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Trustees approve new non-gaming liquor license classes after heated debate over waiving first reading
Summary
The Villa Park Board of Trustees voted Oct. 20 to amend the municipal code to create three new liquor license classes (quad I, quad L and quad Z) and to align local code with the Illinois Video Gaming Act. Trustees debated waiving the first reading and whether businesses had adequate notice.
The Villa Park Board of Trustees voted Oct. 20 to amend the village code to create three new liquor-license classes intended for establishments that do not host video gaming terminals, and to update code language to reflect statutory requirements under the Illinois Video Gaming Act.
The ordinance — described in the packet as “an ordinance of the Village of Villa Park, DuPage County, Illinois amending Article 3 of Chapter 3 of the Villa Park Municipal Code to create, classes quad I, quad L, and quad Z, liquor licenses, and regulate liquor license operations” — passed on a roll call of 4–2 after trustees voted to waive a formal second reading and approve the measure the same night.
Why it mattered: The change is aimed at giving license-holders an option that…
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