HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - 23-51 - 10/02/2023 - CLass A Liquor, Video Gaming CITY OF MCHENRY
MCHENRY COUNTY
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Ordinance 23-51
Amending Title 4, Chapter 2, Alcoholic Liquor, Section 6, License Classification and
Fees; Approval Authority; Limitation on Number of Licenses; and Title 4, Chapter
6, Video Gaming Terminals, Editing Section 4-6-8, Subsection A—Number of
Licenses, of the McHenry City Code
Passed by the
Mayor and City Council
Of the
City of McHenry
McHenry County
State of Illinois
October 2, 2023
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the Mayor and City Council of the City
of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois this 3rd day of October 2023
ORDINANCE NO. 23-51
Amending 7,itle 4, Chapter 2, Alcoholic Liquor, Section 6, License Classification and Fees;
Approval Authority; Limitation on Number of Licenses; and Title 4, Chapter 6, Video
Gaming Terminals, Editing Section 4-6-8, Subsection A—Number of Licenses, of the
McHenry City Code
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, is a home rule
municipality as contemplated under Article VII, Section 6, of the Constitution of the State of
Illinois, and the passage of this Ordinance constitutes an exercise of the City's home rule
powers and functions as granted in the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 4-2-6, subsection D-1, of the Municipal Code relating to
liquor license classifications, shall be amended as follows:
D.l. Class A (Full Bar) License: Issuance of a Class A license shall authorize the sale of
alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises, and the retail sale of packaged liquor.
The amival fee for such licenses shall be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
A Class A licensee shall be eligible to apply for a catering endorsement for an
additional fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00), which shall permit the servicing of
alcoholic liquor for off-site consumption as an incidental part of food service, sold at a
package price, as agreed upon under contract. Nonprofit organizations with a Class A
license shall be eligible to pay a reduced fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year
to receive and maintain a Class A license. No more than forty-eight (48) Class A
licenses shall be in force in the City at any time.
SECTION 3: Title 4, Chapter 6, Video Gaming Terminals, Section 4-6-8,
Subsection A -Number of Licenses, of the Municipal Code shall be amended as follows:
4-6-8: Number of Licenses
A. The total number of location licenses for video gaming terminals issued under this
chapter shall not exceed 44.
SECTION 4: If any section,paragraph, subdivision, clause,sentence or provision of
this Ordinance shall be adjudged by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not effect, impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder thereof,which remainder
shall remain and continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 5: All ordinances,or parts thereof,in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict. �
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be published in pamphlet form by and under the
authority of the corporate authorities of the City of McHenry, Illinois.
SECTION 7: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
Passed this 2nd day of October, 2023.
Ayes Nays Absent Abstain
Alderwoman Bassi x
Alderman Glab x
Alderman Koch x
Alderman McClatchey x
Alderwoman Miller x
Alderman Santi x
Alderman Strach x
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Wayne ett, Mayor Monte Johnson, Deputy City Clerk