Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will amend Section 919.13 of the Columbus City Codes to
grant the Director of Recreation and Parks the authority to set policy and
guidelines for the sale, service and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages
at select park facilities.
Code changes are necessary to give the Director of Recreation and Parks
authority to permit and regulate the legal sale and service of alcoholic
beverages at enclosed shelters, to modify the existing conditions of sale and
service of alcoholic beverages at the Cultural Arts Center, and to make code
consistent with current practice regarding major events that provide
significant economic, cultural and recreational benefits for the Columbus
Community.
Granting authorization to the Director will enable Recreation and Parks to
define related policy and advance the city's goal of developing a vibrant
downtown riverfront park system.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Title
To amend Section 919.13 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, to grant the Director of Recreation and Parks the authority to set policy and guidelines for the sale, service and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages at select park facilities in downtown parks and various Recreation and Parks' facilities.
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Sections of Chapter 919 of the Columbus City Codes to authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to set policy and guidelines for the sale, service and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages at select park facilities; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the following Sections of Chapter 919 of the Columbus City Codes be amended to read as follows:
919.13 Alcoholic beverages prohibited
(A) No person shall knowingly possess with the purpose to consume any intoxicating liquor, or beer as defined in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4301 while being in or upon any park.
(B) For the purposes of divisio...
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