Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will grant permission to the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation to apply for a temporary liquor permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages at the NHL Draft Party being held June 22, 2007.
This organization wishes to sell alcoholic beverages to eligible patrons on city property to be used for the event. Event will be held on Nationwide Boulevard from Front Street to Marconi Boulevard. This is the first year for the event.
The City of Columbus, acting by and through its Director of Recreation and Parks, is required to grant approval to the organizer of this event so they may obtain the required permits from the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Liquor Control.
Emergency action is requested in order to allow organizer to obtain the necessary permit prior to the event on June 22, 2007.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to grant consent to the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation to apply for permission to sell alcoholic beverages at the 2007 NHL Draft Party, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the NHL Draft Party will take place during 2007; and
WHEREAS, following precedent, the organizer of this event wishes to sell alcoholic beverages at said event; and
WHEREAS, to this end, permission from the City of Columbus is required as it is the property owner involved; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to grant permission to allow organizer to obtain necessary permit prior to event date of June 22, 2007; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and is hereby authorized and directed to grant consent on behalf of the City of Columbus to the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation to apply for appropriate liquor permits to enable the non-profit group to sell alcoholic beverages during the hours specified in said permits at the 2007 NHL Draft Party on June 22, 2007, at a specified location.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.