Committee on License and Consumer Protection meeting, November 8, 2023
- When: Wed, Nov 8, 2023, 1:00 PM (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/882266302
- Transcript: full text (2,289 words, official captions)
Meeting notes
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The Committee on License and Consumer Protection had no public commenters and approved the Rule 45 reports for September and October 2023. The committee recommended passage of ordinances disallowing additional packaged goods licenses on portions of 87th Street and LaSalle Street, renewing and updating a restricted residential zone prohibiting additional shared housing and vacation rentals in 39 of 40 precincts of the 13th Ward, and lifting liquor or packaged goods moratoria on portions of Grand Avenue, Belmont Avenue, Logan Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue (the last as a substitute). Two items from the 33rd Ward were held because no one from that office was present.
Topics: liquor license moratoria, packaged goods licenses, shared housing restrictions, vacation rentals, Rule 45 reports
Agenda items discussed
- 12:50 Approval of Rule 45 reports for September and October 2023: passed
- 13:22 Disallow additional packaged goods licenses on a portion of 87th Street (O2023-0004822): passed
- 14:38 Designate precincts of the 13th Ward as a restricted residential zone prohibiting additional shared housing and vacation rentals (O2023-0004957): passed
- 17:12 Lift restriction to allow additional packaged goods license on a portion of Grand Avenue (O2023-0005671): passed
- 19:46 Lift restriction to allow additional packaged goods license on a portion of Belmont Avenue: passed
- 21:15 Lift restriction to allow additional alcoholic liquor license on a portion of Logan Boulevard (O2023-0004752): passed
- 23:29 Disallow additional packaged goods licenses on a portion of LaSalle Street: passed
- 25:56 Substitute ordinance lifting restrictions to allow additional liquor and packaged goods licenses on a portion of Lincoln Avenue: passed
- 28:03 Two items from the 33rd Ward: held
Alderpersons who spoke
- Marty Quinn (alderperson): Explained the precinct-level petition process for banning shared housing rentals and said the ordinance updates precinct numbers after the remap and renews the four-year ban in 39 of 40 13th Ward precincts. (15:01)
- Walter R. Burnett (alderperson): Said a bakery on Grand Avenue wants to sell packaged wine, that the community association was consulted, and that only his side of the moratorium would be lifted. (17:49)
- Scott Waguespack (alderperson): Said lifting the Logan Boulevard moratorium would allow a Disney exhibition in the former Windy City Fieldhouse, after outreach to neighbors and the chamber. (21:47)
- William Conway (alderperson): Said the ordinance reinstates a LaSalle Street moratorium that had been lifted for a Circle K store, which was remapped from the 42nd to the 34th Ward. (24:20)
- Brendan Reilly (alderperson): Explained that the moratorium was lifted to support Circle K's market entry with the intent of reinstating it, and said he fully supports the ordinance. (24:59)
- Andre Vasquez Jr. (alderperson): Said the Lincoln Avenue business went through the community process and the office supports the license. (26:54)
Exchanges between members
- 24:59 Alderperson Brendan Reilly said he fully supports Alderperson William Conway ordinance reinstating the LaSalle Street moratorium.