2012-013 ORD AMENDING SECTION 3-5 CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OF CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW FOR WINE TASTING, SAMPLING AND SALES AT MARKET SQUARE FARMERS MARKET

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ORDINANCE N0. 2012-013 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; AMENDING SECTION 3-5, CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS TO ALLOW FOR WINE TASTING, SAMPLING AND SALES AT THE MARKET SQUARE FARMERS MARKET, 401 S.W. 1ST STREET, PARIS, TEXAS WITH APPROPRIATE TABC PERMITS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, In an effort to develop interest, variety of selection, and new vendors at the 32 covered stalls, the Market Square Farmer's Market, Cheri Bedford, Market Manager/Main Street Coordinator is requesting that the Paris City Council allow Texas Winery Festival Permit Holders to offer samples and tasting of their Texas Wines and to offer their wine for package sale on Saturdays during the Market Season at the Market Square Farmers Market, Paris, Texas with appropriate TABC Permit; and, WHEREAS, Texas Wine/Wineries are considered by the Texas Department of Agriculture to be an agricultural product, and there are many wineries in Northeast Texas. Go Texan is promoting grape growing and wineries across the State, and Farmers Markets across the state are allowing permitted wineries to offer sample tastings of their Texas Wines and to sell at their markets; and, WHEREAS, Wineries must obtain a special permit from the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission, which allows them to sell four times a month at markets or festivals. At this time, Market Square vendors are committed to selling on Saturday mornings from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.; and, WHEREAS, Wineries may be requested to give a sample to patrons but prior to doing so, must first be provided with proper identification. The samples are typically (1/2 oz.) .5 oz. in size and have to be contained to the booth spaces at the market only. Samples are essential to the sale of the wines. WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens to amend Sec. 3-5 of Chapter 3 of the City Code of Ordinances to permit Texas Wineries to offer their Wines for sale and sampling at the Market Square Farmers Market with appropriate TABC permit. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all