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Amend the Town Code of Ordinance Section 3-5 to Change the Town Public Locations Permitted to Allow Alcoholic Beverages at Special Events.
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Staff:
Department:
Atuya Cornwell, Interim Director
Parks & Recreation Department
Susan Brown, Executive Director
Community Arts & Culture
Overview: Town Code of Ordinances Section 3-5 allows the sale, purchase, possession and consumption of beer and wine at permitted special events on some Town property. Property ownership has changed since the ordinance was enacted and staff recommend amending the ordinance as described below.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council amend Town Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-5 to:
1. Remove from the ordinance the Wallace Parking Deck, which the Town no longer owns.
2. Add to the ordinance the 1714 Legion Road Property, where the sale, purchase, possession and consumption of beer and wine may be allowed at permitted special events.
Fiscal Impact/Resources: none
Attachments:
* Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 3-5 TO PERMIT CONSUMPTION OF MALT BEVERAGES AND UNFORTIFIED WINE ON TOWN-OWNED PROPERTY (2023-03-08/O-1)
WHEREAS, Town of Chapel Hill Code of Ordinances Chapter 3 regulates licensing and permitting of places selling alcoholic beverages and over the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages; and
WHEREAS, Sec 3-5 allows "the sale, purchase, and possession of malt beverages and unfortified wines, the possession of open containers of malt beverages and unfortified wines and their consumption... on town parking lots 2, 3, the top level of the Wallace Parking Plaza, and public space on the 140 West Plaza when approved as part of a special event approved by the town"; and
WHEREAS, the Town has safely hosted numerous permitted special events that included the sale, purchase, and possession of beer and wine on these Town properties; and
WHEREAS, the Town no longer owns the Wallace Parking Deck Plaza; and
WHEREAS, ...
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