Fiscal Note
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SUBSTITUTE - Amending Section 38.02 and creating Section 38.07(14) of the Madison General Ordinances to create a definition for keg and to regulate the sale and possession of alcohol beverages sold in kegs in the City of Madison.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This substitute provides a limitation on the number of kegs that can be possessed in a residentially zoned district with an exception for any person or premise holding a license to sell alcohol beverages. The substitute retains the provisions of the original draft relating to keg registration.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Section 38.02 entitled “Definitions” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended by amending therein the following:
“Keg” means any container designed for and capable of holding at least four (4) gallons of alcohol beverages to be dispensed from a tapper or tapper-like device.”
2. Subsection (14) entitled “Keg Registration” of Section 38.07 entitled “General Restrictions” of the Madison General Ordinances is hereby created to read as follows:
“(14) Keg Registration.
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1. Any retail establishment selling alcoholic beverages by the keg within the City of Madison shall be required to affix to the keg at the time of sale a permanent identification label or tag approved by the Madison Police Department. Such identification label or tag shall include the retailer's name, address and telephone number; a unique keg number assigned by the retailer; and a prominently visible warning that intentional removal or defacement of the label or tag subjects the violator to a forfeiture of not less than five hundred dollars ($500).
2. Any retail liquor establishment selling alcoholic beverages by the keg within the City shall be required at the time of sale to require a valid photographic identification from the...
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