| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Citrus County; amending chapter 84- |
| 3 | 409, Laws of Florida, as amended; revising criteria |
| 4 | for special alcoholic beverage licenses for |
| 5 | restaurants within the county; providing an effective |
| 6 | date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 84-409, Laws of Florida, |
| 11 | as amended by chapter 86-391, Laws of Florida, is amended to |
| 12 | read: |
| 13 | Section 1. Notwithstanding any Citrus County ordinance or |
| 14 | special law prescribing standards for special restaurant |
| 15 | alcoholic beverage licenses, or any general law limiting the |
| 16 | number of alcoholic beverage licenses in a county, the Division |
| 17 | of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco shall issue a special |
| 18 | alcoholic beverage license to any restaurant in Citrus County |
| 19 | which meets all of the following criteria: |
| 20 | (a) Two thousand five hundred 2,500 square feet of service |
| 21 | area. |
| 22 | (b) Equipment to serve 150 persons full-course meals at |
| 23 | tables. at one time |
| 24 | (c) Fifty-one 51 percent of its gross revenue is from the |
| 25 | sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages. |
| 26 | (d) Alcoholic beverage consumption is limited to table |
| 27 | service with meals. |
| 28 | (e) no cocktail lounge or open bar on the premises. |
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| 30 | However, Any restaurant licensed under this section that |
| 31 | maintains a service area of 4,000 square feet or more of service |
| 32 | area may provide a cocktail lounge or open bar on the premises |
| 33 | with no limit on service, and alcoholic beverage consumption is |
| 34 | not limited to table service with meals. A restaurant licensed |
| 35 | under this section that maintains a service area of 2,500 square |
| 36 | feet or more, but less than 4,000 square feet, may provide a |
| 37 | cocktail lounge or open bar on the premises that serves up to 10 |
| 38 | percent of the capacity of the restaurant, and alcoholic |
| 39 | beverage consumption is not limited to table service with meals. |
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |