2024-94 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 52 Alcoholic Liquor

Home Browse Search

ORDINANCE NO. ��-1` "I q ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 52- ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR BE IT ORDAINED,BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR,ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 52 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be and the same is hereby modified and amended by amending Section 4 and Section 17, so that Section 4 and Section 17 as so modified and amended,shall provide as follows: ...4.LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS. Classes of local liquor licenses are hereby established and are hereby authorized as follows:.... ...Class L, under which the licensed premises may only be a retail store of not more than 5,000 square feet and in which the licensee has invested therein not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)(which may include the capitalized value of the first five(5)years only of a leasehold interest) as reasonably determined by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner using generally recognized accounting practices, which said Class L license shall not be issued for any premises located within two hundred (200) feet of any church, school, or subsidized disabled adult and elderly multi-story housing facility. Said licensed premises must be located in the B4 Central Business District of downtown Decatur. A Class L license shall authorize the sale of alcoholic liquor to be sold for consumption on or off of the licensed premises between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 A.M. No video gaming, drive through, walk-up or drive-up liquor sales shall be permitted on the premises. A Class L license shall be personal to the licensee and exclusively limited to the premises and shall not be used for any premises situated in any Residence, Office, Park Mobile Home or Neighborhood Shopping District established by the Zoning Ordinance. Issuance of this Class shall be limited to two (2). Video gaming shall be prohibited in establishments that possess a Class L license. Class L Licenses are non-transferrable. 17. HOURS. No person shall sell, deliver or consume alcoholic liquor, and no licensee shall permit the same, on or in the premises licensed hereunder with a liquor license except for Class D,L,and M between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on Mondays through Sundays except that alcoholic liquor may be sold or consumed until 3:00 A.M. on January 1,each year, and,as of July 1,2022,no alcoholic liquor may be sold between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. by means of a window, porthole, aperture or similar opening accessible to persons from outside of the premises. No person shall sell, deliver or consume alcoholic liquor, and no licensee shall permit the same, on or in any premises licensed hereunder with a Class D license before 10:00 A.M. or after 11:00 P.M. on any day.No person shall sell or deliver alcoholic liquor, and no licensee shall permit the same, on or in any premises licensed hereunder with a Class L license before 10:00 A.M. or after 12:00 A.M. on any day.No person shall sell or deliver alcoholic liquor, and no licensee shall permit the same,on or in any premises licensed hereunder with a Class M license before 9:00 A.M. or after 10:00 P.M. on any day.