HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 070-26 - Resolution - Rochester Downtown Alliance - Thursdays Community Festival
RESOLUTION
Approving a Special Event Permit for The Rochester Downtown Alliance: Thursdays
Downtown 2026 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 8:30 p.m. on the day of
each event covered by the permit.”; and
WHEREAS, The Rochester Downtown Alliance: Thursday Downtown 2026 (“The Event”)
event will occur each Thursday between June 11, 2026, and August 13, 2026, excluding
July 2, 2026. The event will take place on 1st Ave SW and 2nd Ave SW, stretching from W
Center St to 4th St SW, as well as on 3rd St SW, from the alley behind the old City Hall to
the 3rd Street Parking Ramp.
WHEREAS, The Event is a community event celebrating the people, history, food, culture,
music, or events of the City for Rochester; and
WHEREAS, The City of Rochester Common Council wishes to declare The Event 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 Rochester
Downtown Alliance: Thursdays Downtown 2026 Event 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 Event and replaces it with a
restriction requiring the amplified sound to terminate no later than 8:30 p.m. on the dates 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)