Title
Alcoholic Beverages - The Market House - For the purpose of modifying the types of alcoholic beverages that may be consumed on the Market House premises.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 8-22
Introduced by: Alderwoman Tierney
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Economic Matters Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Alcoholic Beverages - The Market House
FOR the purpose of modifying the types of alcoholic beverages that may be consumed on the Market House premises.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2022 Edition
7.12.100
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Title 7 - BUSINESS LICENSES, TAXES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 7.12 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Section 7.12.100 Public consumption and possession.
A. A person may not consume any alcoholic beverage or possess an open alcoholic container or possess an alcoholic beverage container on which the seal has been broken in or on any of the following areas or places within the City:
1. Any street, public way, highway, alley, sidewalk, road or parking area;
2. Any vehicle;
3. Any station or terminal;
4. Any park, playground, parking lot, or any other public facility leased, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CITY MARKET HOUSE, owned or operated by the City; and
5. On the premises outside the structure of any establishment possessing a valid alcoholic beverage license, including any shopping center parking lot where there is an alcoholic beverage licensed establishment located in the shopping center, and any parking lot located adjacent to the premises of an alcoholic beverage licensed establishment.
B. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may permit the consumption of:
1. Beer and wineALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES in the City Market House. Any possession, consumption or sale of beer and/or wineALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES in the Market House must comply with all applicable requirements of this Chapter.
2. Alcoholic beverages in or on any of the places identified in Subsection A during special events determined by the Mayor to be of significance to the City, or if, in the board's judgment, the consumption would not be contrary to the public interest. Any action of the board denying a request shall be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for the denial.
C. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is subject to a fine or imprisonment, or both as established by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION II: AND BE IT FURTHER ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this ordinance shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Explanation:
UPPERCASE indicates matter added to existing law.
Strikethrough indicates matter stricken from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments.