LIQUOR COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Consider Garfield's Beverage Warehouse NV, LLC Request for a Variance and Class D - Package Store Liquor License
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DEPARTMENT: Community Services
SUBMITTED BY: Shebnem Ozkaptan, Budget and Administrative Manager
BACKGROUND:
The Class D - Package Store liquor license is an off-premises liquor license, which allows for the package sale of spirits, wine, and beer. The Naperville Municipal Code requires that licensees be in a shopping center containing at least 60,000 square feet with a limitation of one Class D - Package Store liquor license per shopping center.
The Naperville Plaza Shopping Center, located at 88 W. Gartner, includes a variety of uses, including Casey's Foods, Trader Joe's, Firestone Auto Care, Sherwin-Williams, fitness uses, fast food and restaurants. It previously housed two Class D - Package Store liquor license holders, Trader Joe's and Peterson's Spirits and Fine Wines, which were grandfathered in as predating the limitation of one Class D - Package Store liquor license per shopping center. The shopping center is 84,067 square feet.
At the February 8, 2024 Liquor Commission meeting, Garfield's Beverage Warehouse NV LLC d/b/a Garfield's Beverage ("Garfield's Beverage") requested a variance to allow an additional Class D - Package Store liquor license in the shopping center located at 88 W. Gartner Avenue. The Liquor Commission unanimously recommended City Council approval of the variance request.
On February 20, 2024, City Council passed the ordinance approving the variance.
Section 3-3-5:4 of the Naperville Municipal Code provides that sale, transfer, or assignment of more than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of a corporation shall terminate a license. Garfield Group, LLC and Garfield Beverage Warehouse NV LLC are entering into a purchase agreement, which is resulting in a change in ownership of more than fifty percent of shares of the corporation. Since variances are subject ...
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