A.
Interpretation. This article shall be liberally construed to the end that the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village shall be protected.
B.
Definitions.
(1)
Unless otherwise specified herein or unless the context shall otherwise require, terms used in this article shall have the definitions given in the Illinois Liquor Control Act, 235 ILCS 5/1 et seq., as amended from time to time. Where not otherwise qualified, the term "license or licensee" wherever used in this article means a license or licensee of the Village hereunder.
(2) APPLICANT CLUB RESTAURANT
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
An individual, partnership or corporation which seeks to be licensed under the provisions of this article. In the case of a club, "applicant" shall mean the officers, directors and person operating as manager. In the case of a corporation, it shall mean the officers, directors, all persons owning directly or beneficially more than 10% of the stock of such corporation and the person operating as manager of the premises. In the case of a partnership, it shall mean all partners and the person operating as manager of the premises.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
A corporation organized under the laws of this state, which shall have been in operation as a club for one year prior to applying for a liquor license and which shall have been organized not for pecuniary profit but solely for the promotion of some common object other than the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquors, kept, used and maintained by its members through the payment of annual dues, and owning, hiring or leasing a building or space in a building, of such extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests.
Any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where meals are served, which offers patrons complete meals, including dinner and/or luncheon menu at which the service of alcoholic beverages is incidental and complementary to the service of such meals and which is licensed as a restaurant under Chapter 163, Food Handling Establishments, of this Code. Limited food service as provided by lounges, luncheonettes, diners, coffee shops, drive-ins, etc., does not satisfy the requirements of this definition.