Submitted By: Michelle Main
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Presentation By: Jeff Shrum
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Resolution 2025-4 for the downtown event zone to allow alcoholic beverage sales (beer, wine, and liquor) as part of the 2024 Ocala Art Festival Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27, 2024 (Quasi-Judicial)
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND: The Ocala Art Festival will occur in the downtown event zone on Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27, 2024. Fine Arts for Ocala, Inc. (FAFO) is proposing that on-premise licensed vendors within the event zone be allowed to sell beer, wine, and liquor as part of the art festival Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The following vendors will be participating:
? Bank Street Patio Bar
? Big Hammock Brewery
? Brick City Southern Kitchen
? District Bar & Kitchen
? Harry's Seafood
? Hilton Garden Inn
? Sushi Bistro
? Tipsy Skipper/Mutiny Ocala
? Ivy on the Square
? Marion Theater
? Agapanthus
? The Lodge
? O'Malley's Alley
? Downtown Billiards
? Soleil Bakery
? Stella's Modern Pantry
? La Cuisine
? Cantina
? Mark's Prime
? Marion Cultural Alliance
? Black Sheep on Broadway
The following vendors will not be participating or outside the FAFO event zone:
? Sipping Grounds
? 18 South
? Symmetry Coffee
? Sayulita Taqueria
? Katya Vineyards
FAFO shall provide a Certificate of Liability insuring the City of Ocala. FAFO is working with the Ocala Police Department and other city departments regarding the event layout and process for selling beer and wine during the event.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Section 6-9 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Ocala, Florida, provides an exception to allow for possession and consumption o...
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