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North Chicago council committees direct attorney to draft stricter video-gaming ordinance
Summary
The city’s committees reviewed a proposed rewrite of North Chicago’s video-gaming rules and gave staff and the city attorney direction to draft a formal ordinance for council consideration before the moratorium expires in August.
The city’s committees reviewed a proposed rewrite of North Chicago’s video-gaming rules and gave staff and the city attorney direction to draft a formal ordinance for council consideration before the moratorium expires in August.
The proposed changes would make gaming an accessory use to a principal business, bar gaming licenses for convenience stores, general retail, liquor stores and gas stations (except state-regulated truck stops), require table-service restaurants to qualify for licenses, and set a 150-foot minimum separation to limit clustering of gaming establishments. The draft also tightens application and renewal requirements, including site plans, machine placement plans, and financial reports for the last four operating quarters to show gaming remains incidental to the primary…
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