# Committee on License and Consumer Protection meeting, February 10, 2025

- When: Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 11:00 AM (Chicago time)
- Where: Room 201A, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
- Status: Scheduled & Published
- Committee: [Committee on License and Consumer Protection](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/license-and-consumer-protection)
- Video: https://vimeo.com/1046888896
- Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/1046888896.txt) (3,269 words, official captions)

## Meeting notes

> AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.

The Committee on License and Consumer Protection heard three public commenters, two of whom supported a proposed ban on fur sales, and approved its January 2025 Rule 45 reports. At the sponsor's request, the fur sales ordinance (O2023-0002983) was held in committee while a substitute is finalized. The committee passed an ordinance prohibiting peddling at locations in the 7th Ward, a one-time exception allowing a concert at Wrigley Field on May 22, 2025, new liquor moratoriums on portions of Oakley Avenue, Milwaukee Avenue and Damen Avenue, and the lifting of liquor moratoriums on a portion of Argyle Street in the 48th Ward and a stretch shared by the 49th and 50th Wards. Passed items were to be reported to the City Council on February 19, 2025.

Topics: fur sales ban, liquor moratoriums, peddling, Wrigley Field concerts, small business, public comment

### Agenda items discussed

- [11:58](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=718) Motion to allow members to participate remotely: passed
- [20:50](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1250) Rule 45 reports for January 2025: passed
- [21:14](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1274) Ordinance banning the sale of fur products: held
- [21:56](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1316) Ordinance prohibiting peddling in portions of the 7th Ward (O2024-0012863): passed
- [23:26](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1406) Ordinance disallowing additional liquor and package goods licenses on a portion of Oakley Avenue (O2025-0014803): passed
- [25:04](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1504) Substitute ordinance allowing a one-time exception for the Chicago Cubs to hold a concert at Wrigley Field on May 22, 2025: passed
- [26:37](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1597) Ordinance establishing a liquor moratorium on Milwaukee Avenue from Central Park Avenue to Kimball Avenue in the 35th Ward: passed
- [28:00](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1680) Substitute ordinance disallowing additional liquor licenses on a portion of Damen Avenue in the 47th Ward: passed
- [29:21](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1761) Ordinance lifting a moratorium to allow additional package goods licenses on a portion of Argyle Street in the 48th Ward: passed
- [32:41](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1961) Ordinance lifting a moratorium to allow an additional liquor license on a portion of an avenue in the 49th and 50th Wards (O2025-0014902): passed

### Alderpersons who spoke

- [Raymond A. Lopez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/15) (alderperson): Thanked the chair, Law Department and BACP for crafting a substitute fur ordinance he said meets everyone's satisfaction and said he looks forward to taking it up later. ([21:30](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1290))
- [Gregory I. Mitchell](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/7) (alderperson): Said increased peddling at intersections such as 95th and Stony Island has created safety hazards and that no-peddling signs would help police clear them. ([22:23](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1343))
- [Jason C. Ervin](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/28) (alderperson): Said the community has not supported alcohol sales on an undeveloped parcel near Ogden Avenue and requested a moratorium. ([24:14](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1454))
- [Bennett R. Lawson](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/44) (alderperson): Explained that the substitute allows a one-time weeknight concert at Wrigley Field on May 22, the day before Memorial Day weekend. ([25:39](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1539)); Expressed support for the long-time Argyle Street liquor store and asked whether its historic marquee could be reused. ([32:11](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1931))
- [Matthew J. Martin](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/47) (alderperson): Said a Damen Avenue moratorium lifted in 2023 to allow a tavern sale was being reinstated as agreed with the neighborhood association. ([28:36](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1716))
- [Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/48) (alderperson): Said lifting the Argyle Street moratorium would let a long-time liquor store affected by Red Line construction move across the street. ([29:44](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/16F2057E-EAE3-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=1784))

## Documents

- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/e5b08f84-5ef2-408a-8eef-a7ce25ea2568.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/e63b730d-51d8-44a0-8965-1dc782fd76bb.pdf)
- [Summary](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/c1d161ca-74af-443e-b8de-3071f9f0d4c2.pdf)

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