed within a one-year period.

 

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect 10 days following its passage and publica-tion.

 

 

 

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BRIAN HOPKINS

Alderman, 2nd Ward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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