Public Act 099-0477
 
SB1256 EnrolledLRB099 03514 RPS 23522 b


  
    AN ACT concerning liquor.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  




  
 
    Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended  by 
changing Section 6-11 as follows:
 


    (235 ILCS 5/6-11)


    Sec. 6-11. Sale near churches, schools, and hospitals. 

    (a) No license shall be issued for the sale at retail of 
any
alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of any church, school 
other than an
institution of higher learning, hospital, home 
for aged or indigent
persons or for veterans, their spouses or 
children or any military or
naval station, provided, that this 
prohibition shall not apply to hotels
offering restaurant 
service, regularly organized clubs, or to
restaurants, food 
shops or other places where sale of alcoholic liquors
is not 
the principal business carried on if the place of business so

exempted is not located in a municipality of more than 500,000 
persons,
unless required by local ordinance; nor to the renewal 
of a license for the
sale at retail of alcoholic liquor on 
premises within 100 feet of any church
or school where the 
church or school has been established within such
100 feet 
since the issuance of the original license.  In the case of a

church, the distance of 100 feet shall be measured to the 
nearest part
of any building used for worship services or 
educational programs and
not to property boundaries.

    (b) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of 
a retail
license
authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor to a 
restaurant, the primary business
of which is the sale of goods 
baked on the premises if (i) the restaurant is
newly 
constructed and located on a lot of not less than 10,000 square 
feet,
(ii) the restaurant costs at least $1,000,000 to 
construct, (iii) the licensee
is the titleholder to the 
premises and resides on the premises, and (iv) the
construction 
of the restaurant is completed within 18 months of the 
effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1998.

    (c) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of 
a retail
license
authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor 
incidental to a restaurant if (1) the
primary
business of the 
restaurant consists of the sale of food where the sale of

liquor is incidental to the sale of food and the applicant is a 
completely new
owner of the restaurant, (2) the immediately

prior owner or operator of the premises where the restaurant is 
located
operated the premises as a restaurant and held a valid 
retail license
authorizing the
sale of alcoholic liquor at the 
restaurant for at least part of the 24 months
before the
change 
of ownership, and (3) the restaurant is located 75 or more feet 
from a
school.

    (d) In the interest of further developing Illinois' economy 
in the area
of
commerce, tourism, convention, and banquet 
business, nothing in this
Section shall
prohibit issuance of a 
retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic
beverages to a 
restaurant, banquet facility, grocery store, or hotel having

not fewer than
150 guest room accommodations located in a 
municipality of more than 500,000
persons, notwithstanding the 
proximity of such hotel, restaurant,
banquet facility, or 
grocery store to any church or school, if the licensed
premises

described on the license are located within an enclosed mall or 
building of a
height of at least 6 stories, or 60 feet in the 
case of a building that has
been registered as a national 
landmark, or in a grocery store having a
minimum of 56,010 
square feet of floor space in a single story building in an

open mall of at least 3.96 acres that is adjacent to a public 
school that
opened as a boys technical high school in 1934, or 
in a grocery store having a minimum of 31,000 square feet of 
floor space in a single story building located a distance of 
more than 90 feet but less than 100 feet from a high school 
that opened in 1928 as a junior high school and became a senior 
high school in 1933, and in each of these
cases if the sale of

alcoholic liquors is not the principal business carried on by 
the licensee.

    For purposes of this Section, a "banquet facility" is any 
part of a
building that caters to private parties and where the 
sale of alcoholic liquors
is not the principal business.

    (e) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of 
a license to
a
church or private school to sell at retail 
alcoholic liquor if any such
sales are limited to periods when 
groups are assembled on the premises
solely for the promotion 
of some common object other than the sale or
consumption of 
alcoholic liquors.

    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a church or 
church affiliated
school
located in a home rule municipality or 
in a municipality with 75,000 or more
inhabitants from locating

within 100 feet of a property for which there is a preexisting 
license to sell
alcoholic liquor at retail.  In these instances, 
the local zoning authority
may, by ordinance adopted 
simultaneously with the granting of an initial
special use 
zoning permit for the church or church affiliated school, 
provide
that the 100-foot restriction in this Section shall not 
apply to that church or
church affiliated school and future 
retail liquor licenses.

    (g) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of 
a retail
license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at 
premises within 100 feet,
but not less than 90 feet, of a 
public school if (1) the premises have been
continuously 
licensed to sell alcoholic liquor
for a period of at least 50 
years,
(2) the premises are located in a municipality having a 
population of over
500,000 inhabitants, (3) the licensee is an 
individual who is a member of a
family that has held the 
previous 3 licenses for that location for more than 25
years, 
(4) the
principal of the school and the alderman of the ward in 
which the school is
located have delivered a written statement 
to the local liquor control
commissioner stating that they do 
not object to the issuance of a license
under this subsection 
(g), and (5) the local liquor control commissioner has
received 
the written consent of a majority of the registered voters who 
live
within 200 feet of the premises.

