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ORDINANCE na 18 i HEARING 2M AN ORDINANCE AMENOHIG CHAPTER S.08 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING LIQUORYASTiNCS INTRODUCED, READ PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 7th day of March, 2023. Dennis Maloney, Mayor Me�redyth Muth, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Kelly PC, City Attorney PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL. READING this 41h day of April, 2023. Dennis Maloney, Mayor M firth Muth. City Clerk Published in the Daily Camera on April9.2=3 with full Ordinance. Full copies available in the City Clerk's Office, 749 Main Street. Louisville CO 80027. Second Reid€gg Amendments ordinance No.1852, Series 2023 is revised to read as follows (sec- ond reading amendments are shown in troll underline and Mid strikeouts: ORDINANCE NO.1852 SERIES 2023 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER S.ea Of THE LOUISVILLE MU- NICIPAL CODE CONCERNING LIQUORTASTINGS WHEREAS. City Council previously adopted Section 5.08.075 of the Louisville Municipal Code authorizing retail liquor stores to conduct liquor tastings under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, since that time, the Colorado Liquor Code has been amtmdkd to Wicr addidonat 6Cenloac, 'rciuding liquor Ikensed drugstores and fermented matt beverage and wine retailers, to can - due tostings: and WHEREAS, City Council desires to amend Section 5.08.075 to reflect these amendments to the Colorado Liquor Code. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. COLORADO: Section 1. Section 5.08.075 of the Louisville Municipal Code Is here- by amended to read as follows (words to be added are underlined: words to be deleted are stricken through): Sec. S.o5AT5. llgaar Listings. A. The city hereby a oriz�5 tastings to be condo by retail liquor store licensees, 1 ppr,l(cenw, drmstofii ,s Ter tried rnalt beverage aqd ynpq retailers in accordance with this section and pursuant to section "3.301, C.R.S. Within the city it is unlaw- ful for arty person or licensee to conduct Castings unless a perm It has been obtained In accordance with this section. The local Qigns• IAauthority is authorized be issue tasting permits in accordance In the requirements of this section. ,t8. A retail liquor store licensee thatwishesto conduct tastiMs Ingtauftfi{tttyy8annpUdlly. The locn for al licensingpauttwriigto mayreljectlice Ute permit application If the applliiccant falls to estanbllisfh that the licen- Ui 51 Is able Cr redting�aapbilc smart rsk tp the neighborrhood. The local Ilcensin9 authority shall esw fish application procedures for tastings permits. C. Tastings shall be subject to the following limitations: 1. Tastings shall be conducted Only by a person who has complet• ed a server training program that meets the standards established by the Liquor Enforcement Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue and who Is a retail liquor store 0oensee or an employee of a licensee, and only on a licensee's licensed premises. 2. The alcohol used in tastings shall be purchased through a lk Ilery pub or s nery licensed than t ie laa�� Id wholesaler, n cast brow on 4 alcohol aS., alo I ens shad winery licensed ors nt to sector 44 3 403 C.R.S, at pa cost th have licenses from the city to the extent required by this section and section 44.3.301, C,RS. 3. The size of an individual alcohol sample shall not exceed one ounce of malt or vinous liquor or one-half of one ounce of spirituous liquor. 4. Tastings shall not exceed a total of five hours in duration per day, which need not be consecutive. S. TasUnas shall be conducted only during the operating hours in which the I certsee on whose premises the tastings occur is permit• led to sell alcohol beverages, and in no case earlier than 1100 a.m. or later than 9�O Pm. 7:00 p.m, 6. The licensee shall prohibit patrons from leaving the licensed premises with an unconsumed sample. 7. The licensee shall promptly remove all omen and uneonsumed alcohol beverage samples from the licensed premises or shall de- stroy the samples Immediately following the completion of the tast- ing. S. The licensee shall not serve a person who is under 21 years of age or who is visibly intoxicated. 9. The licensee shall not serve more than four individual samples to a patron during a tasting. 10. Alcohol samples shall be in open containers and shall be pro- vided to a patron free of charge- 1 1. TastinOs may occur on no more than four of the six days from Monday to the following Saturday, not to -exceed 104 156 days per year. 12. No manufacturer of spirituous or vinous liquors shall Induce a lie through free goods or financial or In -kind assistance to fa- vortr manufacturers products being SamGled at a tasting. The il- � shall bear the financial and all otter responsibility for a 13. that happlicant for a tastings permit shall certify on the appiica. server o all persons serving alcohol at tastings have completed Ya the Liquor Enng forcement that of ets the standards established of Revenue. D. A violation of a limitation specified in this section or of section 44.3.301(10) or section 44-3.901. C.R.S., by a retail liquor store Iicen• see, whether by the licensee, the licensee's employees oragonts, or otherwise shall be the responsibility of the retail liquor store liter• see who 1s conducting the tasting. Prairie Mountain Media, LLC PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT County of Boulder State of Colorado The undersigned, Agent , being first duly sworn under oath, states and affirms as follows: =612i • 1. He/she is the legal Advertising Reviewer of Prairie Mountain Media LLC, publisher of the Daily Camera. 2. The Daily Camera is a newspaper of general circulation that has been published continuously and without interruption for at least fifty-two weeks In Boulder County and meets the legal requisites for a legal newspaper under Colo. Rev. Stat. 24-70-103. 3. The notice that is attached hereto is a true copy, published In the Daily Camera in Boulder County on the following date(s): Apr 9, 2023 W A,# A A Signs tur rJS bscribed and sw to me before me eu this lay of Public SHAYLA NAJERA NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20174031965 (SEAL) MY COMMISSION EXPIRES July 31, 2025 Account: 1048836 Ad Number: 1968224 Fee: $286.811 E.µ A retail liquor store licensee conducting a tasting shag be sub-