Title
Restaurant Catering Endorsement and Event-Specific Liquor Approval
History
Title 7, Chapter 4 of the Village Code regulates retail liquor establishments and establishes local liquor-license classifications and operating requirements. The current code does not expressly establish a local authorization for an existing Orland Park restaurant liquor licensee to transfer alcoholic liquor from its licensed restaurant premises and serve it with catered food at a different private location within the Village.
The proposed amendment creates a local Restaurant Catering Endorsement for eligible restaurants that already hold a current Village restaurant liquor license and a corresponding State retail liquor license. The endorsement is intended to supplement, not replace, the underlying Village and State licenses. Each catered event would also require written Village approval and every State license or permit applicable to the event.
The proposal creates a narrow authorization for existing Village restaurants rather than a stand-alone off-site liquor license. Annual review establishes baseline eligibility, while event-specific review allows the Village to evaluate each host, location, service plan, State authorization, and insurance certificate.
The principal controls are: a current Village and State retail license; private invitation-only events; host-paid service; substantial food; BASSET-certified servers; restaurant control of inventory and service; event-location insurance; required State authorization; local event approval; and enforcement against the underlying restaurant license. Collectively, these controls allow legitimate restaurant catering while preventing the endorsement from becoming an unregulated temporary bar or mobile-bar license.
The proposal is consistent with the Village’s broader effort to modernize liquor classifications, clarify license privileges, and regulate operating models that are not expressly addressed by the existing code.
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