HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 989 ~ANCE NO. 989
AMENDING SECTION 5.12.100 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE
TO PROVIDE FOR OUTDOOR PARTIES ON A PERMIT BASIS
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Laurel, Montana, that Section 5.12.100 of the Laurel Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 5.12.100. Public consumption prohibited; exceptions
to be granted by permit.
A. It is unlawful for any person to drink, consume,
transport, carry or possess any alcoholic liquor, except in the
original package and with the seal unbroken, on any public street,
sidewalk, parkway, public parking lot or semipublic parking lot.
The term "semipublic parking lot" shall include any area wherein
motor vehicles are parked by the public in ccnjunction with any
business, enterprise, commercial establishment, office building or
apartment building.
B. The City Council may grant permits for the consumption
of alcoholic liquor on public streets, sidewalks, and public and
semipublic parking lots. Applicants shall make a request for such
permit to the City Council, in writing, containing such information
as the Council may hereafter require. No fee shall be charged for
the permit. Permits must be issued in advance of the event.
Applicants must appear in person before the City Council at tke time
the Council considers the application. The permit shall be limited
to the specific date, time and location set forth in the
application, unless altered by the Council in its discretion.
Permits shall not be granted by the Council unless it is satisfied
that proper security will be provided by the applicant, including
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the prevention of persons under the age of 21 from attending the
event. The Council may, in its discretion, require the applicant to
provide liability insurance covering the City, before the permit is
granted, protecting the City from liability or cost in case of
accident, injury, or death to any persons, or injury to property.
C. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the
provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars or more than five hundred dollars for each offense, and a
separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on
which a violation occurs or continues.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after
final passage by the City Council and approval by the mayor.
Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting
City Council on October 1 , 1991 by Alderman
of the
Kellogg
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second
reading this 15th day of October , 1991, upon motion of
Alderman Graham
1991.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of October ,
ATTEST:
Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk
Ap~s ~f~rm_.' .~ / _ ~.~
Jos~h~l~li Bradley, Cindy Attorney _~2
Bob Gauthl~er, Mayor