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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time:
Board Room, 2nd Floor Tuesday, November 24, 1.981
Public Safety Building 7:30 p.m.
112 East Northwest Highway
I. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 10, 1981.
III. ELECTRONIC GAMES AND REGULATIONS
As reported previously to the Mayor and the Board,
arcades are permissible according to the local
Zoning Ordinance under B-4 Districts. The administra-
tion has made an interpretation in the past that
electronic games, as accessory uses; i.e., not
principal uses, are allowable anywhere in the Village.
Additionally, the Municipal Code licenses electronic
games at a fee of $37.50 each. After this matter
was discussed previously by the Mayor and.Board of
Trustees in consideration of a possible moritorium,
the newspaper carried an article regarding several
northwest suburban communities and concluded that
Mount Prospect had the least number of restrictions
of any community. Obviously, this created a number
of calls to the Village Hall from persons and
corporations interested in starting businesses and
expanding the distribution of electronic games.
Inquiries are now made almost on a daily basis. In
reviewing our situation as compared to municipalities
generally, we do find that local Ordinances are
substantially inadequate in regulating the various
aspects of the game. The Village Manager has, therefore,
directed that the staff prepare an analysis and a series
of recommendations governing possible regulations in
this area. These recommendations will be available at
the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday,
November 24, 1981. Areas to be discussed include:
A specific definition of electronic games, licensing
regulations to define the supplier and/or operator of
games, fees, the relationship of operations to the
local curfew ordinance for the youth in the community,
and the location of arcades and game rooms in relation-
ship to schools, major highways, and residential
neighborhoods.
IV. LIQUOR LICENSE CODE
In prior discussions with liquor license holders, one
of the topics that was suggested to the Village fo�
potential change dealt with the provisions of our
Municipal Code regulating sampling. The Municipal— November 24
Code, currently in Section 13.113, B-1, says that
no more than 12 daily sampling permits shall be
issued to any one licensee during the period of
one year. Depending upon the marketing strategy
of any one licensee, we have discovered that some
licensees will not use this privilege and other
licensees will use the sampling permits in a very
short period of time. Currently, the administration
determines that each day is a separate permit. The
administration requests that the Mayor and the Board
consider removing any specific number of permits for
such samplings, and establish a $10.00 per day permit
to cover the municipal expense in issuing the daily
permit licenses. If any local establishment tends to
abuse the privilege, then the Local Liquor Control
Commissioner can deny daily licenses in the future.
Another Section of the Local Liquor License Ordinance,
13.105, indicates that the fee to be paid during the
fiscal year for the applications made after May 1 shall be
prorated in proportion to the full calendar months
that expire in the year prior to the issuance of the
license. It means that someone that comes in after
six fiscal months have transpired pays only one -hal
year fee. Additionally, in Section 13.110, Transfe—
of License, the language is somewhat unclear as to
the potential for a refund for a portion of the lic""Mm
year paid when the license is prevented from operating.
What occurs administratively is that in the absorption
of the license or the termination of a license, we have
a licensee approach the office asking for a refund.
Additionally, someone coming in mid -year asks to pay
less than the full fee. Because of the work effort
that is involved in processing the liquor license,
examining the background, interviewing perspective
licensees and their managers, the Village administration
recommends that anyone applying for a liquor license
at any time of the year pay the full fee prescribed
for the license and that refunds for unexpired months
of the license not be allowed. This would be similar
to the practice we try to follow with business licenses.
If someone comes in during the middle of the year to
apply for a business license, they must pay the full year.
If the business closes, we do not allow them to have a
refund for that portion of the business license that is
unexpired.
V. MANAGER'S REPORT
1. Xytel
2. Audit/Tax Abatement
3. Budget Schedule
VI. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
DEFERRED ITEMS
Zoning Ordinance Administrative Update
Development Code Administrative Update
Capital Facilities Planning
Management Salaries
Youth and Vandalism
Apartment Improvements
Fire and Police Commission Membership