Committee on License and Consumer Protection meeting, January 18, 2024
- When: Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 11:30 AM (Chicago time)
- Where: City Council Chamber, 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/903761344
- Transcript: full text (2,044 words, official captions)
Meeting notes
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The Committee on License and Consumer Protection approved its Rule 45 reports for November and December 2023 and passed every ordinance on its agenda by voice vote. Approved items included restricted residential zones banning additional shared housing and vacation rentals in the 13th and 23rd Wards, a restricted cannabis zone in the 8th Precinct of the 23rd Ward, and reinstating package goods or liquor moratoriums on South Ashland Avenue in the 17th Ward and Clark Street in the 48th Ward. The committee also lifted package goods moratoriums on Albany and Montrose Avenues in the 33rd Ward and a liquor moratorium on Damen Avenue in the 47th Ward to allow a new owner of an existing bar and grill to obtain a license. The chair said the votes would be reported to the City Council on January 24, 2024.
Topics: shared housing and vacation rental bans, liquor moratoriums, package goods licenses, restricted cannabis zones, Rule 45 reports
Agenda items discussed
- 12:43 Rule 45 reports for November and December 2023: passed
- 13:14 Restricted residential zone prohibiting additional shared housing and vacation rentals in the 21st Precinct of the 13th Ward (O2023-0006437): passed
- 15:03 Disallow additional package goods licenses on a portion of South Ashland Avenue in the 17th Ward: passed
- 16:40 Substitute ordinance designating precincts of the 23rd Ward as restricted residential zone for shared housing and vacation rentals: passed
- 18:08 Ordinances designating additional precincts of the 23rd Ward as restricted residential zones for shared housing and vacation rentals (O2023-0005820): passed
- 19:04 Restricted cannabis zone in the 8th Precinct of the 23rd Ward (O2023-0005831): passed
- 20:13 Lift package goods moratorium on a portion of Albany Avenue in the 33rd Ward (O2023-0005106): passed
- 21:58 Lift package goods moratorium on a portion of Montrose Avenue in the 33rd Ward (O2023-0005107): passed
- 23:23 Lift liquor moratorium on a portion of Damen Avenue in the 47th Ward (O2023-0006425): passed
- 24:36 Substitute ordinance disallowing additional liquor licenses on a portion of Clark Street in the 48th Ward (O2023-0006127): passed
Alderpersons who spoke
- Debra L. Silverstein (chair): Said the committee's votes would be reported as recommendations to pass at the January 24, 2024 City Council meeting and announced a January 22 meeting on the small box ordinance. (25:57)
- Marty Quinn (alderperson): Said the ordinance covers the last precinct of the 13th Ward under the shared housing ban and that signatures exceeded the 25% threshold. (13:41); Explained that the restrictions sunset every four years and that he had packaged 39 precincts together so they would sunset at the same time. (14:18)
- David H. Moore (alderperson): Said the package goods moratorium on South Ashland had been lifted to help keep a Walmart and the community now wants it restored to control new liquor establishments. (15:30)
- Silvana Tabares (alderperson): Asked for support to ban shared housing and vacation rentals in 23rd Ward precincts, citing resident signatures. (17:30); Said residents signed petitions to bar cannabis dispensaries in a precinct along Archer Avenue, a busy commercial street. (19:26)
- Matthew J. Martin (alderperson): Requested lifting the Damen Avenue liquor moratorium so new owners of an existing bar and grill can obtain a tavern license, noting neighborhood and chamber support. (23:51)
- Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (alderperson): Asked for support to reinstate the liquor moratorium on the east side of Clark Street in Andersonville from Balmoral to Foster. (25:24)
Exchanges between members
- 14:08 Silverstein congratulated Quinn on completing the shared housing ban for his ward.