It shall be unlawful for anyone not having valid licenses to
sell or offer for sale any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the
premises where sold, or to permit the same to be consumed on the premises
where sold.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall in any manner sell, give, purchase for or deliver any intoxicating liquors to any person under the age of 21 years or to any intoxicated person. Any person so arrested and convicted shall be subject to penalties as set forth in Chapter 1, Article III, Penalties and Enforcement, of the City Code.
All premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor, or
for the storage of such liquor for sale, shall be kept in a clean
and sanitary condition, and 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.
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under this article
to employ in any premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor
any person who is afflicted with, or who is a carrier of, any contagious,
infectious or venereal disease; and it shall be unlawful for any person
who is afflicted with or a carrier of any such disease to work in
or about any premises or to engage in any way in the handling, preparation
or distribution of such liquor.
In premises upon which the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption
upon the premises is licensed, other than a facility providing food
service as a restaurant, a hotel or club, no screen, blind, curtain,
partition, article or thing shall be permitted in the windows or upon
the doors of such licensed premises nor inside such premises which
prevents a clear view into the interior of such licensed premises
from the street, road or sidewalk at all times, and no booth, screen,
partition or other obstructions nor any arrangement of lights or lighting
shall be permitted in or about the interior of such premises which
shall prevent a full view of the entire interior of such premises
from the street, road or sidewalk, and such premises must be so located
that there shall be a full view of the entire interior of such premises
from the street, road or sidewalk. All rooms where liquor is sold
for consumption upon 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 by the licensee or by him willfully
suffered to be obscured or in any manner obscured, then such license
shall be subject to revocation in the manner provided in this chapter.
In order to enforce the provisions of this section, the Mayor shall
have the right to require the filing with him of plans, drawings and
photographs showing the clearance of the view as above required.
No retail liquor dealer shall employ any person under the age
of 21 years for the purpose of preparing, delivering or selling alcoholic
beverages in his place of business.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No retail liquor dealer shall harbor, or entice or suffer any
minor or intoxicated person to be or remain or loiter in or about
his place of business.
No retailer of liquor licensed under the provisions of this
article shall suffer any loud or boisterous talking, or obscene or
profane language, quarrelling, singing, fighting or other disturbance
of persons passing along any street or public square in the vicinity
thereof, or to the disturbance of the peace and quiet of persons doing
business or residing in the neighborhood thereof, or shall publish,
circulate or display any obscene picture or literature.
A.
No retail liquor dealer shall, by himself, servant or clerk, allow
drunkenness or permit any person to drink to excess or suffer or permit
any species of gambling in his premises, or in any part thereof, or
in any place adjacent thereto under his control.
B.
The gambling prohibition set forth in this section shall not apply
to any game or gaming event for which a license or permit has been
issued by the Illinois Gaming Board pursuant to the Illinois Video
Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.), as amended from time to time,
so long as such game or gaming event is conducted in compliance with
all requirements of the Act and all applicable rules and regulations
of the Illinois Gaming Board.
[Added 7-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 12-7; amended 8-6-2013 by Ord. No. 13-4]
