HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 102-26 - Resolution - Mayo Civic Center - 4th Fest Rochester's Independence Day Celebration Community Festival
RESOLUTION
Approving a Special Event Permit for the 4th Fest Rochester’s Independence Day
Celebration Community Festival with Amplified Sound Waiver
WHEREAS, Sec. 5-19-5(b) of the Rochester Code of Ordinances (“R.C.O.”) states that
specified on-sale intoxicating liquor licensees may dispense intoxicating liquor off-premises
at a Community Festival held with the City of Rochester; and
WHEREAS, R.C.O. Sec. 5-19-5(b) defines a “Community Festival” to mean a community
event celebrating the people, history, food, culture, music, or events of the City of Rochester
as declared by resolution of the Common Council; and
WHEREAS, R.C.O. Sec. 8-11-6(c) does empower the City Council to “waive the maximum
allowable sound pressure level provided in subsection (b) of this section and replace it with
a restriction requiring the amplified sound to terminate no later than 10:15 p.m. on the day
of the event covered by the permit.”; and
WHEREAS, the 4th Fest Rochester’s Independence Day Celebration (“The Event”)
organized by the Mayo Civic Center is a community event celebrating the people, history,
food, culture, music, or events of the City of Rochester; and
WHEREAS, The Event occurs on July 4, 2026, at Soldiers Field Park, located at 244
Soldiers Field Dr SW; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester Common Council wishes to declare the 4th Fest
Rochester’s Independence Day Celebration as a Community Festival.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
MN that the Council, pursuant to R.C.O. Sec. 5-19-5(b), does hereby declare the 4th Fest
Rochester’s Independence Day Celebration as a Community Festival.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council, pursuant to R.C.O. Sec. 8-11-6(c), does
hereby waive the maximum allowable sound pressure for the 4th Fest Rochester’s
Independence Day Celebration and replace it with a restriction requiring the amplified sound
to terminate no later than 10:15 p.m. on the date of the event.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2026.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2026.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)