    (h) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within  premises and at an outdoor patio area attached to 
premises that are located in a municipality with a population 
in excess of 300,000 inhabitants and that are within 100 feet 
of a church if:

        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food,

        (2) the sale of liquor is not the principal business 
    carried on by the licensee at the premises,
        (3) the  premises are less than 1,000 square feet,
        (4) the premises are owned by the University of 
    Illinois,
        (5) the premises are immediately adjacent to property 
    owned by a church and are  not less than 20 nor more than 40 
    feet from the church space used for worship services, and
        (6) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has indicated his or her support for the issuance 
    of the license in writing.

    (i) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license to sell alcoholic liquor at a premises 
that is located within a municipality with a population in 
excess of 300,000 inhabitants and is within 100 feet of a 
church, synagogue, or other place of worship if:
        (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of the church, synagogue, or other place 
    of worship are at least 100 feet apart, on parallel 
    streets, and separated by an alley; and
        (2) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has not indicated his or her opposition to the 
    issuance or renewal of the license in writing.
    (j) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
of a retail
license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at 
a theater that is within 100 feet of a church if (1) the church 
owns the theater, (2) the church leases the theater to one or 
more entities, and
(3) the theater is used by at least 5 
different not-for-profit theater groups.
    (k) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of  alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 
100 feet of a school  if:

        (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of the school are parallel, on different 
    streets, and separated by an alley;
        (2) the southeast corner of the premises are at least 
    350 feet from the southwest corner of the school;
        (3) the school was built in 1978;
        (4) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food;
        (5) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (6) the applicant is the owner of the restaurant and 
    has held a valid license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
    liquor for the business to be conducted on the premises at 
    a different location for more than 7 years; and
        (7) the premises is at least 2,300 square feet and sits 
    on a lot that is between 6,100 and 6,150 square feet.
    (l) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 
100 feet of a church or school if:
        (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    closest entrance of the church or school is at least 90 
    feet apart and no greater than 95 feet apart;
        (2) the shortest distance between the premises and the 
    church or school is at least 80 feet apart and no greater 
    than 85 feet apart;
        (3) the applicant is the owner of the restaurant and on 
    November 15, 2006 held a valid license authorizing the sale 
    of alcoholic liquor for the business to be conducted on the 
    premises for at least 14 different locations;
        (4) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food;
        (5) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (6) the premises is at least 3,200 square feet and sits 
    on a lot that is between 7,150 and 7,200 square feet; and
        (7) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has not indicated his or her opposition to the 
    issuance or renewal of the license in writing.

    (m) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 
100 feet of a church if:
        (1) the premises and the church are perpendicular, and 
    the primary entrance of the premises faces South while the 
    primary entrance of the church faces West and the distance 
    between the two entrances is more than 100 feet; 
        (2) the shortest distance between the premises lot line 
    and the exterior wall of the church is at least 80 feet;
        (3) the church was established at the current location 
    in 1916 and the present structure was erected in 1925;
        (4) the premises is a single story, single use building 
    with at least 1,750 square feet and no more than 2,000 
    square feet;
        (5) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food;
        (6) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises; and
        (7) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has not indicated his or her opposition to the 
    issuance or renewal of the license in writing. 
    (n) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 
100 feet of a school if:
        (1) the school is a City of Chicago School District 299 
    school;
        (2) the school is located within subarea E of City of 
    Chicago Residential Business Planned Development Number 
    70;
        (3) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee on the premises;
        (4) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food; and
        (5) the administration of City of Chicago School 
    District 299 has expressed, in writing, its support for the 
    issuance of the license. 
    (o) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a retail license authorizing the sale of 
alcoholic liquor at a premises that is located within a 
municipality in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food; 
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises; 
        (3) the premises is located on a street that runs 
    perpendicular to the street  on which the church is located;  
        (4) the primary entrance of the premises is at least 
    100 feet from the primary entrance  of the church;
        (5) the shortest distance between any part of the 
    premises and any part of the church is at least 60 feet; 
        (6) the premises is between 3,600 and 4,000 square feet 
    and sits on a lot that is between 3,600 and 4,000 square 
    feet; and 
        (7) the premises was built in the year 1909. 
    For purposes of this subsection (o), "premises" means a 
place of business together with a privately owned outdoor 
location that is adjacent to the place of business. 
    (p) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the shortest distance between the backdoor of the 
    premises, which is used as an emergency exit, and the 
    church is at least 80 feet;
        (2) the church was established at the current location 
    in 1889; and
        (3) liquor has been sold on the premises since at least 
    1985.
    (q) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within a premises that is located in a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church-owned property if:
        (1) the premises is located within a larger building 
    operated as a grocery store;
        (2) the area of the premises does not exceed 720 square 
    feet and the area of the larger building exceeds 18,000 
    square feet;
        (3) the larger building containing the premises is 
    within 100 feet of the nearest property line of a 
    church-owned property on which a church-affiliated school 
    is located;
        (4) the sale of liquor is not the principal business 
    carried on within the larger building;
        (5) the primary entrance of the larger building and the 
    premises and the primary entrance of the church-affiliated 
    school are on different, parallel streets, and the distance 
    between the 2 primary entrances is more than 100 feet;
        (6) the larger building is separated from the 
    church-owned property and church-affiliated school by an 
    alley;
        (7) the larger building containing the premises and the 
    church building front are on perpendicular streets and are 
    separated by a street; and
        (8) (Blank). 
    (r) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance, 
renewal, or maintenance of a license authorizing the sale of 
alcoholic liquor incidental to the sale of food within a 
restaurant established in a premises that is located in a 
municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 
inhabitants and within 100 feet of a church if: 
        (1) the primary entrance of the church and the primary 
    entrance of the restaurant are at least 100 feet apart; 
        (2) the restaurant has operated on the ground floor and 
    lower level of a multi-story, multi-use building for more 
    than 40 years; 
        (3) the primary business of the restaurant consists of 
    the sale of food where the sale of liquor is incidental to 
    the sale of food; 
        (4) the sale of alcoholic liquor is conducted primarily 
    in the below-grade level of the restaurant to which the 
    only public access is by a staircase located inside the 
    restaurant; and 
        (5) the restaurant has held a license authorizing the 
    sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises for more than 40 
    years. 
    (s) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall  prohibit renewal of a 
license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a premises 
that is located within a municipality with a population more 
than 5,000 and less than 10,000 and is within 100 feet of a 
church if:
        (1) the church was established at the location within 
    100 feet of the premises after a license for the sale of 
    alcoholic liquor at the premises was first issued; 
        (2) a license for sale of alcoholic liquor at the 
    premises was first issued before January 1, 2007; and
        (3) a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor on  the 
    premises has been continuously in effect since January 1, 
    2007, except for interruptions between licenses of no more 
    than 90 days. 
    (t) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing  in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a

