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Pendergrass City holds public meeting on ordinance to add 'special events facility' alcohol exemptions
Summary
City officials held a public meeting to present an ordinance amending city code to add a "special events facility" category that would exempt such venues from certain kitchen and minimum food-sales requirements for pouring licenses and allow outdoor alcohol service under specified conditions.
Pendergrass City held a public meeting to review an ordinance that would add a new "special events facility" category to the municipal code and exempt those venues from some existing alcohol-license requirements.
City staff read proposed language that would add the new definition to Section 21.35 and amend Section 21.189 to state that a "special events facility shall not be required to have [a] full service commercial kitchen in order to acquire either a full pouring license, retail sale of distilled spirits, wine and beer by the drink, or limited pouring license retail sale of wine and malt beverages by the drink." The proposed language also would exempt special events facilities from any requirement to allocate a minimum percentage of the establishment's annual gross sales to food.
The proposed ordinance would also allow alcohol sales outside the main structure at special events facilities and on outdoor patios if food and alcoholic beverages are transported from the point of dispensing to the consumer by permitted employees. The draft refers to a permit or employee training license for employees who take orders and transport beverages. A city official read those provisions during the meeting.
City staff did not report a final vote during the segment of the transcript provided; the item was presented as a public meeting for the council to hear the proposed changes and for public comment. No formal adoption, motion, or vote is recorded in the transcript excerpt.
The discussion in the meeting focused on the precise code sections to be revised and operational details about permitted employees transporting drinks and about outdoor service. No enforcement details, effective dates, or fee changes were included in the excerpt presented to the council, and no final action was recorded in the transcript.
