OR 2008-1202 Prohibiting Alcoholic beverages without a special event permit
ORDINANCE NO.2008-1202
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, THE COPPELL
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 6-16, ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, BY ADDING SECTION 6-16-4 PROHIBITING
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ALL CITY FACILITIES WITHOUT
OBTAINING A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FROM THE CITY
MANAGER; AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE 9-11, PARKS AND
RECREATION CODE, BY AMENDING SECTION 9-11-3, SUBSECTION
Q, BY ADDING A PROVISION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL
EVENT PERMIT FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS TO BE ISSUED BY
THE CITY MANAGER; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,
in the interest of public health, safety and welfare, the City of Coppell
desires to regulate the selling, storing, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on
property owned and controlled by the City; and
WHEREAS,
the City further desires to provide permit requirements for special civic
events sponsored by the City; and
WHEREAS,
after discussion and consideration, the City Council hereby finds it to be in
the best interest of the City to amend the Code as provided herein to provide for such regulations
and permitting requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas be and the
same is hereby amended by amending Article 6-16, Alcoholic Beverages, by adding Section
6-16-4 prohibiting alcoholic beverages in all City facilities without obtaining a special event
permit from the City Manager for City sponsored events, which shall read as follows:
ARTICLE 6-16. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
“
. . . . .
Sec. 6-16-4. City facilities.
A. No person shall sell, store, possess or consume an alcoholic beverage in
any city facility. The term “alcoholic beverage,” as that term is used in this
article, shall be defined as used in the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.
B. For a city sponsored special civic event, the city council may grant a
special event permit, for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) consecutive
hours, to allow for the consumption, possession, and/or sale of beer and wine by a
vendor duly licensed in accordance with state law. In issuing such permit the city
council may designate an area within the city park or facility for the serving and
consumption of beverages under such permit, and shall establish such hours that
the beverages may be dispensed under the permit. The city manager is further
authorized to implement such other appropriate safety and control regulations. A
special event permit fee under this subsection shall be established by resolution of
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the City Council.
SECTION 2.
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas be and the
same is hereby amended by amending Article 9-11, Parks and Recreation Code, by amending
Section 9-11-3, Subsection Q, by adding a provision for the issuance of a special event permit for
city sponsored events to be issued by the city manager, which shall read as follows:
“ARTICLE 9-11. PARKS AND RECREATION CODE
. . . . .
Sec. 9-11-3. General Regulations
. . . . .
. . . . .
Q. For a city sponsored special civic event, the city council may grant a
special event permit, for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72)
consecutive hours, to allow for the consumption, possession, and/or sale of
beer and wine by a vendor duly licensed in accordance with state law. In
issuing such permit the city council may designate an area within the city
park or facility for the serving and consumption of beverages under such
permit, and shall establish such hours that the beverages may be dispensed
under the permit. The city manager is further authorized to implement such
other appropriate safety and control regulations. A special event permit fee
under this subsection shall be established by resolution of the City
Council.”
SECTION 3.
That all provisions of the Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions of the Ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 4. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to
be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 5. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, as amended,
shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of its caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City ofCoppell, Texas, this theZ2~ay of
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ATTEST:
, CITY ATTORNEY
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