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„r,, Ordinance No. G20-99
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 6 . 06 . 090H OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976 ,
AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "LICENSE--ISSUANCE LIMITATIONS"
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN,
ILLINOIS:
Section 1 . That Section 6 . 06 . 090 of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976 , as amended, entitled "License--Issuance
Limitations" be and is hereby further amended by amending
Subparagraph H thereof to read as follows :
"H. No license shall be issued for the sale at
retail of any alcoholic liquor within one hundred
feet of any church, school other than an institution
of higher learning, hospital, home for aged or
indigent persons or for veterans, or any military or
naval station.
This prohibition shall apply only to an initial
license at a premises and shall not apply to the
renewal of a license or to a subsequently issued new
license for the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor
on premises within one hundred feet of any church or
school where such church or school has been
established within such one hundred feet since the
issuance of the original license. In the case of a
church, the distance of one hundred feet shall be
measured to the nearest part of any building used
for worship services, or educational programs and
not to property boundaries . In all other cases, the
distance of one hundred feet shall be measured from
lot line to lot line.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit issuance
of a retail license authorizing the sale of
alcoholic beverages to a restaurant or hotel having
not fewer than one hundred fifty guest room
accommodations notwithstanding the proximity of such
hotel or restaurant to any church, if the licensed
premises described on the license are located within
an enclosed mall or building of a height of at least
six stories and if the sale of alcoholic liquors is
not the principal business carried on by such
license.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
issuance of a license to a church or private school
to sell at retail alcoholic liquor if any such sales
are limited to periods when groups are assembled on
eft the premises solely for the promotion of some common
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object other than the sale or consumption of
alcoholic liquors . "
Section 2 . That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are
hereby repealed.
Section 3 . That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect upon its passage and publication in the manner
provided by law.
Kevin Kelly, Mayo
Presented: April 14 , 1999
Passed: April 14 , 1999
Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded: April 15, 1999
Published: April 16, 1999
Attest:
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk