§ 5-2. Special events permit for light wine and beer on municipal property.

The sale, distribution, bartering, consumption, and giving away of light wine and beer may be allowed at events and activities on real property owned by the city and on any real property leased by the city to a person or entity obtaining a special events permit and conducting the sale, distribution, bartering, consumption and giving away of light wine and beer according to the terms of such permit. A permit for an event on municipal property that allows sale, distribution, bartering, consumption, or giving away of light wine and beer shall not issue unless the person or entity requesting the permit has satisfied the following conditions:

(1)

Has a valid beer permit from the State of Mississippi if beer is to be sold;

(2)

a.

Is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization or a bona fide not for profit organization; or

b.

An individual, group or business who has obtained a rental agreement from the City of Tupelo.

(3)

Has filed a written application with the department of planning and community development (planning department) setting out the time, place and duration of the event, including a description of the municipal property to be included in the permitted area;

(4)

Has paid a special events permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), plus a deposit of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in the event the cleanup after the event is unsatisfactory. The deposit shall be refunded if clean-up is adequate and does not require additional clean-up by city personnel;

(5)

Has submitted an adequate, written plan for security which is approved by the city to be sufficient for the size of the event, a plan for preventing minors from obtaining light wine and beer, and a plan for preventing anyone leaving the permitted area from taking beverages outside the permitted area, and a plan for cleaning up after the event, including the name of the person in charge of the cleanup.

(6)

Has determined that the time and date of the event for which the permit is requested does not conflict with other previously scheduled events.

The application for the permit must be received in the planning department not less than twenty (20) business days prior to the proposed event. No such event held on municipal property shall allow the sale, distribution, bartering, consumption or giving away of light wine and beer on more than three (3) consecutive days, and the city council shall not be obligated to issue special events permits to any person or entity, or combinations and variations thereof, more than once in a twelve (12) month period. The planning department of the city may deny a special events permit to any person or group not meeting the criteria set forth above or any person or group which has failed to comply with these provisions, the conditions of the permit and/or the reasonable rules and regulations of the city in the past.

The sale, distribution, bartering, consumption or giving away of beer in the Tupelo Coliseum Complex, the Convention and Visitors Bureau building, the Tupelo Automobile Museum, and on any city property maintained by the Tupelo Park and Recreation Department shall be governed by Article II of Chapter 5, but Article I of Chapter 5 shall apply to all other city property including property located on the grounds of the Tupelo Coliseum complex.

(Ord. of 6-18-02, § 2; Ord. of 3-21-03, § 2; Ord. of 5-4-10(2), § 2; Ord. of 5-15-2012, §§ 1, 2)