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(First Reading) AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT FOR THE DOWNTOWN FOLEY ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
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WHEREAS, the City deems it necessary to create an Arts & Entertainment District to benefit Downtown Foley;
WHEREAS, Code of Alabama Section 28-3A-17.1 allows any municipality which is located 15 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico to establish up to nine (9) entertainment districts;
WHEREAS, the City has chosen a beginning date of September 1, 2024 and will review the status of the Entertainment District at the end of a one year period. At that time, the Entertainment District may be approved for an extended period of time;
WHEREAS, the district must contain a minimum of four (4) licensees holding a manufacturer’s license that conducts tastings or samplings on the licensed premises, a restaurant retail liquor license, an on-premises alcoholic beverage license, or other retail liquor license in that area, and the district may not exceed a half mile (½) by a half mile (½) but may be irregularly shaped; more specifically as shown on the attached Exhibit “A”;
WHEREAS, the Foley Arts and Entertainment District is located in the heart of Historic Foley and includes the Foley Main Street District, a Local Downtown Historic District and a National Register Historic District that includes retail, dining, and similar uses;
WHEREAS, establishing an entertainment district will support existing and future restaurants and other similar uses by allowing patrons to purchase alcoholic beverages in those establishments and consume them anywhere within the District but may not enter another licensed premise with open or closed containers of alcoholic beverages acquired elsewhere. No Licensee within the district shall allow alcoholic beverages acquired elsewhere;
SECTION 1. The Foley Arts and Entertainment District
(a) Definitions. The following words, terms, phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subs...
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