Submitted By
Paul L. Stephanides, Village Attorney; and Shatonya L. Johnson, Interim Police Chief
Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad
Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 8 ("Business Licensing"), Article 20 ("Service Stations") of the Oak Park Village Code to Add a New Section 8-20-7 ("Hours of Operation")
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Overview
Overview
At the September 6, 2022 Village Board meeting, the Board requested that an ordinance be presented at the September 19, 2022 Board meeting which would regulate the hours of operation of service stations in the Village. The ordinance requires services stations to close by 12:00 A.M. and reopen at 5:00 A.M.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact
N/A
Background
As a result of the Village Board's discussion regarding 24-hour service stations at the September 6, 2022 Village Board meeting, the Board requested that an ordinance be presented at the September 19, 2022 Board meeting to regulate the hours of operation of service stations in the Village. As a result, the attached ordinance has been drafted per the Board's direction to require that service stations close at 12:00 A.M. and be permitted to reopen at 5:00 A.M. daily. There are currently seven (7) twenty-four-hour service stations in the Village. A service station located at 100 Chicago Avenue was previously a 24-hour service station until mid-July of this year when it changed its hours to close at 11:00 P.M. and reopen at 5:00 A.M.
The Board requested this ordinance due to the violent criminal offenses that have occurred at 24-hour service stations between January 1, 2019 through July 29, 2022. During this time frame, there were 16 violent criminal offenses at 24-hour service stations, 11 of which occurred between the hours of 12:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M., and four of these offenses involved the discharge of a firearm. One of the violent criminal offenses occurring after 12:00 A.M. was a murder on June 22, 2022 at 1:52 A.M. at the s...
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