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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-06-11 12-207 ORDINANCE COUNCIL ACTION Item No. 12- 7 Date: )une 11, 2012 item/Subject: Ordinance, Amending Chapter 231, Code of the City of Bangor, Public Parks Responsible Department: Commentary: � Subject to certain exceptions provided for in the Code of the City of Bangor the use of alcohol is prohibited in City parks and hours in the parks are limited. The City allows the outdoor sale of food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, by restaurants, subject to sidewalk agreements with the City on City property and/or right-of ways (sidewalks), immediately adjacent to the business. There is a business that provides food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, immediately adjacent to Pickering Square Park and they have requested a '�sidewalk agreement", so-called, in order to serve customers outside. This Ordinance amendment, if approved, will authorize the use of alcohol in Pickering Square Park pursuant to a separate agreement with the City and will, if approved, then allow the City to enter in the a sidewalk agreement with the business. Department Head Manager's Comments: � City Manager Associated Information: Budget Approval: Finance Director Legal Approval: City Solicitor Introduced for Passage � First Reading Page_of_ � Referral I 12-207 JUNE 11, 2012 G��+°""� Assigned to Councilor- Gallant - �o.. ic`;' '�'ri i':��,�7y, t,�'."`1 i.J`!; �1�e `� ` ` � '='� CITY OF' BAN�OR ,o �°o��.?";� � qiED.F ,2�,�i (TITLE.) Ordinance, Amending Chapter 231, Code of the Cifiy of Bangor, Public Parks WHEREAS, subject to eertain exeeptions provided for in the Code of the City of Bangor the use of alcohol is prohibited in City parks and hours in the parks are limited, and WHEREAS, the City of Bangor a[lows the outdoor sale of faod and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, by restaurants, subjee� to agreements with the City on City property or right-of ways (sidewalks}, immediately adjacent tQ the business; and WHEREAS, there is a business that provides food and beverages, ineluding alcohofic beverages, immediately adjaeent to Pickering Square Park. BE IT 4RQAINEQ BY THE CITY GQUNCIL QF THE CITY OF BANG�R, THAT Chapter231, Section 231-7 and Chapter 231, Section 231-9 af the Code of the City of Bangor be amended as follows: §231-7. A[coholic beverages; fires; use of closed areas. A. Intoxicating beverages. (1) Unehanged. (2) Unchanged. (3) Exceptions. At the Municipal Galf CQurse, Bass Park, Piekering�uare Park, and West Market Square, eoncession and license privileges may inc[ude the sa[e of fiquor by such concessionaire or licensee under strict regulation and eantrol of�he City Council. Sales of liquor at such locations shal[ be made only in individual drinks (not in bulk), and liquor shall be served ortly for consumption on the immediate premises of the coneession and in such other areas as the City Council may direct. In addition, in accordance wit[� the applicable provisions of state law, alcohol may be served at locations throughQut the Munieipal GQIf Caurse under terms and conditions established by the Director of Parks and RecreatiQn. B. Unchanged 12-207 JUNE 11, 2012 C. Unchanged. §231-9. Park operating poiicy. A. Hours. With the excep�iQn of Piekerinc� Sc�uare Park� West Market SQuare Park, Bass Park and the Municipal Golf Course and except as provided in Subsection B below, all parks, as defned herein, shall be open to the public every day of the year from 6:OQ a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight time, as may be then in effeet by virtue of 1 M.R.S.A. §151. Access by the publ�� to the Municipal Golf Course and Bass Park shall be at such hours and on such conditions as r�a�r be established by the City Couneil. In the event that activities are condueted at eith�r the Municipal Golf Course or Bass Park for whieh there is an admissian fee charged, no member of the pubiic shall have the right to enter said park areas without payment of sueh admissian fee. The Direetor shall cause nQtices of the opening and dosing hours to be posted in each individua[ park for publie informatian purposes. B. Unehanged. C. Unchanged. Note: Additions are underlined. IN CITY COIINCIL June 11, 2012 Motion Made and Seconded to amend by substitution order 12-207 for first reading and referral P ss �G., a CITY �o�launo�o;pau6issd � � 3llIJ