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Chapter 4 - Liquor
Division 3 - Prohibitions

SEC. 4.3 PROHIBITIONS.

  1. It shall be unlawful to sell, offer or keep for sale, or possess for sale, alcoholic liquor or beer, except under the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions enumerated within this Chapter and the laws of the State of Illinois. A license issued by the Normal Local Liquor Commissioner shall be required prior to the sale of alcoholic liquor within the corporate limits of the Town of Normal in accordance with the terms of this Chapter.
     
  2. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a catering service in the Town of Normal without first obtaining a license pursuant to the Municipal Code of the Town of Normal.
     
  3. It shall be unlawful to operate a set-up establishment in the Town of Normal, and it shall be unlawful for any person to act as an agent, barkeeper, clerk, or servant of another for a set-up establishment.
     
  4. No person may operate any establishment in a manner other than consistent with documents submitted in application for the liquor license and the license issued by the Commissioner. The sale of alcoholic liquor at locations in licensed establishments except as approved by the Liquor Commissioner is prohibited.
     
  5. No licensee nor any officer, associate, member, representative, agent or employee of such licensee shall sell, give or deliver alcoholic liquor to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years or to any intoxicated person or to any person known by him to be a habitual drunkard.
     
  6. Except during approved private employee parties, it shall be unlawful for any licensee to permit or allow any bottle, glass, cup, pitcher, tumbler, or other container of or containing alcoholic liquor to remain in the possession of any customer or at any location accessible to customers before or after the hours during which the sale of such alcoholic liquor is permitted.
     
  7. It shall be unlawful for any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age to represent that he or she is of lawful age for the purposes of buying, accepting, or receiving alcoholic liquor from a licensee.
     
  8. No individual, partnership or corporation shall give away any alcoholic liquor for commercial purposes or in connection with the sale of non-alcoholic products or to promote the sale of non-alcoholic products.
     
  9. No licensee shall give or offer to give away, alcoholic liquor in connection with the sale of non-alcoholic products or to promote the sale of non-alcoholic products. However, nothing in this section shall prevent a licensee from giving away alcoholic liquor in connection with the sale of a hotel room.
     
  10. No licensee shall give or offer to give away any alcoholic liquor in connection with any drawing or game of chance, nor shall any licensee in connection with any drawing or game of chance sell or offer to sell alcoholic liquor at less than the customary retail value of such alcoholic liquor.
     
  11. Except as provided in Section 4.10(L), I it shall be unlawful for any licensee hereunder to permit or allow anyone to commit gambling in a licensed establishment. Gambling as used herein is defined in the same manner the term is used and defined in the Illinois Criminal Code, as amended (720 ILCS 5/28). Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall remain unlawful in a licensed establishment to possess an antique slot machine, to engage in charitable games, to engage in the game commonly known as "bingo", and to engage in pull tabs or jar games, even though such activities may be exempted from the definition of gambling in the state statute. (Amended 3/20/06 by Ord. No. 5063)
     
  12. No person holding a distributor’s license from the State of Illinois shall use his equipment to deliver alcoholic liquor, except to persons holding a license pursuant to this Chapter for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor.
     
  13. No person shall transport alcoholic liquor stored in a keg or kegs on any public street between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless such person holds a distributor’s license from the State of Illinois. No license holder shall sell a keg after 10:00 p.m.
     
  14. No person shall possess or consume alcohol in a licensed establishment unless that person has in his or her possession an authentic photo identification such as an Illinois Driver’s License or Identification Card showing the person to be at least 21 years of age or older.
     
  15. No licensee or employee of a licensee shall consume alcoholic liquor while on duty at a licensed establishment, nor shall any licensee or employee of a licensee perform work at a licensed establishment while under the influence of alcohol. The foregoing shall not prohibit, however, a licensee or an employee of licensee at a brewpub from customary sampling of beer during the brewing, fermentation and conditioning procedures and for other quality control tests provided such licensee or employee is not under the influence of alcohol. (Added 4/19/04 by Ord. No. 4942)(Amended 4/3/06 by Ord. No. 5065)
     
  16. It shall be unlawful for any licensee, or any employee or agent of a licensee, to sell or serve alcoholic liquor at a drive-up window. This prohibition shall not apply to licensees assisting customers in placing alcoholic liquor in their vehicles after the alcoholic liquor has been purchased inside a licensed establishment. (Added 9/7/04 by Ord. No. 4965)