Committee on License and Consumer Protection meeting, February 10, 2026
- When: Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 1:00 PM (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
- Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8928556?video=1163693981
- Transcript: full text (2,043 words, automatic captions)
Meeting notes
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The Committee on License and Consumer Protection heard two public commenters, including the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, which asked that the tobacco licensing ordinance be held for further discussion. The committee approved its January 2026 Rule 45 reports. It passed two 14th Ward ordinances presented by Alderperson Jeylú B. Gutiérrez allowing additional packaged goods licenses on portions of South Pulaski Road and West 51st Street, and two 17th Ward ordinances presented by Alderperson David H. Moore, one allowing additional packaged goods licenses on a portion of Racine Avenue and one disallowing them on a portion of 69th Street. It also accepted a substitute and passed Alderperson Ronnie L. Mosley ordinance applying a 35-day public notice and comment period to new retail tobacco license applications, with the items to be reported to City Council on February 18, 2026.
Topics: packaged goods license moratoriums, retail tobacco licenses, public notice for licensing, liquor licensing
Agenda items discussed
- 8:26 Motion to allow members to participate remotely under Rule 59: passed
- 9:25 Public comment: discussed
- 14:04 Approval of the January 2026 Rule 45 reports: passed
- 15:05 Amendment of the Municipal Code to allow additional packaged goods licenses on portions of South Pulaski Road (O2026-0022527): passed
- 15:27 Amendment of the Municipal Code to allow additional packaged goods licenses on portions of West 51st Street: passed
- 17:24 Amendment of the Municipal Code to allow additional packaged goods licenses on portions of Racine Avenue: passed
- 17:44 Amendment of the Municipal Code to disallow additional packaged goods licenses on portions of West 69th Street: passed
- 19:56 Substitute ordinance adding section 4-64-053 regarding issuance of retail tobacco licenses: passed
Alderpersons who spoke
- Jeylú B. Gutiérrez (alderperson): Asked the committee to lift the moratorium to allow a packaged goods license for an Aldi at 4101 South Pulaski Road, which agreed to a plan of operation. (15:50); Asked support for a new owner at 2601 West 51st Street replacing a retiring liquor store owner, noting community letters were sent and feedback is pending. (16:14)
- David H. Moore (alderperson): Asked to lift the moratorium at 76th and Racine so a long-standing grocery store with liquor sales can continue under new management, citing no other grocery within walking distance. (18:13); Asked to reinstate the moratorium on West 69th Street after it had been lifted about a year earlier for a new grocery store owner. (19:21)
- Ronnie L. Mosley (alderperson): Said the substitute responds to resident concerns about tobacco retailers and to feedback from BACP and the Law Department. (20:35); Said it applies the 35-day public notice and comment period used for liquor licenses to new tobacco licenses without changing eligibility, background checks, distance or zoning rules. (20:55); Said it gives residents, alderpersons and police commanders a window to submit nuisance concerns and allows optional plans of operation. (21:18)