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File #: ORD. NO. 2025-31    Version: 1 Name: Alcoholic Beverage Distance Requirements
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/29/2025 In control: City Commission Regular Meeting
On agenda: 10/14/2025 Final action:
Title: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Regarding Sales of Alcoholic Beverages in Proximity to Churches and Schools; Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Sections 6-1 and 6-4; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Attachments: 1. Ordinance No. 2025-31, 2. June 2, 2025 City Commission Workshop Minutes, 3. June 2, 2025 Workshop Agenda Item Staff Summary, 4. North Port and Surrounding Local Government Distance Regulations, 5. Economic Development Element, 6. Economic Development and Growth Management Pillar, 7. April 15, 2025 CEDAB Meeting Minutes
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TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission

FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager

TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Regarding Sales of Alcoholic Beverages in Proximity to Churches and Schools; Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Sections 6-1 and 6-4; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
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Recommended Action

Option 1: Approve Ordinance No. 2025-31 on first reading and continue to second reading on October 28, 2025.

City Commission Options

Option 1: Approve Ordinance No. 2025-31 on first reading and continue to second reading on October 28, 2025.

* Pros:
o Establishes regulations that are consistent with the City Commission's Strategic Plan and the Comprehensive Plan.
o Expands the real estate options for businesses wishing to open commercial entertainment/recreation, hotels and restaurants.
o Removes barriers to expanding the recreation and dining options in the City which may result in location of convenient services in proximity to residential areas.
* Cons: There are no identifiable disadvantages to the approval of Ordinance No. 2025-31.

Option 2: Amend Ordinance No. 2025-31 to change the definition of alcoholic beverage establishment to include all establishments offering consumption on premises, except those locations licensed as restaurants, which derive at least 51 percent of their gross revenues from the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages, then approve Ordinance No. 2025-31 on first reading and continue to second reading on October 28, 2025.

* Pros: Expands the real estate options for businesses wishing to open restaurants and removes barriers to expanding dining options in the City.
* Cons: Regulations inconsistent with the Strategic Plan and Comprehensive Plan economic development goals, objectives a...

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