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A resolution accepting and adopting the Liquor and Beer Rules and Regulations for The City of Colorado Springs
Presenter:
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk
Lee McRae, License Enforcement Officer
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Summary:
Presentation to discuss proposed ordinances and resolutions to authorize and implement Entertainment Districts, including regulations for associated Promotional Association Common Consumption Areas.
Previous Council Action:
City Council last amended the City's Liquor and Beer Rules and Regulations in 2016, and passed Resolution 78-19 to add a Lodging and Entertainment Liquor License type.
On May 8, 2017, an informational presentation was provided to City Council, with Council direction to draft proposed ordinances and regulations for implementation of Entertainment Districts.
Background:
This Resolution amends the City's current Liquor Rules and Regulations by adding the process and regulations for the promotional associations and common consumption areas authorized to operate within a City Council approved entertainment district (see companion enabling Ordinance and sample Resolution in file #17-973).
Unlike other Colorado Jurisdictions that have enacted entertainment districts, Colorado Springs has a significantly higher land mass and therefore the potential for multiple entertainment districts located throughout the City. In that light, it is important to maintain standard processes and operational requirements for all applicants, including relative/related fee assessments, but with mindfulness to the size or location of a particular promotional association's common consumption area. As a result, the proposed new rule 19.00 of the Liquor and Beer Rules and Regulation for the City of Colorado Springs outlines a two tiered approach for regulating entertainment district promotional associations and common consumption areas. First, are the general regulations applicable to all applicants and associations. Second, are the supplement...
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