HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-08 An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Vail Amending Section 4-2-4 of the Vail Town Code to Permit Alcoholic Beverage Tastings at Fermented Malt Beverage and Wine RetailersORDINANCE NO.8
SERIES 2023
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL
AMENDING SECTION 4-2-4 OF THE VAIL TOWN CODE TO PERMIT
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TASTINGS AT FERMENTED MALT
BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILERS
WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 44-3-301(10) previously authorized a local licensing
authority to receive and approve applications for tastings by a retail liquor store or a liquor -
licensed drugstore, or to prohibit tastings altogether;
WHEREAS, on March 1, 2023, Proposition 125 amended the above -mentioned
statutory section to add fermented malt beverages and wine retailers to the list of
licensees that are permitted to conduct tastings; and
WHEREAS, the Town now desires to amend the Vail Town Code to include
fermented malt beverage and wine retailers as licensees that may apply for tastings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 4-2-4 of the Vail Town Code is hereby repealed in its entirety
and reenacted as follows:
4-2-4: TASTINGS:
Pursuant to C.R.S. § 44-3-301(10), as amended, the Town hereby
authorizes alcoholic beverage tastings for licensed retail liquor stores, liquor
licensed drugstores and fermented malt beverage and wine retailers in the
Town, subject to the limitations in C.R.S. § 44-3-301(10), and subject to the
approval by the Local Licensing Authority of a tastings permit application in
a form approved by the Town Clerk.
Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Council hereby declares it would have
passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Section 3. The Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this
ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare of the Town and the
inhabitants thereof.
Section 4. The amendment of any provision of the Town Code as provided in
this ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any
violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor
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any other action or proceeding as commenced under or by virtue of the provision
amended. The amendment of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any
ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein.
Section 5. All bylaws, orders, resolutions and ordinances, or parts thereof,
inconsistent herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer
shall not be construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution or ordinance, or part thereof,
theretofore repealed.
INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRS
PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON FIRST
public hearing for second reading Qf,this
the Council Chambers of the Vail I u
ATTEST:
Step�anieibbens, Town Clerk
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this 2"d day of May, 2023.
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