HB 0607 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to Orange County; amending ch. 86-377,
3    Laws of Florida; amending provisions for issuance of a
4    special alcoholic beverage license to an entertainment or
5    lodging complex; amending a definition relating to the
6    sale of alcoholic beverages; providing an effective date.
7         
8          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
9         
10          Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 86-377, Laws of Florida,
11    is amended to read:
12          Section 1. (1)The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and
13    Tobacco of the Department of Business Regulation is hereby
14    authorized to issue a special alcoholic beverage license for any
15    entertainment or lodging complex within the City of Orlando,
16    Florida, permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages on the
17    premises for consumption on premises or sale by the package.
18    Said entertainment or lodging complex shall be managed and,
19    controlled and operated by the same business entity andunder
20    one business namelocated within the following boundaries of the
21    City of Orlando:
22          (a)(1) Section 26, Township 22 South, Range 29 East along
23    or near the Church Street, Orlando, corridor.
24          (b)(2) The boundaries as defined in paragraph (a)
25    subsection (1)must be contiguous and may only be separated by
26    deeded or dedicated right-of-way.
27          (2) Said business entity may allow other operators to
28    manage and own individual businesses which may operate within
29    the complex under the special alcoholic beverage license
30    authorized under this section, provided that such operator shall
31    have to meet the same qualifications as other applicants subject
32    to the provisions of the alcoholic beverage laws of the state
33    not inconsistent herewith. Any sub-licensee shall individually
34    qualify with the division for such license and shall be
35    individually liable for any violation of the beverage laws. A
36    violation by one sub-licensee shall not affect another sub-
37    licensee or its license.
38          (3) A business entity that is not licensed to operate
39    within the complex may not sell alcoholic beverages on any
40    public or private property within the boundaries of the complex.
41          Section 2. Section 2 of chapter 86-377, Laws of Florida,
42    is amended to read:
43          Section 2. For purposes of this act, the term
44    “entertainment or lodging complex” shall be defined as any
45    entertainment or lodging complex consisting of any real estate
46    development on a contiguous tract of land separated only by
47    deeded or dedicated right-of-way of not less than 5 acres
48    located within any area where entertainment or lodging is a
49    permitted use as defined by the City of Orlando ordinances and
50    conforming to the following criteria:
51          (1) A minimum of 750,000 visitors annually pay admission
52    fees to the entertainment or lodging complex;
53          (1)(2)The complex shall provide meeting facilities for at
54    least 250 persons; and
55          (2)(3)The complex shall contain a restaurant having at
56    least 4,000 square feet of service area which is equipped to
57    serve 150 persons full-course meals at one time.
58          Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.