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Home My WebLink AboutResolution No. 141-21 - Rochester Pride Celebration 2021 Community Festival RESOLUTION Approving a Special Event Permit for Rochester Pride 2021 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 within 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 Rochester Pride 2021 Celebration, occurring on September 25, 2021, at Mayo Park, 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 Rochester Pride 2021 Celebration as a Community Festival. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester that the Council, pursuant to R.C.O. Sec. 5-19-5(b), does hereby declare the Rochester Pride 2021 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 Rochester Pride 2021 Celebration and replace it with a restriction requiring the amplified sound to terminate no later than 10:30 p.m. on the date of the event. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2021. ___________________________________ PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL ATTEST: __________________________ CITY CLERK APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2021. ___________________________________ MAYOR OF SAID CITY (Seal of the City of Rochester, Minnesota)