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DOWNTOWN SPECIAL EVENT (B)
Ordinance No. 110017
An Ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Chapter 4 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances relating to alcoholic beverages; by repealing subsections (b) and (c) of Section 4-4 in their entirety, and creating and adding new subsections (b), (c) and (d) to said Section, relating to the sale, consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages; providing for the temporary outdoor sale, dispensing and consumption of beer at a special event, in the Central City District on the Fridays immediately preceding regularly scheduled home football games for the University of Florida; setting forth conditions and specifications for issuance of a special event permit; prohibiting the possession of open containers of alcohol in specified areas; clarifying and providing for other special events and areas where alcoholic beverages may be served and consumed; providing penalties; providing for permit fees; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance as amended.
explanation
At its meeting on July 7, 2011, the City Commission authorized the City Attorney to draft and the Clerk of the Commission to advertise an ordinance amending the Code to permit the sale of beer only, on the street for a 501(c)(3) sponsor, on Fridays that precede a regularly scheduled University of Florida home football games, when such events are produced to attract and entertain people across a broad range of ages and is co-sponsored by the city. The ordinance reflects the criteria discussed at the meeting.
Contemporaneously, the City Attorney's Office revised this section of the Code of Ordinances to clarify the prohibition on open containers and the special events and areas where alcoholic beverages may be served and consumed.
At its meeting on August 4, 2011, the City Commission approved amending the ordinance on second reading to provide an earlier starting and ending time for the event on the University of Florida homecoming day, and allowance for expansion of the event onto S.E. 1st and 2nd Avenues between Main Street and S.E. 3rd Street. The recommended amendments are shown by double underlines.
This ordinance requires two readings. If approved on first reading, the second and final reading will be August 18, 2011.