Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact associated with clarifying the Ordinance to match existing practice.
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Amending Sections 38.10(4)(a) and (b) of the Madison General Ordinances to clarify the procedure for alcohol license suspension, revocation or nonrenewal.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This amendment clarifies the ordinance on alcohol license suspension, revocation or nonrenewal to match existing practice. The City may pursue such action either under the demerit points system or for other violations. This change makes that explicit.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison does hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (a) entitled “Purpose and Definitions” of Subsection (4) entitled ”Point Values for Alcohol Beverage Violations and Revocations and Suspensions” of Section 38.10 entitled "Revocation, Suspension or Nonrenewal of License" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“(a) Purpose and Definitions.
1. The purpose of this subsection is to administratively interpret those portions of Chapter 38, Madison General Ordinances, relating to establishing an alcohol beverage demerit point system to assist in as a nonexclusive method of determining which license holders should be subject to suspension or revocation procedures.
2. ALRC means Alcohol License Review Committee of the City of Madison Common Council.
3. The introductory paragraph of Subdivision (b) entitled “Point Schedule” of Subsection (4)
entitled ”Point Values for Alcohol Beverage Violations and Revocations and Suspensions”
of Section 38.10 entitled "Revocation, Suspension or Nonrenewal of License" of the
Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
(b) Point Schedule. The scale of demerit points is listed according to the type of alcohol beverage violation. This demerit point system is used to identify habitually troublesome license holders who have rep...
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