Title
To encourage and support community organizations in their efforts to resolve neighborhood concerns with liquor permit establishments through a cooperative process using City personnel or services when helpful in the facilitation of a resolution and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the sale of alcoholic beverages at certain business establishments can have a significant negative impact on the neighborhood in which that establishment is located; and
WHEREAS, state law provides local governments and citizens with very limited options for dealing with problem liquor establishments; and
WHEREAS, the problems associated with some liquor permit establishments frequently involve issues that are unique to a particular neighborhood or a particular establishment; and
WHEREAS, the option of a local legislative authority's objection to the transfer or renewal of liquor permits may not fully serve as a means of resolving those problems; and
WHEREAS, resolution of a neighborhood's concerns is often possible through a cooperative process involving liquor permit holders and community organizations and resulting in an agreement wherein those concerns are affirmatively addressed to the satisfaction of the impacted neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, a cooperative process that results in an agreement that is effective in satisfying the concerns of a neighborhood may obviate the need for resort to the liquor permit objection process; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, in that it is immediately necessary to encourage and support community organizations in their efforts to resolve neighborhood concerns with liquor permit establishments through a cooperative process for the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
1. That this Council does encourage and support community organizations in their efforts to resolve neighborhood concerns with liquor permit establishments through a cooperative process.
2. That, to the extent City personnel or services may be helpful in facilitating resolution, such as the services of the Community Relations Commission, those resources be made available to assist in that process.
3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its adoption and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after adoption if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.