Board Plans Discussion of BYOB Law

A report examining a possible ordinance to allow patrons of Deerfield restaurants to bring along their own wine will be discussed by the Village Board of Trustees at their regularly scheduled meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Village Hall.

A report from the Village’s staff examining possible bring your own bottle ideas to be developed into an ordinance is one of several things on Monday’s agenda including regulations on commercial filming and placing a Deerfield Police officer fulltime at Deerfield High School.

The BYOB proposal evolved from a discussion at a Committee of the Whole meeting in May. It will allow one bottle of wine per two patrons which must be opened by restaurant personnel to complement a meal, according to a report on the Village website.

The restaurant is allowed to charge the patrons a corkage fee and people cannot leave the establishment with an open bottle. If not consumed, the people must take it in a specially sealed container as required by state law. Restaurant personnel must close the bottle.

Approval of a full time school resource officer from the Deerfield Police Department to be stationed at Deerfield High School—a subject initially requested by Township High School District 113 in—will be considered.

An ordinance regulating commercial filming may get a vote from the Board as well as proposals for a large apartment project in Parkway North and a new yoga studio.

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