2024-125 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 52 - Alcoholic Liquor

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ORDINANCE NO. JW 1 r36 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 52- -ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR— BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: WHEREAS, the City of Decatur is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970; and, WHEREAS, the City of Decatur has the authority to adopt ordinances and promulgate rules and regulations that pertain to its government and affairs, and to review, interpret and amend its ordinances, rules and regulations; and, WHEREAS, the City of Decatur has the authority to regulate certain businesses including video gaming under its police power; and, WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Decatur has expressed concern regarding the proliferation of video gaming terminals throughout the City and its effects on its citizens; and, WHEREAS, certain businesses are applying for liquor licenses solely to obtain the eligibility for video gaming terminals even though there is a limitation on the number of video gaming parlors; and, WHEREAS, to deter certain classes of liquor licenses from being abused for the sole intention of operating a video gaming establishment, amendments to liquor license classifications will be required; and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, as follows: 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 Sections 4, 7, 9, and 10 so that Sections 4, 7, 9, and 10 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 G, under which the licensed premises may only be a restaurant in which the licensee has invested therein after May 10, 1985 not less than $250,000.00 (which may include the capitalized value of the first five years only of a leasehold interest) as reasonably determined by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner using general recognized accounting practices, which said Class G