| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 7.c.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiltes
| From: | Kim Huy
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Community Services
| | Subject: | Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance amending Section 8.40.050 of the Municipal Code relating to intoxicating beverages within City parks. (Action Item) | Date: | 8/9/2016 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To present to the City Council for introduction and first reading of an Ordinance amending the Municipal Code to prohibit intoxicating beverages within City parks except with a permit from the City Manager or his/her designee subject to the regulations of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
Currently, there is an inconsistency within the Municipal Code pertaining to the sale and consumption of intoxicating beverages within City parks. Section 8.38.030 of the Municipal Code prohibits intoxicating beverages within public places, including parks, but provides that the prohibition does not apply in a park or other public place for which a license has been issued by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control or for which permission has been granted by the City Manager or his or her designee pursuant to Chapter 8.40. Section 8.40.050 only contains an absolute prohibition against any sale or consumption of any intoxicating beverage within a City park. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The attached ordinance would amend Section 8.40.050 of the Municipal Code to add an exception to the prohibition against the sale and consumption of intoxicating beverages within City parks where the City Manager of his/her designee has granted a permit, subject to the regulations of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverages Control. This revision to Section 8.40.050 will make it consistent with Section 8.38.030. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Introduce and pass to second reading the ordinance entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE AMENDING SECTION 8.40.050 OF THE GARDEN GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO INTOXICATING BEVERAGES WITHIN CITY PARKS.
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | Ordinance | 7/27/2016 | Ordinance | Revising_Prohibition_Against_Intoxicating_Beverages_in_Parks_8-9-16.pdf |
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