2016-62 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 52 - ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-62 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 52— -ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR— BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section L 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, 9 and 10, so that Sections 4, 9 and 10 as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 4. LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS. ...Class P, under which the licensed premises may only be a Video Gaming Parlor, defined as an establishment or business whose primary purpose is to operate video gaming terminals as defined under the Illinois Video Gaming Act and in which the sale of foods or snacks and alcoholic beverages is only incidental to the operation of the video gaming terminals, and which said Class P license shall not be issued for any premises situated in any Residence, Office, Park Mobile Home or Neighborhood Shopping District established by the Zoning Ordinance nor shall said Class P license be issued for any premises located within 1500 feet of another establishment which offers video gaming terminals... 9. TRANSFER OF LICENSE. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner may permit a licensee to transfer their license to other premises if the transfer is solely to change locations and not to transfer to another holder which comply with the provisions of this Chapter and with applicable provisions of law, code, ordinance, rule or regulation and with such reasonable conditions to preserve the general health, safety and welfare as said Commissioner shall attach thereto. Class P licenses are non-transferrable. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner may permit a licensee to transfer a license to another if the transfer is for the same geographic location and in conjunction with the sale of the license holder's business and inventory. Furthermore, said Local Liquor Control Commissioner shall consider for either transfer: (1)the zoning classification of the licensed premises, (2) the character of the surrounding area, (3) the traffic and parking situation, including any off-street parking requirements of the licensed business, within a 300-foot radius, (4) any statements of interested persons, either oral or written, (5) the impact of such proposed license on the character of and the traffic and parking situation in the immediate neighborhood, and (6) the applicants' history of compliance with all laws, ordinances and building and property maintenance codes.