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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR LICENSE HOURS OF BUSINESS
Sec. 6-34. - Hours of business.
(a) Generally. A person licensed by the County as a retailer of alcoholic liquor may not sell, permit to be sold, or give away any alcoholic liquor between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and noon on Sundays except as provided in subsections (b) through (e) of this Section.
(b) Beer garden licenses. Unless a special late license or an additional special late license is issued, no person licensed to operate a beer garden shall sell, serve, or allow the sale or service of alcoholic liquor for consumption in the privately owned, outdoor portion of the licensed premises on Saturdays and Sundays between 12:01 a.m. and the legally established hour of opening, as set forth in subsection (a) of this Section, or on Sundays through Thursdays between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and the legally established hour of opening the following day as set forth in this Section. No special late hour license or additional late hour license shall be issued for any outdoor location licensed as a beer garden where such licensed premises is located within 1,000 feet of property used for residential purposes.
(c) Golf courses. Unless a special late license or an additional late license is issued, no person licensed to operate a golf course shall sell, serve, or allow the sale or service of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises of a privately or publicly owned golf course between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sundays.
(d) Special late license. The annual license fee to be paid to the County for the special late liquor license is hereby established as an additional amount set out in Section 32-1. A person issued a special late liquor license by Cook County is prohibited from selling, permitting to be sold, or giving away any liquor between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays and between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sundays.
(e) Additional late liquor license. The annual license fee for the additional special late liquor license is hereby established in the amount as set out in Section 32-1. A person issued an additional special late liquor license by the County shall be prohibited from selling, permitting to be sold or giving away any alcoholic liquor between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, and Saturdays, and between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sundays.
(f) [Time frame of additional special late liquor license.] No additional special late liquor licenses authorizing sales of alcoholic liquor until the hour of 4:00 a.m. shall be issued. Any license issued prior to January 31, 2005, providing for hours in excess of 3:00 a.m. shall expire upon the transfer, forfeiture or revocation of the license whether the transfer is between individuals, partnerships or corporations in whole or part or whether the transfer is of corporate shares to shareholders not previously owners of the corporation.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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