HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 113-21 - 2021 Thursdays Downtown Community Festival
RESOLUTION
Approving a Special Event Permit for Thursdays Downtown, LLC 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 10:30 p.m. on the day
of each event covered by the permit.”; and,
WHEREAS, the Thursdays Downtown event, occurring from July 8, 2021, until September
9, 2021, on First Avenue SW, between West Center Street and Fourth Street SW, and
Historic Third Street between First Avenue and the alley behind Old City Hall and Artistic
Framers, is a community event celebrating the people, history, food, culture music or events
of the City of Rochester; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester Common Council wishes to declare this Thursday’s
Downtown event as a Community Festival.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
Minnesota, that the Council, pursuant to R.C.O. Sec. 5-19-5(b), does hereby declare the
Thursdays Downtown event as a Community Festival.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota,
that the Council, pursuant to R.C.O. Sec. 8-11-6(c), does hereby waive the maximum
allowable sound pressure for the Thursdays Downtown event and replace it with a restriction
requiring the amplified sound to terminate no later than 10:30 p.m. on each date of the event.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2021.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2021.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)