Record #: O2021-1190   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 3/24/2021 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-130 regarding hours of operation for retail liquor businesses
Sponsors: Villegas, Gilbert
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 60 Liquor Dealers
Attachments: 1. O2021-1190.pdf
Related files: R2023-766
Chicago City Council March 24, 2021
Referred to Committee on License and Consumer Protection


O.R D I N A N£E

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 inserting 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 a supermarket or retail liquor business 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 a retail food establishment license for the same premises, shall not sell, permit to be sold, or give away any 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 9:00 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 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sundays, except that a supermarket or retail liquor business 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 liquor 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 liquor 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 liquor at any time within such authorized areas, subject to such time restrictions as the commissioner of aviation may set by rule. A tavern licensee, who also has a retail food establishment license for the same premises, shall not sell, permit to be sold, or give away any 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 9:00 a.m. on Sundays at the licensed premises; provided that between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sundays, any such sale or give away of liquor shall be incidental or secondary to the serving of food.
Prior to any existing licensee's commencing early Sunday liquor 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 square footage of the retail floor area and the square footage of the floor area devoted to the retail sales of liquor. 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 liquor license, which on its face indicates that the licensee may commence early Sunday liquor sales.
For purposes of this subsection (a), the following definitions apply:

"Early Sunday liquor sales" means the sale of package goods between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sundays pursuant to subparagraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section.
"Supermarket" means a store:


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Chicago City Council March 24, 2021
Referred to Committee on License and Consumer Protection
with an interior floor area of the licensed premises of not less than 5,000 square feet devoted to retail sales;
that holds a valid package goods license;
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
in which the display space for alcoholic liquor does not exceed 25 percent of the floor area devoted to retail sales.

CQ "Retail Liquor Business" means a store:
with an interior floor area of a licensed premises of a minimum of 5,000 square feet devoted to retail sales:
that holds a valid package goods license;
that sells, at retail, a variety of local, domestic, and craft products, including spirits. winer and beer: and
in which the display space for alcoholic liquor exceeds 25 percent of the floor area devoted to retail sales.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance) SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect following passage and publication.





Gilbert Villegas Alderman, 36th Ward















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