Committee on License and Consumer Protection
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Sections 4-60-022 and 4-60-023 of the Municipal Code set forth restrictions on liquor sales for, respectively, consumption on premises and packaged goods; and
WHEREAS, As a result of the 2020 National Decennial Census, ward boundaries in the City of Chicago were re-drawn; and
WHEREAS, As a consequence of re-drawing ward boundaries, various areas were added to different wards where the surrounding area is currently subject to moratoria under sections 4-60- 022 and 4-60-023 of the Municipal Code, but the newly added territory is not subject to either moratoria; and
WHEREAS, In addition to these circumstances, there are also provisions of the existing moratoria that overlap or that stretch for several blocks in a line, as opposed to having a single moratorium that covers a contiguous city block; and
WHEREAS, This presents an alderperson with a drastic choice that in order to have standardized and targeted moratoria, they must either retain liquor moratoria that are overinclusive or repeal and reinstate the same moratoria with the territory broken out into different sections after a year without any moratorium, which may not always be in the best interest of the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Under these circumstances, it is necessary and appropriate to allow, by ordinance, a limited exception to the requirements and restrictions of Section 4-60-021 of the Municipal Code, and allow aldermen to better address the needs of their communities by reorganizing existing moratoria; and
WHEREAS, It is the intent of this ordinance to standardize various moratoria into contiguous two- block areas within the 42nd Ward as much as is practicable, and to correct technical errors in the existing moratoria; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are incorporated into and made a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. Section 4-60-022 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is...
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