16-1440 Amending Chapter 10 Alcoholic Beverages

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ORDINANCE 16 -1440 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 10 -1, DEFINITIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, OF CHAPTER 10, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, PART II, TO INCLUDE A DEFINITION FOR "BOTTLE CLUB" AND "EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION "; REMOVING SECTION 10 -4, FIXING HOURS OF SALE FOR NEW YEARS EVE; REMOVING SECTION 10 -6, ADVERTISEMENT OF SUNDAY SALES; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, educational institutions, both private and public, are conditionally permitted in a majority of the City of Casselberry's zoning districts; and WHEREAS, the City Commission determines it necessary to amend Section 10 -1 of Chapter 10, Alcoholic Beverages, to include a definition for "educational institutions" for purposes of defining distance separation from establishments serving alcohol, in order to prevent a chilling effect on economic development which might occur if every educational institution, regardless of size, is captured in the definition of educational institution; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that bottle clubs operate pursuant to a business model where patrons supply their own alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that bottle clubs generally operate beyond the hours bars and cocktail lounges are required by law to close; and WHEREAS, due to the dangers of overconsumption of alcoholic beverages at bottle clubs as well as the hours within which bottle clubs operate and the threats to public safety and welfare such dangers present, the City Commission of the City of Casselberry finds it to be in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens, businesses and visitors to the City of Casselberry to provide a definition of "bottle club" and prohibit bottle clubs within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Commission determines it necessary to remove requirements within Section 10 -4, fixing the hours of sale for New Year's Eve alcohol sales; and WHEREAS, the City Commission determines it necessary to remove the limitations within Section 10 -6, restricting establishments from mentioning Sunday alcoholic beverage sales in any type of advertisement; and WHEREAS, words with double underlined type shall constitute additions to the original text and stfike through shall constitute deletions to the original text, and asterisks (* * *) indicate that text shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to adoption of this Ordinance.