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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Duval County; providing space and 2
seating requirements for the issuance of special 3
alcoholic beverage licenses to event centers; 4
providing an exception to general law; providing 5
boundaries; providing an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 561.20, Florida Statutes, 10
the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the 11
Department of Business and Professional Regulation may issue 12
special alcoholic beverage licenses to event centers in the 13
Urban Transition Area North of Park Street which have an 14
occupancy between 1,100 and 1,400 people and derive no less than 15
51 percent of annual gross income from the sale of event center 16
tickets and food and nonalcoholic beverages that are prepared, 17
served, and consumed on such premises. For the purposes of this 18
act, the term "event center" means a facility that routinely 19
hosts events for which entrance is by customers who have 20
purchased tickets, including, but not limited to, musical 21
concerts and art shows; hosts events sponsored or organized by 22
nonprofit organizations; and otherwise does not market itself 23
primarily as a food service estab lishment. The Division of 24
Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business 25
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and Professional Regulation may revoke or suspend any such 26
license for violations of the Beverage Law and regulations of 27
this state not inconsistent herewith. 28
Section 2. For the purposes of this act, the "Urban 29
Transition Area North of Park Street" shall mean the area 30
described as: 31
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All of lots 3, 4, and 9, the north 60.0 feet of lot 8, the 33
south 10.0 feet of the west 10.0 feet of lot 2, and the 34
south 10.0 feet of l ot 10, block 29, the Chamberlain and 35
Barretts subdivision, according to the plat thereof 36
recorded in plat book 1, pages 117 and 120 of the former 37
public records of Duval County, Florida, plus a narrow 38
strip of land immediately south of the southerly line o f 39
lot 4 and the northerly 60.0 feet (less and except portion 40
lying in road right of way) of lot 8, of said block 29, 41
more particularly described as follows: 42
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Begin at the northeast corner of said lot 3, the said 44
point of beginning being south 21° -00'-00" west, 120.0 45
feet, and measure along the westerly line of Park 46
Street from the southerly line of Post Street; thence 47
continue south 21°-00'-00" west, 120.0 feet along said 48
westerly line of Park Street; thence westerly along 49
the southerly face of an existing four-story brick 50
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building a distance of 134.0 feet, more or less, to 51
the southwest corner of said four -story brick 52
building; thence northerly along the westerly line of 53
said four-story brick building 0.38 feet; thence 54
westerly to the easterly line of Marg aret Street, said 55
point being north 68° -42'-30" west 194.68 feet from a 56
point in the westerly line of Park Street that is 57
240.0 feet southerly of the southerly line of Post 58
Street; thence north 15° -40'-30" west, 150.05 feet 59
along the easterly line of said Margaret Street; 60
thence south 68°-43'-50" east, 124.29 feet' thence 61
north 21°-00'-00" east, 10.0 feet; thence north 68° -62
43'-50" east, 50.0 feet; thence south 21° -00'-00" 63
west, 10.0 feet; thence south 68° -40'-50" east, 110.0 64
feet to the point of beginning. 65
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 66