Ordinance 2015-48 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO.2015-48
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS,ADDING REGULATIONS FOR HAPPY HOURS TO THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE
Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville,Kendall County, Illinois
This 13`x'day of October,2015
Published in pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council
of the United City of Yorkville,Kendall
County, Illinois on October 29, 2015.
Ordinance No. 2015-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, ]KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS,ADDING REGULATIONS FOR HAPPY HOURS TO THE YORKVILLE
CITY CODE
WHEREAS, the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois (the "City") is a duly
organized and validly existing non home-rule municipality created in accordance with the
Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and the laws of the State; and,
WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly recently amended the Liquor Control Act of
1934, 235 ILCS 511-1 et seq., to permit happy hours pursuant to certain conditions and to clarify
when happy hours are prohibited; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council desire to amend the Yorkville City Code by
setting forth regulations pertaining to happy hours in order to clarify when happy hours are
permitted and prohibited in the City under the revised state law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. The above recitals are incorporated and made a part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. That Title 3, Chapter 3 of the Yorkville City Code is hereby amended by
adding Section 3-3-20 to read as follows:
"3-3-20: PROHIBITED AND PERMITTED HAPPY HOURS:
A. For the purpose of this section,the following definitions shall apply:
1. "Dedicated event space" means a room or rooms or other clearly delineated space
within a retail licensee's premises that is reserved for the exclusive use of party
package invitees during the entirety of a party package. Furniture, stanchions and
ropes, or other room dividers may be used to clearly delineate a dedicated event
space.
2. "Meal package" means a food and beverage package, which may or may not
include entertainment, where the service of alcoholic liquor is an accompaniment
to the food, including,but not limited to, a meal, tour, tasting, or any combination
thereof for a fixed price by a retail licensee or any other licensee operating within
a sports facility,restaurant,winery,brewery, or distillery.
3. "Party package" means a private party, function, or event for a specific social or
business occasion, either arranged by invitation or reservation for a defined
number of individuals, that is not open to the general public and where attendees
are served both food and alcohol for a fixed price in a dedicated event space.
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B. All retail licensees shall maintain a schedule of the prices charged for all drinks of
alcoholic liquor to be served and consumed on the licensed premises or in any room
or part thereof. Whenever a hotel or multi-use establishment which holds a valid
retailer's license operates on its premises more than one (1) establishment at which
drinks of alcoholic liquor are sold at retail, the hotel or multi-use establishment shall
maintain at each such establishment a separate schedule of the prices charged for such
drinks at that establishment.
C. No retail licensee or employee or agent of such licensee shall:
1. Sell more than one (1) drink of alcoholic liquor for the price of one (1) drink of
alcoholic liquor;
2. Sell, offer to sell or serve to any person an unlimited number of drinks of
alcoholic liquor during any set period of time for a fixed price, except at private
functions not open to the general public or as provided in ILCS Chapter 235, Act
5, § 6-28.5;
3. Increase the volume of alcoholic liquor contained in a drink, or the size of a drink
of alcoholic liquor, without increasing proportionately the price regularly charged
for the drink on that day;
4. Encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any game or contest which
involves drinking alcoholic liquor or the awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as
prizes for such game or contest on the licensed premises; or
5. Advertise or promote in any way, whether on or off the licensed premises, any of
the practices prohibited under this subsection C.
D. A retail licensee may:
1. Offer free food or entertainment at any time;
2. Include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a meal package;
3. Sell or offer for sale a party package only if the retail licensee:
a. Offers food in the dedicated event space;
b. Limits the party package to no more than three(3)hours;
c. Distributes wristbands, lanyards, shirts, or any other such wearable items to
identify party package attendees so the attendees may be granted access to the
dedicated event space; and
d. Excludes individuals not participating in the party package from the dedicated
event space;
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4. Include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a hotel package;
5. Negotiate drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a hotel package;
6. Provide room service to persons renting rooms at a hotel;
7. Sell pitchers (or the equivalent, including, but not limited to, buckets of bottled
beer), carafes, or bottles of alcoholic liquor which are customarily sold in such
manner, or sell bottles of spirits;
8. Advertise events permitted under this subsection D.;
9. Include drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of an entertainment package where the
licensee is separately licensed by a license that (A) restricts dates of operation to
dates during which there is an event at an adjacent stadium, (B) restricts hours of
serving alcoholic liquor to two (2) hours before the event and one (1) hour after
the event, (C) restricts alcoholic liquor sales to beer and wine, (D) requires tickets
for admission to the establishment, and (E) prohibits sale of admission tickets on
the day of an event and permits the sale of admission tickets for single events
only; and
10. Discount any drink of alcoholic liquor during a specified time period only if:
a. The price of the drink of alcoholic liquor is not changed during the time that it
is discounted;
b. The period of time during which any drink of alcoholic liquor is discounted
does not exceed four (4) hours per day and fifteen (15) hours per week;
however, this period of time is not required to be consecutive and may be
divided by the licensee in any manner;
c. The drink of alcoholic liquor is not discounted between the hours of ten
o'clock(10:00)P.M. and the licensed premises' closing hour; and
d. Notice of the discount of the drink of alcoholic liquor during a specified time
is posted on the licensed premises or on the licensee's publicly available
website at least seven(7) days prior to the specified time."
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval,
and publication as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
day of DG�CGJep , 2015.
CITY CL
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CARLO COLOSIMO KEN KOCH
JACKIE MILSCHEWSKI LARRY KOT
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER JOEL FRIEDERS
DIANE TEELING SEAVER TARULIS
Approved by , as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, this
day of 7ob(V', 2015.
MAYO
Attest:
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CITY CLERK
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