City of Smyrna - File #: ORD2019-12

• File #: ORD2019-12
• Version: 1
• Name: Code Amendment-Alcohol Ordinance-Outdoor Seating
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/29/2019
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/3/2019
• Final action: 6/3/2019
• Title: Approval of a code amendment to Section 6-2 of the City's Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance eliminating the requirement for an enclosure around the outdoor seating areas of licensed pouring establishments in the restaurant districts - City of Smyrna
• Sponsors: Tim Gould

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/3/2019	1	City Council	Approved Item	Pass

Impact

WARD:  Citywide

COMMITTEE:  Community Development

$ IMPACT:  N/A

Title

Approval of a code amendment to Section 6-2 of the City's Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance eliminating the requirement for an enclosure around the outdoor seating areas of licensed pouring establishments in the restaurant districts - City of Smyrna

Body

ISSUE:  The Community Development Department has received a request from the developers of The Eddy at Riverview Landing to remove the required fencing around the outdoor seating area of licensed pouring establishments. The immediate area around The Eddy and along the Chattahoochee River has been designated as a restaurant district by the City. Under the City’s Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance, a restaurant district is defined as a specifically authorized and pedestrian oriented area of the city as established by resolution of Mayor and City Council that allows for the outside consumption of alcoholic beverages. The request is to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance to remove the requirement for fencing around the outdoor seating areas of pouring establishments within restaurant districts.

BACKGROUND:  None.

RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION:  Community Development recommends approval of the proposed code amendment to the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance as described above.