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MALT BEVERAGE DEAIE RS ORDINANCE
An Ordinance to Regulate and License the Sale of Malt Beverages
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF
MT. PROSPECT, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. NAME. This ordinance shall be known as "The ~wlt
Beverage Ordinance".
Section 2. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this ordinance:
"Malt Beverage" shall mean non-intoxicating malt or fermented
liquor, liquids and compounds fit for beverage purposes obtained
by the alcoholic fermentation of any infusion or decoction of
barley malt, with or without other cereals, and hops in drinkable
water, whether medicated, proprietary, patented, or in and by what-
ever name called, contmning more than one-half of one per centum
or more alcohol and not more than 3.2 per centum of alcohol by
weight.
l1rvlalt Beverage Business" as used in this ordinance shall mean the
conducting of any establishment, other than a place used exclusivel~l
for a residence or home, either for profit or not for profit, in
which malt beverages are bartered, sold, exchanged or given away.
"Person" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, club, association
or corporation.
"Licensee" shall mean any person receiving a license under this
ordinance.
UBeer Tavern" shall mean any establishment, catering to the general
public, whose principal business is the sale of malt beverages for
eonsumption on the premises.
"Beer Store" shall mean any establis hment selling malt beverages,
not to be consumed on the premises.
"Hotel" shall mean any establishment offering sleeping accommod-
ations to the public.
"Club" shall mean any association of individuals, firms or
corporations, or branch thereof, organized for social or fraternal
purposes, with headquarters or club rooms within the corporate
limits of the Village.
"Food Shop" shall mean any establishment whose principal business
is serving food to be consumed on the premises.
"Ice Cream Parlor shall mean any establishment maintaining a soda
fountain and selling a full line of ice cream drinks.
Section 3. LICENSES. A class "A" license shall entitle
the licensee to sell malt beverages either draught or bottled for
consumption on the premises. A class "En license shall entitle
the licensee to sell malt beverages bottled only, up to an in-
cll1ding three cases household type not to be consumed on the
premises. A class "C" license shall entitle the licensee to sell
at retail and or at wholesale or as a distributor malt beverages
in barrels or bottles any quantity, not to be consumed on the
premises.
No person shall conduct a llMALT BEVERAGE BUSINESS" in any stand,
place, room or enclosure, or any suite of rooms or enclosure unless
he shall have secured a license for the same and paid to the City
Clerk the license fee for such establishment as hereinafter set forth.
The yearly license fees for class "A" licenses shall be as
follows:
Beer Taverns, hotels and clubs to which guests uh-
accompanied by members have access..................$50.00
Clubs for members only, and guests who shall
accompany them $25.00 for the first 50 members
and $5.00 for each additional 50 members or
fraction therof, up to.............................. 50.00
Provided, however, for regularly constituted
local units of the Grand Army of the Republic,
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Spanish-american War Veterans the fee shall be...... 10.00
Food shops and Ice Cream ParloBs..................... 50.00
For groups of citizens at picnics, dances, carnivals,
and simllar gatherings where malt beverages are sold
for one day only, the fee shall be, for each day.... 10.00
The yearly license fee for Class "B" licenses shall be $25.00.
The yearly license fee for Class "C" licenses shall be $50.00. All
licenses shall expire on the 30th day of April of the next succeed-
ing calendar year and the license fee shall be reduced in proportion
to the full calendar months which have expired in the year prior
to the issuance of the license.
Section 4. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE. Any person desirlng a
license under this ordinance shall make application to the Village
Clerk upon blanks prepared and furnished by the Village, such
application shall be sworn to and shall show the following:
1. The name and residence address of applicant.
2. That he is a citizen of the United states.
3. His place of birth and, if a naturalized citizen, the time
and place of naturalization.
4. That he has never been convicted of a felony.
5. The location where he proposes to sell malt beverages.
6. That the proposed location is not within 100 feet of any
church, school, hospital, home for aged persons or for
veterans, their wives or children, or any miliatry or naval
station, provided, however, that this restriction shall not
apply as to hotels, clubs for members only and guests who
shall accompany them, food shops or other places, Where the
sale of malt beverages to the general public for consumption
on the premises is not the principal business carried on.
Any applicant for any license under this ordinance shall be
required to show satisfactorily that he is of good moral character.
In the case of a partnership, the information required by this
section shall be furnished as to each partner, and in the case of
a club, association, or corporat~on, as to the principal officers
of such club, association or corporation.
Section 5. BOND. Each person desiring a license shall execute
a penal bond in form and with security satisfactory to the President
of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees, conditioned
upon the faithful observance of the provisions of the Law of the
State of Illinois and of this ordinance. Such bond shall be in the
sum of $500.00, and shall upon approval, be filed in the office of
the Village Clerk.
Section 6. INVESTIGATION - REJECTION - APPROVAL OF LICENSE.
The Police Committee shall investigate the statements contained in
each application and recommend to the Board of Trustees, withLn
thirty (30) days after such application is referred to it, the
approval or rejection of such application. The said Jolice Com-
mittee shall present such report to the next regular or adjourned
regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. Within fifteen aays of
the receipt of the report the Board of Trustees shall direct the
President of the Board to grant or refuse such license. In the
event the Board of Trustees directs the granting of a license
applied for, the President of the Board shall forthwith, upon the
posting of bond as above provided, and upon payment, in advance,
of the li cense fee requir ed b~' this ordinance, direct the Clerk
to issue a license to such applicant.
