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Legal Notice – Ordinance 2023-07

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Ordinance 2023-07

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE #2009-12 TO PROHIBIT TRANSIENT MERCHANTS CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA FROM SELLING ALCOHOL DURING THE PARKE COUNTY COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL

 

WHEREAS, Ordinance #2009-12 requires that any Transient Merchant conducting business in Parke County, Indiana must have a valid TML issued by the Parke County Auditor’s Office; and

 

WHEREAS, the County Commissioners have determined that the sale of alcohol by a Transient Merchant that is conducting business in Parke County, Indiana during the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival should be prohibited with certain exceptions as delineated herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parke County Commissioners have authorized an exception to said prohibition of alcohol sales for family-owned wineries to allow for wine tastings and sales, but no sales by glass or drink.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Parke County, Indiana that:

 

  1. The penalty for a Transient Merchant that is conducting business in Parke County, Indiana, and sells alcohol other than that of a family-owned winery sale or tasting shall be a Class B Infraction with a fine of $1,000, said fine shall be imposed per occurrence per day (i.e. every separate violation on every separate day shall result in a separate $1,000 fine);

 

  1. That in all other respects Ordinance #2009-12 shall remain in full force except as expressly amended herein.

 

Unanimous consent of Parke County Commissioners who were present on the 5th day of September 2023 to consider the ordinance on the same date as introduced.

 

Board of Commissioners of Parke County, IN

Jim Meece

Bruce Hartman

Dan Collom

 

Ordinance Approved this 5th day of September 2023

Board of Commissioners

of Parke County, IN

Jim Meece

Bruce Hartman

Dan Collom

 

ATTEST:

Mary Anne Wood, Parke County Auditor

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was published one time in the Parke County Sentinel (i.e. 9-13, 2023) within thirty (30) days of the passage of this ordinance as required by I.C. 5-3-1-2(h).

 

Attest:

Mary Anne Wood, Parke County Auditor

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