9432-03 Amend Chapter 14, Inclusion of New Article 5 Entitled Public Safety Requirements for Large Eating/ Drinking Establishments

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PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR LARGE EATING(DRINIQNG ESTABL[SIiMF.N'rS ORDINANCE PAGE 2 ARTICLE 5. PUBLIC SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR LARGE EATING/DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS. Sec. 1420 INTENT AND PURPOSE. The Common Council believes that reasonable public safety regulations should be enacted which are aimed at minimizing the number of alcohol-related calls for service, crimes, or arrests. The Council further believes that the development of broad-based community partnerships would help reduce violence in and around such licensed premises, all of which are deemed to be in the best interests of the city. The overall purposes of this Article are to establish reasonable regulations addressing required training for servers of alcoholic beverages, regulations addressing minimum number of trained security personnel required and the promotion of responsible management practices and programs for large eating/drinking establishments operating in the City of South Bend, Indiana. Sec. 14-21 ESTABLISHMENTS GOVERNID BY PUBLIC SAFETY REGULATIONS. This Article governs any establishment which is duly licensed by the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission and therefore governed by the provisions of by Title 7.1 of the Indiana Code; and which has an occupancy limit of two hundred (200) people or more and is opened for business past 1 a.m. on a regular business day in the Central Business District (CBD), with the boundaries of such District being on file in the Office of the City Clerk and available for public inspection during regular business hours. Sec. 14-22 VERIFICATION OF SERVER INTERVENTION PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) Required Training and Education Requirements of Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers: (1). All establishments meeting the criteria set forth in Sec. 1421 with regard type of establishment, occupancy, and hours of operation shall be required to have an ongoing server intervention program in place which trains and educates its beverage alcohol sellers and servers. A mandatory training course must be attended on an annual basis by anyone employed on a full-time or part-time basis who sells and/or serves alcohol in such establishments, including but not limited to the establishment's waitresses, waiters, bartenders, over-the-counter clerks, managers, assistant managers and owners. Original certificates of completion of such a course must be kept on file in such establishments and must be available for inspection by officials of the City of South Bend upon the showing of proper credentials to the establishment(s). (2) The owner(s) or operator(s) of such establishments shall be required to file with the Clerk of the Board of Public Safety a verified statement that his or her establishment meets the criteria required of this section on a quarterly basis, namely: on or before April 15th, June 15th, September 15th and December 15th of each year. Said statement shall include the name, address, telephone number, facsimile number, email address and hours of operation of the establishment; the name of the owner(s) and manager(s), and the number of full-time and part-time persons employed who have completed the Server Intervention Program. The owner(s) or operator(s) shall attach a copy of written verification from the entity conducting such training courses.