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Village of Granville, IL
Putnam County
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms, as used in this chapter, shall be construed according to the definitions given below:
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR
Any spirits, wine, beer, ale or other liquid containing more than 1/2% of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
RESTAURANT
Any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where meals are served, and where meals actually are served and regularly served, without sleeping accommodations, and such space being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and seating capacity and having employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and serve suitable food for its guests.[1]
RETAIL SALE
The sale for use of or consumption and not for resale.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The Village President is hereby authorized to be the local Liquor Control Commissioner and shall be charged with the administration of the Liquor Control Act of 1934, Chapter 235 of the IL Compiled Statutes and of such ordinances and resolutions relating to alcoholic liquor as may be needed. The Village President may appoint a person or persons to assist him in the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties provided for such local Liquor Control Commissioner.
The local Liquor Control Commissioner is hereby given the power to enter or to authorize any law enforcing officer to enter at any time upon any premises licensed hereunder to determine whether any of the provisions of the Liquor Control Act of 1934, IL Compiled Statutes Chapter 235, or any rules or regulations adopted by him or by the State Liquor Commission have been or are being violated, and at such time to examine the premises of the licensee in connection therewith.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any female or male person under the age of 21 years to purchase or obtain any alcoholic liquor in any tavern or other place in the Village where alcoholic liquor is sold.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any female or male person under the age of 21 years to misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic liquor in any tavern or other place in the Village where alcoholic liquor is sold.
C. 
In every tavern or other place in the Village where alcoholic liquor is sold there shall be displayed at all times in a prominent place a printed card which shall read substantially as follows:[1]
"WARNING TO MINORS
You are subject to a fine up to $750 under the ordinances of the Village of Granville if you purchase alcoholic liquor or misrepresent your age for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic liquor."
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any holder of a retail liquor dealer's license, or his agent or employee, to permit any minor to be on or remain in any room or compartment adjoining or adjacent to or situated in the room or place where such licensed premises are located; provided that this subsection shall not apply to any minor who is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or to any licensed premises which derives its principal business from the sale or service of other commodities than alcoholic liquor.
E. 
In addition to all other fines and penalties, the Village President may suspend or revoke the retail liquor dealer's license for any violation of the above subsection.
F. 
It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian to permit any minor child of whom he or she may be the parent or guardian to violate any provisions of this section.
G. 
It shall be unlawful to sell, give, or deliver alcoholic liquor to any minor, except in the performance of a religious ceremony or service.
H. 
It shall be unlawful for any minor to attend any bar, to draw, pour or mix any alcoholic liquor in any licensed retail premises.
[Amended 4-20-2010 by Ord. No. 573; 8-16-2011 by Ord. No. 594]
It shall be unlawful for anyone not having a license providing for consumption on the premises where sold to offer for sale or sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises or to permit the same to be consumed on the premises where sold. It shall be lawful for alcoholic beverages to be consumed outside of the building only so long as the area where consumed is on the licensed premises and is not on public property of the Village of Granville or any other municipal corporation. Furthermore, the outside premises shall be enclosed with an eight-foot-high fence, measured from and that is at ground level and is so constructed of material that the lower six feet of the fence do not allow persons outside the enclosed area to view inside the enclosed area. The top two feet of the fence may be of lattice work, or some other design that permits viewing within the enclosed area. The entire fence shall be so constructed that no person in the enclosed area is able to pass alcoholic liquor or any other personal property through openings in the fence to persons outside the fence. The liquor license holder is prohibited from having music, television or any other device outside the building that emanates sound or pictures. The provisions of this section are an exception to the provisions of § 105-11 requiring a view from the street. A gate shall be provided in the fence that can only be opened from the inside.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age to purchase or accept a gift of alcoholic liquor or to have alcoholic liquor in his possession.
B. 
If a licensee or his agents or employees believes or has reason to believe that a sale or delivery of alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of the non-age of the prospective recipient, he shall, before making such sale or delivery, demand presentation of some form of positive identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public officer in the performance of his official duties.
C. 
No person shall transfer, alter or deface such an identification card; use the identification card of another; carry or use a false or forged identification card; or obtain an identification card by means of false information. No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of this section.
It shall be unlawful for the holder of an alcoholic liquor dealer's license to sell, deliver or give any alcoholic liquor to any intoxicated person.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
It shall be unlawful to peddle alcoholic liquor in the Village.
[Amended 4-7-2009 by Ord. No. 558]
No license shall be issued for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of any church, school, hospital, home for the aged or indigent persons or veterans, their wives or children or any military or naval station. No license shall be issued for sale of alcoholic liquor within the Village of Granville except on McCoy Street between Route 71 and Main Street and State 71 (Harper Avenue) between Sheridan Street and Division Street and except in the GEMION Subdivision in the Village of Granville, Putnam County, Illinois.
All premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor, or for the storage of such liquor for sale, shall be kept in full compliance with the ordinances regulating the condition of premises used for the storage or sale of food for human consumption.
A. 
No premises upon which the sale of alcoholic liquor or consumption on the premises is licensed other than as a restaurant, hotel or club, or any bowling alley other than one situated on the first or ground floor, shall be permitted to have any screen, blind, curtain, partition, article or thing in the windows or upon the doors of such licensed premises nor inside such premises which shall prevent a clear view into the interior of such premises from the street, road or sidewalk, at all times, and no booth, screen, partition, or other obstruction nor any arrangement of lights or lighting shall be permitted in or about the interior of such premises which shall prevent a clear view of the entire interior from the street, road or sidewalk. All rooms where liquor is sold for consumption on the premises shall be continuously lighted during business hours by natural light or artificial white light so that all parts of the interior of the premises shall be clearly visible. In case the view into any such licensed premises required by the foregoing provisions shall be willfully obscured or in any manner obstructed, then such licenses shall be subject to revocation or suspension in the manner herein provided. In order to enforce the provisions of this section, the President shall have the right to require the filing with him of plans, drawings and photographs showing the clearance of the view as above required.
B. 
No premises upon which the sale of alcoholic liquor or consumption on the premises is licensed shall operate with an open door if the noise emanating from the retail establishment can be heard at a distance of 75 feet from the open door.
[Added 4-7-2009 by Ord. No. 558]