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SUBSTITUTE Amending Sections 9.13(4)(m) and (r), (6)(j)3., (6)(i)1., and (6)(j)2.c. and creating Section 9.13(5)(h) of the Madison General Ordinances to make the closing time for sidewalk cafés with alcohol beverage licenses consistent city-wide and amending the rules for furniture removal for sidewalk cafés.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance makes consistent the hours of operation for sidewalk cafés at establishments holding an alcohol beverage license. Under the current ordinance, there are different closing times for different parts of downtown and other parts of the City. This amendment would require alcohol service to stop and all alcohol off the table of all sidewalk cafes by 1:00 a.m. unless another time is set on the establishment’s liquor license. This amendment would also change the closing time for sidewalk cafes on the mall concourse from 1:00 a.m. to the closing time of the establishment. Patrons can remain in the café until the establishment closes but no alcohol can be served or consumed in the café after 1:00 a.m. This amendment also allows the establishment to leave sidewalk café equipment on the sidewalk until 30 minutes after the establishment closes. Finally, this amendment eliminates the option to require liquor liability insurance for sidewalk cafes because that option is never used, and deletes some redundant information regarding alcohol beverage licenses because those requirements are handled through the liquor license process and not the vending license.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (m) of Subsection (4) entitled “General Restrictions on Vending” of Section 9.13 entitled “License for Selling on Public Streets” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“(m) All vending equipment, including carts, tables, apparatus a...
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