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O-2004-29

AN ORDINANCE

AMENDING SECTION 5.39.020 OF THE LAKEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO OPTIONAL PREMISES LIQUOR LICENSES

WHEREAS, it is necessary to clarify the Lakewood Municipal Code relating to the locations for which an optional premises liquor license may be granted.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Lakewood, Colorado, that:

SECTION 1. Subsection 5.39.020 of the Lakewood Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:

5.39.020 Eligible facilities.
A. An optional premises may only be approved when that premises is located on or adjacent to an outdoor sports and recreational facility as defined in Section 12-47-103(22)(b) C.R.S. The types of outdoor sports and recreational facilities which may be considered for an outdoor premises license include the following:
1. Country club;
2. Golf course and driving ranges;
3. Ice skating areas;
4. Swimming pools;
5. Cultural centers, amphitheaters, and similar facilities.

B. There are no restrictions on the minimum size of the outdoor sports and recreational facilities which may be eligible for the approval of an optional premises license. However, the local licensing authority may consider the size of the particular outdoor sports and recreational facility in relationship to the number of optional premises requested for the facility.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after final publication.

I hereby attest and certify that the within and foregoing ordinance was introduced and read on first reading at a regular meeting of the Lakewood City Council on the 26th day of July, 2004; published in full in the Lakewood Sentinel on the 29th day of July, 2004; set for public hearing on the 9th day of August, 2004; read, finally passed and adopted by the City Council on the 9th day of August, 2004; and, signed and approved by the Mayor on the 10th day of August, 2004.

Stephen A. Burkholder, Mayor

ATTEST:
Margy Greer, City Clerk

Approved as to form:
City Attorney