HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - 24-36 - 08/05/2024 - Liquor and Gaming Limits CITY OF MCHENRY
MCHENRY COUNTY
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Ordinance 24-36
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
August 5, 2024
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the Mayor and City Council of the City
of McHenry, McHenry County,Illinois this 6th Day of August 2024
ORDINANCE NO. 24-36
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
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.2. Class B (Service) License: Issuance of a Class B license shall authorize the sale of
alcoholic liquor, for consumption on the premises only when served as follows. No full bar is
permitted.
a. Restaurant Table Service: All sales, service, and consumption conducted at tables;
and
b. Theatre And Entertainment Service: All sales and service conducted over a
concession counter with consumption in theater and entertainment center seats; and
c. Mixed Use Service: All sales and service conducted at tables or over a temporary
counter and consumption within the defined area of the mixed use special event facility.
The annual fee for a Class B license shall be eight hundred dollars ($800.00). No more than
fourteen (14) Class B 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 47.
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 conflictherewith 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 Sth day of August, 2023.
A•� Nays Absent Abstain
Alderwoman Bassi x
Alderman Davis x
Alderman Glab x
Alderman Koch x
Alderman McClatchey x
Alderwoman Miller x
Alderman Santi x
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