license  authorizing  the  sale  of  alcoholic  
liquor

incidental to the sale of food within a restaurant that 
is established in a premises that is located in a municipality 
with a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 
100 feet of a school and a church if:
        (1) the restaurant is located inside a five-story 
    building with over 16,800 square feet of commercial space;
        (2) the area of the premises does not exceed 31,050 
    square feet;
        (3) the area of the restaurant does not exceed 5,800 
    square feet; 
        (4) the building has no less than 78 condominium units;
        (5) the construction of the building in which the 
    restaurant is located was completed in 2006; 
        (6) the building has 10 storefront properties, 3 of 
    which are used for the restaurant; 
        (7) the restaurant will open for business in 2010; 
        (8) the building is north of the school and separated 
    by an alley; and 
        (9) the principal religious leader of the church and 
    either the alderman of the ward in which the school is 
    located or the principal of the school have delivered a 
    written statement to the local liquor control commissioner 
    stating that he or she does not object to the issuance of a 
    license under this subsection (t). 
    (u) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license to sell alcoholic liquor at a premises 
that is located within a municipality with a population in 
excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 feet of a school 
if:
        (1) the premises operates as a restaurant and has been 
    in operation since February 2008;
        (2) the applicant is the owner of the premises;
        (3) the sale of alcoholic liquor is incidental to the 
    sale of food;
        (4) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee on the premises;
        (5) the premises occupy the first floor of a 3-story 
    building that is at least 90 years old;
        (6) the rear lot of the school and the rear corner of 
    the building that the premises occupy are separated by an 
    alley;
        (7)  the distance from the southwest corner of the 
    property line of the school and the northeast corner of the 
    building that the premises occupy is at least 16 feet, 5 
    inches;
        (8) the distance from the rear door of the premises to 
    the southwest corner of the property line of the school is 
    at least 93 feet;
        (9) the school is a City of Chicago School District 299 
    school;
        (10) the school's main structure was erected in 1902 
    and an addition was built to the main structure in 1959; 
    and
        (11) the principal of the school and the alderman in 
    whose district the premises are located have expressed, in 
    writing, their support for the issuance of the license. 
    (v) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 
100 feet of a school if:
        (1) the total land area of the premises for which the 
    license or renewal is sought is more than 600,000 square 
    feet;
        (2) the premises for which the license or renewal is 
    sought has more than 600 parking stalls;
        (3) the total area of all buildings on the premises for 
    which the license or renewal is sought exceeds 140,000 
    square feet;
        (4) the property line of the premises  for which the 
    license or renewal is sought is separated from the property 
    line of the school by a street;
        (5) the distance from the  school's property line to the 
    property line of the premises for which the license or 
    renewal is sought is at least 60 feet;
        (6) as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
    the 97th General Assembly, the premises for which the 
    license or renewal is sought is located in the Illinois 
    Medical District.
    (w) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license to sell alcoholic liquor at a premises 
that is located within a municipality with a population in 
excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 feet of a church 
if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal
    
