2019-12-02 - Ordinance 2019-069 - AMENDING CHAPTER 5.09 RAFFLES ORDINANCE NO. 2019 - 069
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.09 ENTITLED RAFFLES BY DELETING
SECTION 5.09.050 RESTRICTING THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF PRIZES
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit pursuant to the Illinois
Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove maintains a Raffles ordinance in the
Village Municipal Code (Section 5.09 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, Section 5.09.050 (B)of the Raffles Ordinance imposes limitations on the
maximum value of prizes and maximum ticket price for chances for fifty-two-week charitable
raffles; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Section 5.09.030 (B) applies only to fifty-two-week charitable
raffles; and
WHEREAS, the current restriction on the maximum value of prizes and ticket prices in
Section 5.09.050 (B)has limited the effectiveness of fundraising efforts for those organizations;
and
WHEREAS, Village Board finds that it is in the best interests of public health, safety
and welfare of the residents of the Village to remove the restriction on the maximum value of
prizes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE
COUNTIES,ILLINOIS, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby adopted and incorporated into and made a part of
this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
Section 2. That the restriction on the maximum value of prizes and the maximum ticket price
issued pursuant to the fifty-two-week charitable raffle ordinance is hereby amended and the
Section 5.09.050 (B)of the Village Raffles Ordinance is hereby amended as follow:
5.09.050 - Licensing conditions and limitations.
B. A fifty-two-week charitable raffle license is subject to the following conditions
and limitations:
1. .
2--The maximum retail value of a non-cash prize awarded in any raffle shall be one
t o san tve luxdfed dollars.
32. The aggregate retail value of all prizes awarded in any raffle shall not exceed five
tosandtwo hundred dollars.
4. The
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Section 3. If any section,paragraph, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid,
the invalidity thereof shall not affect any other provision of this Ordinance.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
approval.
AYES: b—Stein, Ottenheimer, Weidenfeld Johnson Smith Pike
NAPES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
PASSED: December 2 2019
APPROVED: December 2, 2019
APPROVED:
J"I'\
Beverly Suss n, Village President
ATTEST:
Janet _ . irabian, Village Clerk
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