Sec. 6-91. Festival permit requirements.
(a) Applicants must specify the licensed premises where the festival will be held and the date of the festival.
(b) Applications must include information such as copies of the current liquor licenses, completed applicant questionnaires, diagrams, operation plan, possession documents and other documents as required by the local licensing authority necessary to review the application.
(c) Applicants must file a complete festival permit application with the local licensing authority and include the local fee at least 30 business days before the festival is to be held. The city's fee will be established by the director of finance in accordance with the provision of section 2-587.
(d) The local licensing authority may deny a festival permit or supplemental application for any of the following reasons:
(1) The location where the festival is to be held is unsuitable due to time and proximity of other inhabitants of the area that would be adversely impacted; or
(2) The record, reputation, and character of the applicant, other associated parties and venue associated with the event are not acceptable to the authority; or
(3) If the issuance of the permit would be injurious to the public welfare because of the nature of the festival or its location; or
(4) The filing of an incomplete or late application; or
(5) A finding that the application, if granted, would result in violations of the Colorado Liquor Code, the Colorado Beer Code, or the rules issued pursuant thereto, or violations of the City Code.
(e) The local licensing authority may place conditions on a festival permit or supplemental application necessary to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare.
(f) If a festival permittee notifies the local licensing authority of the location of and dates of each festival at least 30 business days before holding the festival, the permittee may hold up to, but no more than, nine festivals during the 12 months after the festival permit is issued.
(g) Permittee and participating licensees are authorized to use the licensed premises of the permittee to jointly conduct alcohol beverage tastings and to engage in the same retail sales of alcohol beverages that the permittee and participating licensees are authorized to conduct at their licensed premises.
(h) Permittee shall prohibit patrons from leaving the licensed premises with an unconsumed sample.
(i) Permittee must comply with the Colorado Liquor Code, the Colorado Beer Code, and the rules issued pursuant thereto.
(j) If a violation occurs during a festival and the responsible licensee cannot be identified, the local licensing authority may fine each licensee the same dollar amount, which fine must not exceed $5,000 in aggregate. A joint fine levied pursuant to this subsection does not apply to the revocation of a licensee's license under C.R.S. § 44-3-601, as amended. (Ord. No. 2021-62, § 3, 11-22-2021)