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (3) the premises occupy the first floor and basement of 
    a 2-story building that is 106 years old;
        (4) the premises is at least 7,000 square feet and 
    located on a lot that is at least 11,000 square feet;
        (5) the premises is located directly west of the 
    church, on perpendicular streets, and separated by an 
    alley;
        (6) the distance between the
    property line of the 
    premises and the property line of the church is at least 20 
    feet;
        (7) the distance between the primary entrance of the 
    premises and the primary entrance of the church is at least 
    130 feet; and
        (8) the church has been at its location for at least 40 
    years. 
    (x) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the church has been operating in its current 
    location since 1973;
        (3) the premises has been operating in its current 
    location since 1988;
        (4) the church and the premises are owned by the same 
    parish;
        (5) the premises is used for cultural and educational 
    purposes;
        (6) the primary entrance to the premises and the 
    primary entrance to the church are located on the same 
    street;
        (7) the principal religious leader of the church has 
    indicated his support of the issuance of the license;
        (8) the premises is a 2-story building of approximately 
    23,000 square feet; and
        (9) the premises houses a ballroom on its ground floor 
    of approximately 5,000 square feet.
    (y) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a school if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food;
        (3) according to the municipality, the distance 
    between the east property line of the premises and the west 
    property line of the school is 97.8 feet;
        (4) the school is a City of Chicago School District 299 
    school;
        (5) the school has been operating since 1959;
        (6) the primary entrance to the premises and the 
    primary entrance to the school are located on the same 
    street;
        (7) the street on which the entrances of the premises 
    and the school are located is a major diagonal 
    thoroughfare;
        (8) the premises is a single-story building of 
    approximately 2,900 square feet; and
        (9) the premises is used for commercial purposes only.
    (z) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a mosque if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the licensee shall only sell packaged liquors at 
    the premises;
        (3) the licensee is a national retail chain having over 
    100 locations within the municipality;
        (4) the licensee has over 8,000 locations nationwide;
        (5) the licensee has locations in all 50 states;
        (6) the premises is located in the North-East quadrant 
    of the municipality;
        (7) the premises is a free-standing building that has 
    "drive-through" pharmacy service;
        (8) the premises has approximately 14,490 square feet 
    of retail space;
        (9) the premises has approximately 799 square feet of 
    pharmacy space;
        (10) the premises is located on a major arterial street 
    that runs east-west and accepts truck traffic; and
        (11) the alderman of the ward in which the premises is 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license.
    (aa) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the licensee shall only sell packaged liquors at 
    the premises;
        (3) the licensee is a national retail chain having over 
    100 locations within the municipality;
        (4) the licensee has over 8,000 locations nationwide;
        (5) the licensee has locations in all 50 states;
        (6) the premises is located in the North-East quadrant 
    of the municipality;
        (7) the premises is located across the street from a 
    national grocery chain outlet;
        (8) the premises has approximately 16,148 square feet 
    of retail space;
        (9) the premises has approximately 992 square feet of 
    pharmacy space;
        (10) the premises is located on a major arterial street 
    that runs north-south and accepts truck traffic; and
        (11) the alderman of the ward in which the premises is 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license.
    (bb) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food;
        (3) the primary entrance to the premises and the 
    primary entrance to the church are located on the same 
    street;
        (4) the premises is across the street from the church;
        (5) the street on which the premises and the church are 
    located is a major arterial street that runs east-west;
        (6) the church is an elder-led and Bible-based Assyrian 
    church;
        (7) the premises and the church are both single-story 
    buildings;
        (8) the storefront directly west of the church is being 
    used as a restaurant; and 
        (9) the distance between the northern-most property 
    line of the premises and the southern-most property line of 
    the church is 65 feet. 
    (cc)  Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a school if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the licensee shall only sell packaged liquors at 
    the premises;
        (3) the licensee is a national retail chain;
        (4) as of October 25, 2011, the licensee has 1,767 
    stores operating nationwide, 87 stores operating in the 
    State, and 10 stores operating within the municipality;
        (5) the licensee shall occupy approximately 124,000 
    square feet of space in the basement and first and second 
    floors of a building located across the street from a 
    school;
        (6) the school opened in August of 2009 and occupies 
    approximately 67,000 square feet of space; and
        (7) the building in which the premises shall be located 
    has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
    since April 17, 1970. 
    (dd)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within a full-service grocery store at a premises that 
is located within a municipality with a population in excess of 
1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 100 feet of a school if:
        (1) the premises is constructed on land that was 
    purchased from the municipality at a  fair market price;
        (2) the premises is constructed on land that was 
    previously used as a parking facility for public safety 
    employees;
        (3) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (4) the main entrance to the store is more than 100 
    feet from the main entrance to the school;
        (5) the premises is to be new construction;
        (6) the school is a private school;
        (7) the principal of the school has given written 
    approval for the license;
        (8) the alderman of the ward where the premises is 
    located has given written approval of the issuance of the 
    license;
        (9) the grocery store level of the premises is between 
    60,000 and 70,000 square feet; and 
        (10) the owner and operator of the grocery store 
    operates 2 other grocery stores that have alcoholic liquor 
    licenses within the same municipality.
    (ee)   Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within a full-service grocery store at a premises that 
is  located within a municipality with a population in excess of 
1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 100 feet of a school if: 
        (1) the premises is constructed on land that once 
    contained an industrial steel facility;
        (2) the premises is located on land that has undergone 
    environmental remediation;
        (3) the premises is located within a retail complex 
    containing retail stores where some of the stores sell 
    alcoholic beverages;
        (4) the principal activity of any restaurant in the 
    retail complex is the sale of food, and the sale of 
    alcoholic liquor is incidental to the sale of food;
        (5) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the grocery store;
        (6) the entrance to any business that sells alcoholic 
    liquor is more than 100 feet from the entrance to the 
    school;
        (7) the alderman of the ward  where the premises is 
    located has given written approval of the issuance of the 
    license; and
        (8) the principal of the school has given written 
    consent to the issuance of the license.
    (ff) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a school if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on at the premises;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the operation of a theater;
        (3) the premises is a one and one-half-story building 
    of approximately 10,000 square feet;
        (4) the school is a City of Chicago School District 299 
    school;
        (5) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of the school are at least 300 feet apart 
    and no more than 400 feet apart;
        (6) the alderman of the ward in which the premises is 
    located has expressed, in writing, his support for the 
    issuance of the license; and
        (7) the principal of the school has expressed, in 
    writing, that there is no objection to the issuance of a 
    license under this subsection (ff). 
    (gg) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor incidental to the sale of food within a restaurant or 
banquet facility established in a premises that is located in a 
municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 
inhabitants and within 100 feet of a church if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises; 
        (2) the property on which the church is located and the 
    property on which the premises are located are both within 
    a district originally listed on the National Register of 
    Historic Places on February 14, 1979; 
        (3) the property on which the premises are located 
    contains one or more multi-story buildings that are at 
    least 95 years old and have no more than three stories; 
        (4) the building in which the church is located is at 
    least 120 years old; 
        (5) the property on which the church is located is 
    immediately adjacent to and west of the property on which 
    the premises are located; 
        (6) the western boundary of the property on which the 
    premises are located is no less than 118 feet in length and 
    no more than 122 feet in length; 
        (7) as of December 31, 2012, both the church property 
    and the property on which the premises are located are 
    within 250 feet of City of Chicago Business-Residential 
    Planned Development Number 38; 
        (8) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has indicated his or her support for the issuance 
    of the license in writing; and 
        (9) the alderman in whose district the premises are 
    located has expressed his or her support for the issuance 
    of the license in writing. 
    For the purposes of this subsection, "banquet facility" 
means the part of the building that is located on the floor 
above a restaurant and caters to private parties and where the 
sale of alcoholic liquors is not the principal business. 
    (hh) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within a hotel and at an outdoor patio area attached to 
the hotel that are located in a municipality with a population 
in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and that are within 100 feet 
of a hospital if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the hotel;
        (2) the hotel is located within the City of Chicago 
    Business Planned Development Number 468; and 
        (3) the hospital is located within the City of Chicago 
    Institutional Planned Development Number 3. 
    (ii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within a restaurant and at an outdoor patio area 
attached to the restaurant that are located in a municipality 
with a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and that 
are within 100 feet of a church if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is not 
    the principal business carried on by the licensee and is 
    incidental to the sale of food; 
        (2) the restaurant has been operated on the street 
    level of a 2-story building located on a corner lot since 
    2008;
        (3) the restaurant is between 3,700 and 4,000 square 
    feet and sits on a lot that is no more than 6,200 square 
    feet;
        (4) the primary entrance to the restaurant and the 
    primary entrance to the church are located on the same 
    street;
        (5) the street on which the restaurant and the church 
    are located is a major east-west street;
        (6) the restaurant and the church are separated by a 
    one-way northbound street;
        (7) the church is located to the west of and no more 
    than 65 feet  from the restaurant; and
        (8) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has indicated his or her consent to the issuance of 
    the license in writing. 
    (jj) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises; 
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is incidental to the 
    sale of food; 
        (3) the premises are located east of the church, on 
    perpendicular streets, and separated by an alley; 
        (4) the distance between the primary entrance of the 
    premises and the primary entrance of the church is at least 
    175 feet; 
        (5) the distance between the property line of the 
    premises and the property line of the church is at least 40 
    feet; 
        (6) the licensee has been operating at the premises 
    since 2012; 
        (7) the church was constructed in 1904; 
        (8) the alderman of the ward in which the premises is 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license; and 
        (9) the principal religious leader of the church has 
    delivered a written statement that he or she does not 
    object to the issuance of a license under this subsection 
    (jj). 
    (kk) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a school if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the licensee shall only sell packaged liquors on 
    the premises;
        (3) the licensee is a national retail chain;
        (4) as of February 27, 2013, the licensee had 1,778 
    stores operating nationwide, 89 operating in this State, 
    and 11 stores operating within the municipality;
        (5) the licensee shall occupy approximately 169,048 
    square feet of space within a building that is located 
    across the street from a tuition-based preschool; and
        (6) the alderman of the ward in which the premises is 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license. 
    (ll) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a school if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the licensee shall only sell packaged liquors on 
    the premises;
        (3) the licensee is a national retail chain;
        (4) as of February 27, 2013, the licensee had 1,778 
    stores operating nationwide, 89 operating in this State, 
    and 11 stores operating within the municipality;
        (5) the licensee shall occupy approximately 191,535 
    square feet of space within a building that is located 
    across the street from an elementary school; and
        (6) the alderman of the ward in which the premises is 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license. 
    (mm) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within premises and at an outdoor patio or sidewalk 
cafe, or both, attached to premises that are located in a 
municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 
inhabitants and that are within 100 feet of a hospital if:
        (1) the primary business of the restaurant consists of 
    the sale of food where the sale of liquor is incidental to 
    the sale of food;
        (2) as a restaurant, the premises may or may not offer 
    catering as an incidental part of food service;
        (3) the primary business of the restaurant is conducted 
    in space owned by a hospital or an entity owned or 
    controlled by, under common control with, or that controls 
    a hospital, and the chief hospital administrator has 
    expressed his or her support for the issuance of the 
    license in writing; and
        (4) the hospital is an adult acute care facility 
    primarily located within the City of Chicago Institutional 
    Planned Development Number 3.
    (nn) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried out on the premises;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the operation of a theater;
        (3) the premises are a building that was constructed in 
    1913 and opened on May 24, 1915 as a vaudeville theater, 
    and the premises were converted to a motion picture theater 
    in 1935;
        (4) the church was constructed in 1889 with a stone 
    exterior;
        (5) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of the church are at least 100 feet apart; 
    and
        (6) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has indicated his or her consent to the issuance of 
    the license in writing; and
        (7) the alderman in whose ward the premises are located 
    has expressed his or her support for the issuance of the 
    license in writing. 
    (oo) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a mosque, church, or other place of worship if:
        (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of the mosque, church, or other place of 
    worship are perpendicular and are on different streets;
        (2) the primary entrance to the premises faces West and 
    the primary entrance to the mosque, church, or other place 
    of worship faces South;
        (3) the distance between the 2 primary entrances is at 
    least 100 feet;
        (4) the mosque, church, or other place of worship was 
    established in a location within 100 feet of the premises 
    after a license for the sale of alcohol at the premises was 
    first issued;
        (5) the mosque, church, or other place of worship was 
    established on or around January 1, 2011;
        (6) a license for the sale of alcohol at the premises 
    was first issued on or before January 1, 1985;
        (7) a license for the sale of alcohol at the premises 
    has been continuously in effect since January 1, 1985, 
    except for interruptions between licenses of no more than 
    90 days; and
        (8) the premises are a single-story, single-use 
    building of at least 3,000 square feet and no more than 
    3,380 square feet. 
    (pp) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor incidental to the sale of food within a restaurant or 
banquet facility established on premises that are located in a 
municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 
inhabitants and within 100 feet of at least one church if: 
        (1) the sale of liquor shall not be the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises; 
        (2) the premises are at least 2,000 square feet and no 
    more than 10,000 square feet and is located in a 
    single-story building; 
        (3) the property on which the premises are located is 
    within an area that, as of 2009, was designated as a 
    Renewal Community by the United States Department of 
    Housing and Urban Development; 
        (4) the property on which the premises are located and 
    the properties on which the churches are located are on the 
    same street; 
        (5) the property on which the premises are located is 
    immediately adjacent to and east of the property on which 
    at least one of the churches is located; 
        (6) the property on which the premises are located is 
    across the street and southwest of the property on which 
    another church is located; 
        (7) the principal religious leaders of the churches 
    have indicated their support for the issuance of the 
    license in writing; and 
        (8) the alderman in whose ward the premises are located 
    has expressed his or her support for the issuance of the 
    license in writing. 
    For purposes of this subsection (pp), "banquet facility" 
means the part of the building that caters to private parties 
and where the sale of alcoholic liquors is not the principal 
business. 
    (qq) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor on premises that are located within a municipality with 
a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church or school if:
        (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    closest entrance of the church or school are at least 200 
    feet apart and no greater than 300 feet apart; 
        (2) the shortest distance between the premises and the 
    church or school is at least 66 feet apart and no greater 
    than 81 feet apart; 
        (3) the premises are a single-story, steel-framed 
    commercial building with at least 18,042 square feet, and 
    was constructed in 1925 and 1997; 
        (4) the owner of the business operated within the 
    premises has been the general manager of a similar 
    supermarket within one mile from the premises, which has 
    had a valid license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
    liquor since 2002, and is in good standing with the City of 
    Chicago; 
        (5) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has indicated his or her support to the issuance or 
    renewal of the license in writing; 
        (6) the alderman of the ward has indicated his or her 
    support to the issuance or renewal of the license in 
    writing; and 
        (7) the principal of the school has indicated his or 
    her support to the issuance or renewal of the license in 
    writing. 
    (rr) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a club that leases space to a school if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried out on the premises;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the operation of a grocery store;
        (3) the premises are a building of approximately 1,750 
    square feet and is rented by the owners of the grocery 
    store from a family member; 
        (4) the property line of the premises is approximately 
    68 feet from the property line of the club; 
        (5) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of the club where the school leases space 
    are at least 100 feet apart;
        (6) the director of the club renting space to the 
    school has indicated his or her consent to the issuance of 
    the license in writing; and
        (7) the alderman in whose district the premises are 
    located has expressed his or her support for the issuance 
    of the license in writing. 
    (ss) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the premises are located within a 15 unit building 
    with 13 residential apartments and 2 commercial spaces, and 
    the licensee will occupy both commercial spaces;
        (2) a restaurant has been operated on the premises 
    since June 2011;
        (3) the restaurant currently occupies 1,075 square 
    feet, but will be expanding to include 975 additional 
    square feet;
        (4) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (5) the premises are located south of the church and on 
    the same street and are separated by a one-way westbound 
    street;
        (6) the primary entrance of the premises is at least 93 
    feet from the primary entrance of the church;
        (7) the shortest distance between any part of the 
    premises and any part of the church is at least 72 feet;
        (8) the building in which the restaurant is located was 
    built in 1910;
        (9) the alderman of the ward in which the premises are 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license; and
        (10) the principal religious leader of the church has 
    delivered a written statement that he or she does not 
    object to the issuance of a license under this subsection 
    (ss).
    (tt) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is incidental to the 
    sale of food;
        (3) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises was 
    previously authorized by a package goods liquor license;
        (4) the premises are at least 40,000 square feet with 
    25 parking spaces in the contiguous surface lot to the 
    north of the store and 93 parking spaces on the roof;
        (5) the shortest distance between the lot line of the 
    parking lot of the premises and the exterior wall of the 
    church is at least 80 feet;
        (6) the distance between the building in which the 
    church is located and the building in which the premises 
    are located is at least 180 feet;
        (7) the main entrance to the church faces west and is 
    at least 257 feet from the main entrance of the premises; 
    and
        (8) the applicant is the owner of 10 similar grocery 
    stores within the City of Chicago and the surrounding area 
    and has been in business for more than 30 years. 
    (uu) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises; 
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is incidental to the 
    operation of a grocery store; 
        (3) the premises are located in a building that is 
    approximately 68,000 square feet with 157 parking spaces on 
    property that was previously vacant land;
        (4) the main entrance to the church faces west and is 
    at least 500 feet from the entrance of the premises, which 
    faces north;
        (5) the church and the premises are separated by an 
    alley;
        (6) the applicant is the owner of 9 similar grocery 
    stores in the City of Chicago and the surrounding area and 
    has been in business for more than 40 years; and
        (7) the alderman of the ward in which the premises are 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license.
    (vv) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of  alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is primary to the sale 
    of food;
        (3) the premises are located south of the church and on 
    perpendicular streets and are separated by a driveway;
        (4) the primary entrance of the premises is at least 
    100 feet from the primary entrance of the church;
        (5) the shortest distance between any part of the 
    premises and any part of the church is at least 15 feet;
        (6) the premises are less than 100 feet from the church 
    center, but greater than 100 feet from the area within the 
    building where church services are held;
        (7) the premises are 25,830 square feet and sit on a 
    lot that is 0.48 acres;
        (8) the premises were once designated as a Korean 
    American Presbyterian Church and were once used as a 
    Masonic Temple;
        (9) the premises were built in 1910;
        (10) the alderman of the ward in which the premises are 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license; and
        (11) the principal religious leader of the church has 
    delivered a written statement that he or she does not 
    object to the issuance of a license under this subsection 
    (vv).
    For the purposes of this subsection (vv), "premises" means 
a place of business together with a privately owned outdoor 
location that is adjacent to the place of business.

    (ww) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the

contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance

or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic

liquor at premises located within a municipality with a

population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100

feet of a school if:
        (1) the school is located within Sub Area III of City 
    of Chicago Residential-Business Planned Development Number 
    523, as amended; and
        (2) the premises are located within Sub Area I, Sub 
    Area II, or Sub Area IV of City of Chicago 
    Residential-Business Planned Development Number 523, as 
    amended. 
    (xx) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of wine or wine-related products is the 
    exclusive business carried on by the licensee at the 
    premises;
        (2) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of the church are at least 100 feet apart 
    and are located on different streets;
        (3) the building in which the premises are located and 
    the building in which the church is located are separated 
    by an alley;
        (4) the premises consists of less than 2,000 square 
    feet of floor area dedicated to the sale of wine or 
    wine-related products;
        (5) the premises are located on the first floor of a 
    2-story building that is at least 99 years old and has a 
    residential unit on the second floor; and
        (6) the principal religious leader at the church has 
    indicated his or her support for the issuance or renewal of 
    the license in writing. 
    (yy) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of  alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the premises are a 27-story hotel containing 191 
    guest rooms;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises and is 
    limited to a restaurant located on the first floor of the 
    hotel;
        (3) the hotel is adjacent to the church;
        (4) the site is zoned as DX-16;
        (5) the principal religious leader of the church has 
    delivered a written statement that he or she does not 
    object to the issuance of a license under this subsection 
    (yy); and
        (6) the alderman of the ward in which the premises are 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license.
    (zz) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the premises are a 15-story hotel containing 143 
    guest rooms;
        (2) the premises are approximately 85,691 square feet;
        (3) a restaurant is operated on the premises;
        (4) the restaurant is located in the first floor lobby 
    of the hotel;
        (5)  the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (6) the hotel is located approximately 50 feet from the 
    church and is separated from the church by a public street 
    on the ground level and by air space on the upper level, 
    which is where the public entrances are located;
        (7) the site is zoned as DX-16;
        (8) the principal religious leader of the church has 
    delivered a written statement that he or she does not 
    object to the issuance of a license under this subsection 
    (zz); and
        (9) the alderman of the ward in which the premises are 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license. 
    (aaa) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within a full-service grocery store at premises located 
within a municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 
inhabitants and within 100 feet of a school if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the primary 
    business activity of the grocery store;
        (2) the premises are newly constructed on land that was 
    formerly used by the Young Men's Christian Association;
        (3) the grocery store is located within a planned 
    development that was approved by the municipality in 2007;
        (4) the premises are located in a multi-building, 
    mixed-use complex;
        (5) the entrance to the grocery store is located more 
    than 200 feet from the entrance to the school;
        (6) the entrance to the grocery store is located across 
    the street from the back of the school building, which is 
    not used for student or public access;
        (7) the grocery store executed a binding lease for the 
    property in 2008;
        (8) the premises consist of 2 levels and occupy more 
    than 80,000 square feet;
        (9) the owner and operator of the grocery store 
    operates at least 10 other grocery stores that have 
    alcoholic liquor licenses within the same municipality; 
    and
        (10) the director of the school has expressed, in 
    writing, his or her support for the issuance of the 
    license.
    (bbb) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church if:
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor at the premises is 
    incidental to the sale of food;
        (2) the premises are located in a single-story building 
    of primarily brick construction containing at least 6 
    commercial units constructed before 1940;
        (3) the premises are located in a B3-2 zoning district;
        (4) the premises are less than 4,000 square feet;
        (5) the church established its congregation in 1891 and 
    completed construction of the church building in 1990;
        (6) the premises are located south of the church;
        (7) the premises and church are located on the same 
    street and are separated by a one-way westbound street; and
        (8) the principal religious leader of the church has 
    not indicated his or her opposition to the issuance or 
    renewal of the license in writing.
    (ccc) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor within a full-service grocery store at premises located 
within a municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 
inhabitants and within 100 feet of a church and school if:
        (1) as of March 14, 2007, the premises are located in a 
    City of Chicago Residential-Business Planned Development 
    No. 1052;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
        (3) the sale of alcoholic liquor is incidental to the 
    operation of a grocery store and comprises no more than 10% 
    of the total in-store sales;
        (4) the owner and operator of the grocery store 
    operates at least 10 other grocery stores that have 
    alcoholic liquor licenses within the same municipality;
        (5) the premises are new construction when the license 
    is first issued;
        (6) the constructed premises are to be no less than 
    50,000 square feet;
        (7) the school is a private church-affiliated school;
        (8) the premises and the property containing the church 
    and church-affiliated school are located on perpendicular 
    streets and the school and church are adjacent to one 
    another;
        (9) the pastor of the church and school has expressed, 
    in writing, support for the issuance of the license; and
        (10) the alderman of the ward in which the premises are 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her support for 
    the issuance of the license.
    (ddd) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church or school if:
        (1) the business has been issued a license from the 
    municipality to allow the business to operate a theater on 
    the premises; 
        (2)  the theater has less than 200 seats; 
        (3) the premises are approximately 2,700 to 3,100 
    square feet of space; 
        (4) the premises are located to the north of the 
    church;
        (5) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of any church within 100 feet of the 
    premises are located either on a different street or across 
    a right-of-way from the premises;
        (6) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
    primary entrance of any school within 100 feet of the 
    premises are located either on a different street or across 
    a right-of-way from the premises;
        (7) the premises are located in a building that is at 
    least 100 years old; and
        (8) any church or school located within 100 feet of the 
    premises has indicated its support for the issuance or 
    renewal of the license to the premises in writing. 
    (eee) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
liquor at premises located within a municipality with a 
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
feet of a church and school if: 
        (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is incidental to the 
    sale of food;
        (2) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal 
    business carried on by the applicant on the premises; 
        (3)  a family-owned restaurant has operated on the 
    premises since 1957; 
        (4) the premises occupy the first floor of a 3-story 
    building that is at least 90 years old; 
        (5) the distance between the property line of the 
    premises and the property line of the church is at least 20 
    feet;
        (6) the church was established at its current location 
    and the present structure was erected before 1900;
        (7) the primary entrance of the premises is at least 75 
    feet from the primary entrance of the church;
        (8) the school is affiliated with the church;
        (9) the principal religious leader at the place of 
    worship has indicated his or her support for the issuance 
    of the license in writing; 
        (10) the principal of the school has indicated in 
    writing that he or she is not opposed to the issuance of 
    the license; and
        (11)  the alderman of the ward in which the premises are 
    located has expressed, in writing, his or her lack of an 
    objection to the issuance of the license. 
(Source: P.A. 97-9, eff. 6-14-11; 97-12, eff. 6-14-11; 97-634, 
eff. 12-16-11; 97-774, eff. 7-13-12; 97-780, eff. 7-13-12; 
97-806, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1166, eff. 3-1-13; 98-274, eff. 
8-9-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-571, eff. 8-27-13; 98-592, 
eff. 11-15-13; 98-1092, eff. 8-26-14; 98-1158, eff. 1-9-15.)


 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.