Portable bars, entertainment district special license
This law is about a special alcohol license for a specific entertainment district in Kansas City. A group called a promotional association can apply for a special license to sell drinks from portable bars in shared outdoor areas of the district. People are allowed to carry drinks between bars and common areas inside the district, but not outside it. Drinks must be served in cups that show the bar's name or logo. The special license costs $300 a year.
311.086. s, entertainment special — definitions — , procedure (Kansas City). — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "", any area as a common area in a development plan for the entertainment district approved by the of the city, any area of a that is adjacent to or within the entertainment district when it is closed to and any other area identified in the development plan where a physical barrier motor vehicle traffic and limits accessibility;
(2) "Entertainment district", any area located in a with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county with a population of at least four thousand inhabitants that:
(a) Is located in the city's central which is the historic core locally known as the city's downtown area;
(b) Contains a combination of entertainment venues, bars, nightclubs, and restaurants; and
(c) Is designated as a by the governing body of the city under and the Missouri downtown and rural economic stimulus act, sections 99.915 to 99.1060;
(3) "Portable bar", any bar, table, kiosk, cart, or stand that is not a permanent fixture and can be moved from place to place;
(4) "", an association, incorporated in the state of Missouri, which is organized or by one or more property owners located within the entertainment district, who own or otherwise control not less than one hundred thousand square feet of designed, constructed, and available for for bars, nightclubs, restaurants, and other entertainment venues, for the purpose of organizing and promoting activities within the entertainment district. For purposes of determining ownership or control as set forth in this , the square footage of premises used for residential, office or uses, (other than bars, nightclubs, restaurants, and other entertainment venues), parking facilities, and hotels within the entertainment district shall not be used in the calculation of square footage.
2. any other of this chapter to the contrary, any person acting on behalf of or designated by a promotional association, who possesses the qualifications required by this chapter, and who meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and the may , an entertainment district special license to sell for retail for consumption from one or more portable bars within the common areas of the entertainment district until 3:00 a.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and from 6:00 a.m. on Sundays and until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.
3. An granted an entertainment district special license under this section shall pay a license fee of three hundred dollars per year.
4. Notwithstanding any other of this chapter to the contrary, on such days and at such times designated by the promotional association, in its , provided such times are during the hours a license is allowed under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages, the promotional association may allow persons to leave licensed establishments, located in portions of the entertainment district designated by the promotional association, with an alcoholic beverage and enter upon and consume the alcoholic beverage within other licensed establishments and common areas located in portions of the entertainment district designated by the promotional association. No person shall take any alcoholic beverage or alcoholic beverages outside the boundaries of the entertainment district or portions of the entertainment district as designated by the promotional association, in its sole discretion. At times when a person is allowed to consume alcoholic beverages dispensed from portable bars and in common areas of all or any portion of the entertainment district designated by the promotional association, the promotional association must and shall ensure that minors can be easily distinguished from persons of legal age buying alcoholic beverages.
5. Every within the entertainment district must and shall serve alcoholic beverages in containers that display and contain the licensee's or logo or some other mark that is unique to that license and licensee.
6. The of an entertainment district special license is solely responsible for alcohol violations occurring at its portable bar and in any common area.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2005 H.B. 58 § 311.087 merged with S.B. 262, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
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