(A) Pursuant to the authority granted by Public Act 124 of 2020 the Village Council may designate by resolution social districts and commons areas, which shall be clearly marked with appropriate signage within a social district.
(B) The creation of a commons area shall include the adoption of a management and maintenance plan by resolution, which may be amended as necessary, for the protection of the health and safety of the community and includes, but is not limited to, limitations on the hours of operation for a commons area.
(C) Except as provided by state law, the holder of a social district permit issued by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission may sell alcoholic liquor for consumption within the confines of a commons area if both of the following requirements are met:
(1) The holder of the social district permit only sells and serves alcoholic liquor on the holder’s licensed premises;
(2) The holder of the social district permit only serves alcoholic liquor to be consumed in the commons area in a container to which all of the following apply:
(a) The container prominently displays the social district permittee’s trade name or logo or some other mark that is unique to the social district permittee’s on-premises license;
(b) The container prominently displays a logo or some other mark that is unique to the commons area;
(c) The container is not glass; and
(d) The container has a liquid capacity that does not exceed 16 ounces.
(D) A purchaser may remove a container of alcoholic liquor sold by a holder of a social district permit from the social district permittee’s licensed premises to the commons area if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The purchaser does not remove the container from the commons area;
(2) The purchaser does not possess the container in a motor vehicle; and
(3) While possessing the container, the purchaser does not enter the licensed premises of a social district permittee other than the social district permittee from which the purchaser purchased the container.
(E) The consumption of alcoholic liquor from a container in a commons area as allowed under this section may only occur during the hours established by the management and Maintenance plan for the commons Area.
(Ord. 463, passed 3-9-2021) Penalty, see § 111.999