An application for renewal of a . '''''''' "A" "L' "5" license
upon its expiration shall not be renewed, if complaint has been
received by the Board of Trustees as to the manner in which the
applicant for such renewal has carried on the business authorized
by such license, until hearing has been had on such complaint
before the Police Committee to which such complaint shall be
referred. The Police Committee shall conduct a hearing on any
complaint referred to it by the Board of Trustees within thirty (30)
days after reference thereof to it by the Board of Trustees and
shall make its recommendation to the Board of Trustees for the
approval or rejection of such application for renewal within
fifteen (15) days after the completion of the hearing on said complaint.
The Board of Trustees shall receive and act upon an application
for a renewal of any license within fifteen (15) days after receiv-
ing the recommendation of said Police Committee. The procedure '
outlined herein with reference to a hearing before said Police
Committee on any application for renewal of any license shall not
be required where any such complaint after filing has been dismissed
or withdrawn.
Applications for renewals of licenses shall be filed with the
Village Clerk on or before the 30th day of April of the calendar
year during which such license is issued. The Clerk shall report
the names of all applican ts for renewals of licenses to the Board
of Trustees at its first regular MJy meeting, or any adjournment
thereof, together with the location of the places of business of
such applicants. The Board of Trustees shall refer all applications
for renewal, against which complaints are not pending, to the
President of the Board to take such action as he may deem advisable.
Section 7. POSTING LICENSE. Every person licensed in accord-
ance with the provisions of this ordinance, shall immediately post
and keep posted while in force, in a conspicuous place on the
premises, the license so issued. Whenever such license shall be
lost or destroyed, a duplicate in lieu thereof shall be issued by
the Village Clerk.
Section 8, BEER TAVERN, OPENING ANOCLOSING TIME. No beer
tavern, as defined in this ordinance, shall remAin open between
the hours of 12 o'clock P.M., on Saturday and 1 o'clock P.M. on
the following Sunday, nor between the hours of 12 o'clock P.M.
of any other day and 7 o'clock A.M., of the next succeeding day.
No malt beverages, purchased prior to the closing hour as
designated in this ordinance shall be consumed after the closing
hour, on the premises where purchased.
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Section 9. PRIVATE ROOMS AND OBSTRUCTIONS TO VIEW. There
shall be no private room or rooms apart from or attached to the
main licensed premises, where malt beverages are sold for con-
sumpPion on the premises, in which malt beverages can be served
by sale, barter, exchange or gift. All premises where malt
beverages are served for consumption on the premises, must be open
to public view, the only exception permitted is a light transparent
curtain on outer windows.
Section 10. NO LOITERING BY MINORS OR CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS.
No person under the age of 18 years or under the influence of in-
toxicating liquor, or any idiot, insane person, or other person
for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed, shall be
permitted to loiter or remain in or about any beer parlor, store
or club where malt beverages, as defined by this ordinance, are
bartered, sold, exchanged or given away, without the consentof
their parents, guardian, or conservator; and the consent of a
guardian or conservator, to be valid, must be approved by the
Probate or County Court having jurisdiction of such idiot, insane
perron, or other person for whom a guardian or conservator has
been appointed. Any person bartering, selling, exchanging, or giv-
ing away a malt beverage to a person under the age of 18 years, or
to any perron under the influence of intoxicating liquor, to to
any idiot, insane, or other wise incompetent person, shall be
subject to the penalties hereinafter pDovided and the person
having the license for the barter, sale, exchange or giving away
of malt beverages in such place shall be considered to have
violated the provisions of this ordinance and his license shall be
subject to suspension or revocation, as hereinafter provided.
Section 11, GAMBLING DEVICES PROHIBITED. No gambling
device shall be kept or used for the purpose of gambling, in any
beer ~avern, store or club licensed to barter, sell, exchange,or
give away malt beverages. The person or persons to whom the
license for any such place is issued, or the officers of any club,
association or corporation licensed under this ordinance shall be
subjected, in the event of a violation of this provision, to the
penalties hereinafter provided, and the license issued to any such
person, persons, club, association or corporation shall be subject
to suspension or revocation, as hereinafter provided.
Section 12, . FOOD MUST BE OBTAINABLE. Wherever malt beverages
are sold for consumption on the premises, food must be obtainable,
either for purchase or gratis.
Section 13. CLEANLINESS. All premises where malt beverages
are sold and all utensils used for serving malt beverages where
sold, bartered, exchanged or given away for consumption on the
premises mpst be kept in a sanitary and healthful condition and
pass inspection of our local Board of Health.
Section 14. REVOCATION OF LICENSE. The President of the
Board and on the Police Committee may suspend or revoke any
license issued under this act for anyone or more of the following
reasons:
1. Violation of the laws of the State of Illinois or of any of
the provisions of this ordinance;
2. The wilful making of any false statement as to a matmrial
fact in application for a license;
3. Permitting any disorderly or immoral practices upon the
premises where the licensee is licensed to sell malt beverages.
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Section 15. PENALTIES. \Vhoever violates any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars($25.00) nor more than
Two Hundred Dollars($200.00) for each and every offense.
Section 16. Any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance and any other existing
ordinance5on the Village Books are hereby repealed in so far as
suchoonflict exists; if any of the prmvisions of this ordinance
shall be held invalid, it shall not be construed to invalidate
the other progisions of this ordinance.
Section 17. WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT. ViliEREAS, this ordinance,
being neeessary for immediate' preservation of public health and
safety, an urgency for its immediate passage and taking effect
is hereby declared to exist and it shall therefore take effect
ten days from and after its passage, signing, recording, and
pUblication, pursuant to law.
Passed 666 ~, 1933 Signed I~ {, 1933
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Recorded 1933
Published
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