Record #: O2022-2728   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 9/21/2022 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 4/19/2023
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 4-156 by inserting Sections 4-156-335 and 4-156-336 to prohibit issuance of additional public place of amusement licenses within specified areas
Sponsors: Mitchell, Gregory I., Harris, Michelle A.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 156 Amusements
Attachments: 1. O2022-2728.pdf
ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4-156 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting new Sections 4-156-335 and 4-156-336, as follows:

4-156-335 Ordinance prohibiting issuance of additional public places of amusement licenses - Requirements - Procedure.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the City Council may from time to time prohibit the issuance of additional public places of amusement licenses in a specified area ofthe City, subject only to the conditions and procedures described in this section.
An ordinance to prohibit the issuance of additional public places of amusement licenses in specified area must:

identify the area by boundaries; and
cover an area including no less than two contiguous City blocks; and
contain a description of the conditions requiring the prohibition on the issuance of new licenses. For any such area established by ordinance, both sides of each street forming the boundary of the area will be considered as within the area unless otherwise specifically stated in the ordinance establishing the area; provided, however, that (a) 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 (b) 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 the area.
No ordinance to prohibit the issuance of additional public place of amusement licenses in a specified area may:

prohibit the issuance of a new license to allow continued operation of a licensed business within the specified area by a new licensee whose application is filed within six months after passage of the ordinance; provided, however, that no application for a successor license under this subsection shall be approved if the application review process is not completed within one year after f...

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