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Clerk 07/24/2002
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the use of a King County park; allowing the director of the department of natural resources and parks to issue a special use permit allowing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within a confined area of the ballfield complex at Petrovitsky Park during the Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour; and amending Ordinance 6798, Section 64, as amended, and K.C.C. 7.12.640 and declaring an emergency.
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PREAMBLE:
The Tides Center/Chautauqua Project ("Chautauqua") is hosting the Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour a Political/Community Fair with speakers, workshops, music and food.
Chautauqua has requested to use a portion of the Petrovitsky Park baseball complex for a hospitality site and to serve alcoholic beverages to specific Fair patrons at the site during the 2002 Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour.
Chautauqua has agreed to compensate the county 20% of the gross sales of the alcoholic beverages for this privilege.
K.C.C. 7.12.640 prohibits the selling, opening, possessing, and consuming of alcoholic beverages at nonauthorized sites, including Petrovitsky Park.
To support the Rolling Thunder Tour, the county agrees to issue a special use permit allowing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within the designated hospitality site on August 24, 2002.
A one-time exception to K.C.C. 7.12.640 is necessary to authorize the department to issue a limited and restricted special use permit allowing sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at a designated site within Petrovitsky Park ballfield complex during the Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. An exception to K.C.C. 7.12.640 is hereby granted, authorizing the executive, through his director of natural resources and parks, to issue a special use permit to Chautauqua, thereby allowing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at a designated hospitality site at Petrovitsky Park on August 24, 2002.
SECTION 2. The serving and consumption of alcoholic beverages must be confined to the designated location, and must conform to the requirements of the Washington state Liquor Control Board under Title 66 RCW.
SECTION 3. The executive and director of the department of natural resources and parks must assure that Chautauqua has adequate insurance coverage and that the county is named as an additional insured by Chautauqua before a permit is issued.
SECTION 4. Ordinance 6798, Section 64, as amended, and K.C.C. 7.12.640 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Alcoholic beverages. Selling, opening or possessing alcoholic beverages in an open container, or consuming any alcoholic beverage in a King County park, recreation area or associated marine area is prohibited except in the following designated areas subject to approval by the manager and under the following conditions:
A. The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is permissible in the club house at the Enumclaw golf course((.));
B. The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is permissible for special use permit groups at the King County fairgrounds, if the activities conform to the requirements of the Washington State Liquor Control Board under Title 66 RCW((.)); and
C. The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is permissible at designated indoor and outdoor locations within Marymoor Park, King County Aquatic Center and indoors at the Lake Wilderness Center, Gold Creek Lodge in Woodinville and Issaquah Lodge at Beaver Lake by special use permit groups, if the activities conform to the requirements of the Washington ((S))state Liquor Control Board under Title 66 RCW, and that the serving and consumption is confined to the designated location. The director of natural resources and parks shall designate the locations within the park and recreational facility where the activity is permissible. ((The director of parks and recreation may issue a special use permit to the Team Seattle National Events Committee, allowing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages by the special use permit group at Fort Dent Park, during the Men's Masters 45 & Over Slow Pitch Softball National Championship Tournament for the inclusive dates of September 10 through 12, 1999.)) The director of natural resources and parks may issue a special use permit to the Tides Center/Chautauqua Project, allowing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages by the special use permit group at Petrovitsky Park, for the Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour on August 24, 2002.
SECTION 5. The county council finds as a fact and declares that an emergency exists and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace,
health or safety or for the support of county government and its existing public institutions.
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