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SPECIAL EVENTS LICENSES (Application Process)
The purpose of this section is to provide for the issuance of annual licenses for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor during special events. .Applications for a special event license shall be filed annually on forms provided by the village clerk.
An annual class F license shall be required regardless of the number of events to be held by the licensee. The annual license fee shall be $100.00 and the following insurance provisions must be met:
Applicant shall provide the commissioner or the commissioner's designee with a certificate or policy of insurance as evidence that it has obtained coverage as follows: general liability insurance with limits of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit, or one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence and per aggregate, naming the village of Oak Brook as a party insured. Such insurance coverage shall be issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state and shall have a "Best" rating acceptable to the village. The effective period of such insurance coverage shall coincide with the period during which the annual special event license is in effect. In addition, the applicant shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee that it is covered by a policy of liquor liability insurance by a responsible insurance company authorized and licensed to do business in the state, insuring such applicant in the amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).
The licensee shall notify the commissioner on the
appropriate form
of each event to be held no less than ten (10) days prior to the event, and shall obtain a license to be posted at such event for each such event along with the state required signs
Each special event shall last no longer than three (3) days.
No special event licensee may conduct more than ten (10) special events in any one license year.
It shall be the responsibility of any special event licensee selling alcoholic liquor to provide certified training from the state licensed beverage alcohol seller server education training (BASSET) program or training for intervention procedures (TIPS) program to its liquor managers (except for caterers), bartenders, servers, and any other employee involved in the furnishing of alcoholic beverages to customers at a special event. Each application for a special event license shall be accompanied by proof of completion (copy of certificate) of such program licensed by the state for all liquor managers and such other current employees as are necessary to comply with the provisions of this subsection. (Ord. G-570, 5-14-1996; Ord. G-805, 6-27-2006)