VINTNER
CHECK LIST FOR WINERY SPECIAL USE PERMIT
Name of Event/Date/Time/Place (Completed on Winery Special Use Permit
License Application)
Copy of State of Illinois Winemaking Premises License or Special Use Permit
License
Application - Must be completed and signature notarized before returning
application to the City Clerk’s office
Certificate of Insurance for Liquor Liability – must specify name of event, date,
time and location of event
Hold Harmless Agreement – If on Public Right-of-Way or Street (MUST go to
City Council)
Fee – based on number of events during the calendar year. Make check payable to
the City of Decatur
1
st
permit/year $100.00 per day
2
nd
permit/year $150.00 per day
3
rd
permit/year $200.00 per day
4
th
permit/year $250.00 per day
5
th
permit/year $250.00 per day
6
th
permit/year $250.00 per day
Chapter 52, Section 8. B. WINERY SPECIAL USE PERMIT. The Local
Liquor Control Commissioner may issue a winery special use permit for the sale of wine sold
in the original containers which bear the vintner’s label and which are corked, capped or
otherwise securely sealed at the place of vintning at a market-type, special or festival event.
Such license shall be issued to a winery licensed by the State of Illinois with a winemaking
premises license or a special use permit license, and shall be for a period of not more than
three days. The maximum number of winery special use permits issued to the same winery in
one calendar year shall not exceed six (6) and not more than one winery special use permit
shall be granted to any one winery in any one period of thirty (30) days. (Amended,
Ordinance No. 2016-09, February 16, 2016) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2003-16, April 7,
2003)
