Chicago License and Consumer Protection Committee Advances Multiple Licensing Amendments and Appointments
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On March 4, 2025, Chicago's Committee on License and Consumer Protection approved several ordinances amending the Municipal Code to adjust alcoholic liquor and packaged goods license issuance in various wards, appointed Ivan Capifali as Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, and considered regulations on trade in fur products and BYOB restrictions.
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- Appointed Ivan Capifali as Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.
- Approved a substitute amendment adding Chapter 4-401 on Trade In Fur Products to the Municipal Code.
- Passed ordinances to disallow additional alcoholic liquor licenses in parts of the 1st Ward.
- Lifted restrictions to allow issuance of additional packaged goods licenses on portions of Fullerton Avenue, 59th Street, Garfield Boulevard, Irving Park Road, and Rogers and Jarvis Avenue.
- Lifted restrictions to allow issuance of additional alcoholic liquor licenses on portions of Western Avenue and Elston Avenue.
- Held in committee an ordinance to prohibit BYOB on a portion of Division Street in the 1st Ward.
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Committee on License and Consumer Protection
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- Agendahttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/c8c3ef35-dfa2-4d1b-b4c6-6346d04189ad.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/83d57992-ef23-4be8-9377-b8f0ce7383cd.pdf
- Noticehttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/05e39c95-6ff0-ef11-be20-001dd804f880.pdf
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