G23-00 CITY OF ELGIN
ORDINANCE NO. G23-00
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING TITLE 6.06 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL
CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
"ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR DEALERS"
ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN
ON THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY 2000
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Published in pamphlet form by authority of the
City Council of the City of Elgin, Kane and
Cook Counties, Illinois, on this 11th day of
May 2000.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF KANE )
CERTIFICATE
I, Dolonna Mecum, certify that I am the duly appointed and acting
municipal clerk of the City of Elgin, Cook and Kane Counties, Illinois.
I further certify that on May 10, 2000, the Corporate Authorities of such
municipality passed and approved Ordinance No. G23-00 entitled "An Ordinance
Amending Title 6.06 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as Amended, Entitled Alcoholic
Liquor Dealers," which provided by its terms that it should be published in pamphlet
form.
The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. G23-00, including the Ordinance and
a cover sheet thereof, was prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was posted in the
r" municipal building commencing on May 11, 2000, and continuing for at least ten days
thereafter. Copies of such Ordinance were also available for public inspection upon
request in the office of the municipal clerk.
DATED at Elgin, Illinois, on May 11, 2000.
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Ordinance No . G23-00
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 6 . 06 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976,
AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR DEALERS"
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 the
introductory phrase thereof and Subparagraphs B and H and
adding a Subparagraph J thereof to read as follows :
"No license shall be issued or renewed in the
following instances : . . . "
B. No license shall be granted to any person
or for any premises not qualified for such license
under the laws of the state or any ordinance of the
city. No license shall be granted to a partnership
if any partner thereof owning more than five percent
(5%) interest in such partnership would not be
eligible to receive a license under the laws of the
state or any ordinance of the city other than
residence within the city. No license shall be
granted to any corporation, if any officer, manager
emk or director thereof, or any stockholder or
stockholders owing in aggregate more than five
percent (5%) of the stock of such corporation, would
not be qualified for such license under the laws of
the state or any ordinance of the city other than
residence within the city. "
"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 regularly organized clubs or
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
the premises solely for the promotion of some common
object other than the sale or consumption of
alcoholic liquors . "
"J. No license shall be granted to any person
who is indebted to the city for payment of any fees,
charges, bills or taxes which he is obligated to pay
but have remained unpaid for more than forty-five
(45) days . "
Section 2 . That Section 6 . 06 . 120 of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by
adding a Subparagraph C5 thereof to read as follows :
"5 . Indebtedness to the city for payment of
any fees, charges, bills, or taxes which the
licensee is obligated to pay but have remain unpaid
for more than forty-five (45) days . For the
purposes of this subsection, licensee shall , in
addition to the named licensee, include any partner
owning more than five percent (5%) interest in a
partnership which is a licensee and any officer,
manager or director or any stockholder or
stockholders owning an aggregate more than five
percent (5%) of the stock of a corporation which is
a licensee . "
Section 3 . That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are
hereby repealed.
Section 4 . That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect upon its passage and publication in the manner
provided by law.
Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: May 10, 2000
Passed: May 10, 2000
Vote : Yeas 5 Nays 0
Recorded: May 11, 2000
eft. Published: May 11, 2000
Attest :
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk