Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 10/23/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 45 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 45, AS AMENDED, 
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 
41, on page 35, immediately below line 21, by inserting the 
5following:


 
6    "(pp) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
7contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
8or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
9liquor incidental to the sale of food within a restaurant or 
10banquet facility established on premises that are located in a 
11municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 
12inhabitants and within 100 feet of at least one church if:
13        (1) the sale of liquor shall not be the principal 
14    business carried on by the licensee at the premises;
15        (2) the premises are at least 6,500 square feet and no 
16    more than 7,500 square feet and is located in a 
17    single-story building;
 
 
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1        (3) the property on which the premises are located is 
2    within an area that, as of 2009, was designated as a 
3    Renewal Community by the United States Department of 
4    Housing and Urban Development;
5        (4) the property on which the premises are located and 
6    the properties on which the churches are located are on the 
7    same street;
8        (5) the property on which the premises are located is 
9    immediately adjacent to and east of the property on which 
10    at least one of the churches is located;
11        (6) the property on which the premises are located is 
12    across the street and southwest of the property on which 
13    another church is located;
14        (7) the principal religious leaders of the churches 
15    have indicated their support for the issuance of the 
16    license in writing; and
17        (8) the alderman in whose ward the premises are located 
18    has expressed his or her support for the issuance of the 
19    license in writing.
20    For purposes of this subsection (pp), "banquet facility" 
21means the part of the building that caters to private parties 
22and where the sale of alcoholic liquors is not the principal 
23business.
24    (qq) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the 
25contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
26or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
 
 
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1liquor on premises that are located within a municipality with 
2a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 
3feet of a church or school if:
4        (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the 
5    closest entrance of the church or school are at least 200 
6    feet apart and no greater than 300 feet apart; 
7        (2) the shortest distance between the premises and the 
8    church or school is at least 35 feet apart and no greater 
9    than 45 feet apart; 
10        (3) the premises are a single-story, steel-framed 
11    commercial building with at least 18,042 square feet, and 
12    was constructed in 1925 and 1997; 
13        (4) the owner of the business operated within the 
14    premises has been the general manager of a similar 
15    supermarket within one mile from the premises, which has 
16    had a valid license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
17    liquor since 2002, and is in good standing with the City of 
18    Chicago; 
19        (5) the principal religious leader at the place of 
20    worship has indicated his or her support to the issuance or 
21    renewal of the license in writing; 
22        (6) the alderman of the ward has indicated his or her 
23    support to the issuance or renewal of the license in 
24    writing; and 
25        (7) the principal of the school has indicated his or 
26    her support to the issuance or renewal of the license in 
 
 
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1    writing.".