§ 3-77. Prohibited acts.

In addition to those acts expressly prohibited pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq.), the following acts are hereby expressly prohibited:

(1)

Neither the licensee nor any agent or employee of such licensee shall sell, give or deliver alcoholic liquor to a person under the age of 21 years or to any intoxicated person or to any person known by him to be under legal disability or in need of mental treatment.

(2)

No licensee holding a class A license shall permit any person under the age of 21 to enter into or be upon or within the licensed premises, except children accompanied by their parent or legal guardian, except the spouse of a person over the age of 21 accompanied by such person, or except children or other lawful dependents of the licensee or the designated resident manager in the case of a corporation. The restriction set out in this subsection shall also be applicable to licensees holding a class D license, except during special events where meals are being served or special events of a nature where persons under the age of 21 would be reasonably expected to be in attendance. No person under the age of 21 years shall enter into or be upon or within any licensed premises, except as provided in this subsection.

(3)

No licensee shall permit the customer to leave the licensed premises with any alcoholic liquor except for alcoholic liquor sold and remaining in its original package pursuant to any license permitting package sales, in which case no licensee shall permit the customer to leave the premises with any packaged liquor except as shall be unopened and in the original package.

(4)

No license shall be issued for any facility unless the area of the building used for the sale of alcoholic liquor has such facilities as would make it possible to close this area from other areas of the building in which additional business is operated during hours that sales are prohibited under this article.

(5)

No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage or have in his possession an opened container containing alcoholic liquor in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, park, public or private parking lot or facility of any governmental entity or commercial or industrial business, or other nonresidential building or facility, or any other outdoor place open to and frequented by or accessible to the public within the city.

(6)

No licensee shall fail to pay any required retailer's occupation taxes, income taxes, employment taxes or any other tax required to be paid pursuant to any federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

(7)

No licensee shall, in violation of any city ordinance, fail to pay any fine or utility or user charge levied by the city with respect to the licensed premises after the due date thereof.

(8)

No licensee holding a class A license or a class D license shall employ any agent or employee under the age of 21 to serve alcoholic liquor by the drink to customers on the licensed premises. No licensee of any class shall permit any agent or employee under the age of 18 years to sell alcoholic liquor to customers, and any such 18-year-old employee shall be under the direct and immediate supervision of the licensee, or an agent or employee of at least 21 years of age.

(9)

The use of male or female exotic dancers as entertainment upon any premises licensed under this article or permitting any person upon the premises to expose such person's genitals, pubic region, pubic hair, buttocks, female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola, or any combination of the foregoing is prohibited. Any of the specified anatomical areas which are not to be exposed, shall be considered to be exposed and in violation hereof unless completely and opaquely covered.

(10)

No sales made pursuant to a license granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be made other than within an enclosed building, or other enclosed area approved by the local liquor control commissioner, situated upon the licensed premises.

(Code 1966, §§ 19.17, 19.20; Ord. No. 89-O-027, § 1, 8-21-89; Ord. No. 93-O-001, § 1, 1-4-93; Ord. No. 94-O-008, § 3, 2-7-94)

State law reference

Similar provisions, 235 ILCS 5/6-16.