Senate Bill sb1130

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 1130

    By Senator Cowin





    11-250-02                                           See HB 429

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to alcoholic beverage licenses;

  3         authorizing the issuance of a special alcoholic

  4         beverage license for certain entities operating

  5         within the commercial district of a retirement

  6         community within the Town of Lady Lake and for

  7         certain entities operating within the

  8         commercial district of a retirement community

  9         within Sumter County; providing restrictions;

10         providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  (1)  Any entity operating an entertainment

15  or lodging complex within the commercial district of a

16  retirement community in the Town of Lady Lake may be issued a

17  special alcoholic beverage license by the Division of

18  Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business

19  and Professional Regulation permitting the sale of alcoholic

20  beverages, and the manufacture and sale of malt beverages, for

21  consumption on premises only. The complex, including the use

22  of areas or facilities pursuant to the authorization of a

23  community development district, must be managed, controlled,

24  and operated by a primary business entity under one business

25  name and may include individual business entities that are

26  owned, managed, controlled, and operated independently of the

27  primary business entity. The complex must be located within

28  the following boundaries of the Town of Lady Lake:

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30         That portion of Sections 6 and 7, Township 18

31         South, Range 24 East, Town of Lady Lake,

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 1130
    11-250-02                                           See HB 429




  1         Florida, more particularly described as Lots C,

  2         D, E, F, G, H, K, Y, and Z, and Tracts 1 and 2,

  3         within THE VILLAGE CENTER SUBDIVISION,

  4         according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat

  5         Book 33, Page 93, Public Records of Lake

  6         County, Florida.

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  8  These boundaries encompass a contiguous area separated only by

  9  deeded or dedicated rights-of-way.

10         (2)  For purposes of this section, the term "entity

11  operating an entertainment or lodging complex within the

12  commercial district of a retirement community" means any

13  entity operating an entertainment or lodging complex that may

14  include one or more restaurants, bars, breweries or brew pubs,

15  clubhouses, recreation centers, lodging facilities, banquet

16  facilities, special activity tents, or similar structures or

17  meeting areas, or any combination thereof, consisting of any

18  real estate development located within the property described

19  in subsection (1) and located within any area in which a

20  restaurant or lounge is a permitted use as defined by the Town

21  of Lady Lake ordinances and meeting the following criteria:

22         (a)  A minimum of 15,000 visitors must annually visit

23  the commercial district of the retirement community.

24         (b)  The complex must provide meeting facilities for at

25  least 250 persons.

26         (c)  The complex must contain at least two restaurants

27  or lounges having at least 4,000 square feet of service area

28  equipped to serve full-course meals to 250 persons at one

29  time; however, no size or seating requirement shall be

30  applicable to individual restaurants or lounges.

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 1130
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  1         (3)  The license authorized by this section shall not

  2  entitle the licensee to maintain or construct any structure on

  3  the premises that is prohibited by the ordinances or

  4  regulations of the Town of Lady Lake. This license shall not

  5  exempt the licensee from complying with the municipal

  6  ordinances of the Town of Lady Lake. All provisions of the

  7  alcoholic beverage laws of the State of Florida not

  8  inconsistent herewith shall apply to such license and

  9  licensee.

10         Section 2.  (1)  Any entity operating an entertainment

11  or lodging complex within the commercial district of a

12  retirement community within the unincorporated area of Sumter

13  County may be issued a special alcoholic beverage license by

14  the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the

15  Department of Business and Professional Regulation permitting

16  the sale of alcoholic beverages, and the manufacture and sale

17  of malt beverages, for consumption on premises only. The

18  complex, including the use of areas or facilities pursuant to

19  the authorization of a community development district, must be

20  managed, controlled, and operated by a primary business entity

21  under one business name and may include individual business

22  entities that are owned, managed, controlled, and operated

23  independently of the primary business entity. The complex must

24  be located within the following boundaries of Sumter County:

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26         Portions of Township 19 South, Range 23 East

27         including portions of Sections 1-4, 8-14,

28         16-17, 23-24, and portions of Township 18

29         South, Range 23 East including portions of

30         Sections 13-17, 21-28, and 33-36.

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  1  These boundaries encompass a contiguous area separated only by

  2  deeded or dedicated rights-of-way.

  3         (2)  For purposes of this section, the term "entity

  4  operating an entertainment or lodging complex within the

  5  commercial district of a retirement community" means any

  6  entity operating an entertainment or lodging complex that may

  7  include one or more restaurants, bars, breweries or brew pubs,

  8  clubhouses, recreation centers, lodging facilities, banquet

  9  facilities, special activity tents, or similar structures or

10  meeting areas, or any combination thereof, consisting of any

11  real estate development located within the property described

12  in subsection (1) and located within any area in which a

13  restaurant or lounge is a permitted use as defined by Sumter

14  County ordinances and meeting the following criteria:

15         (a)  A minimum of 15,000 visitors must annually visit

16  the commercial district of the retirement community.

17         (b)  The complex must provide meeting facilities for at

18  least 250 persons.

19         (c)  The complex must contain at least two restaurants

20  or lounges having at least 4,000 square feet of service area

21  equipped to serve full-course meals to 250 persons at one

22  time; however, no size or seating requirement shall be

23  applicable to individual restaurants or lounges.

24         (3)  The license authorized by this section shall not

25  entitle the licensee to maintain or construct any structure on

26  the premises that is prohibited by the ordinances or

27  regulations of Sumter County. This license shall not exempt

28  the licensee from complying with the municipal ordinances of

29  Sumter County. All provisions of the alcoholic beverage laws

30  of the State of Florida not inconsistent herewith shall apply

31  to such license and licensee.

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