Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will grant permission to the following group to apply for temporary liquor permits authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages at a special event to be held during 2006:
WaterFire Columbus for WaterFire on the Mile, June 24, July 28, August 4, August 11, August 18, September 16, and October 7.
2)
This organization wishes to sell alcoholic beverages to eligible patrons on city property to be used for the event. This is the first year for the event to sell alcoholic beverages.
The City of Columbus, acting by and through its Executive 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 Liquor Control.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to allow organizers to obtain the necessary permit from the State prior to the first event on June 24, 2006.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Title
To authorize and direct the Executive Director of Recreation and Parks to grant consent to an organization to apply for permission to sell alcoholic beverages at the 2006 WaterFire on the Mile, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the following special event will take place during 2006: WaterFire on the Mile, 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 allow organizers to apply for a temporary liquor permit from the State prior to the first event on June 24, 2006; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Executive Director of Recreation and Parks be and is hereby authorized and directed to grant consent ...
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