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Will County panel amends key liquor-license rules, debates transferability and timing
Summary
The committee debated sweeping changes to Chapter 110 on alcoholic beverages, voting to extend the grace period for abandoned licenses from 45 to 60 days, standardize Sunday opening hours with weekday hours, correct special-event hours language, and strike inconsistent wording; members deferred some policy choices about license counts and transferability pending further drafting.
The Will County ordinance-review committee undertook an extended review of proposed changes to Chapter 110 of the county code governing alcoholic beverages, amending several provisions and flagging others for additional drafting.
Committee discussion focused on three interlocking problems: (1) whether the county should maintain a fixed number of liquor licenses by class or allow the board discretion to add new licenses; (2) how the county treats a license when a business changes ownership; and (3) procedural timing between local county approval, state licensing, and occupancy permits.
"If you're buying a business that already had a liquor license, it doesn't matter — you start all over," one committee member said while explaining the interaction with state rules and…
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