(a) Five years after the date of creation of a designated outdoor refreshment area, City Council shall review the operation of the area and shall, by ordinance, either approve the continued operation of the area or dissolve the area.
(1) Prior to adopting the ordinance, City Council shall give notice of its proposed action by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in the City of Lancaster or as provided in ORC § 7.16.
(2) If City Council dissolves the designated outdoor refreshment area, the outdoor refreshment area ceases to exist. City Council then shall provide notice of its action to the Ohio division of liquor control, and the division shall revoke all designated outdoor refreshment area designations issued to qualified permit holders within the dissolved area.
(3) If City Council approves the continued operation of the outdoor refreshment area, the area continues in operation.
(b) Five years after the approval of the continued operation of an outdoor refreshment area under division (a)(3) of this section, City Council shall conduct a review in the same manner as provided in division (a) of this section. The legislative authority also shall conduct such a review five years after any subsequent approval of continued operation under this subsection of this section.
(c) At any time, City Council may, by ordinance, dissolve all or a part of the outdoor refreshment area.
(1) Prior to adopting the ordinance, City Council shall give notice of its proposed action by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in the City of Lancaster or as provided in ORC § 7.16.
(2) If City Council dissolves all or part of a designated outdoor refreshment area, the area designated in the ordinance shall no longer constitute an outdoor refreshment area. City Council shall provide notice of its actions to the division of liquor control. Upon receipt of the notice, the division shall revoke all designated outdoor refreshment area designations issued to qualified permit holders within the dissolved area or portion of the area. (Ord. 18-21. Passed 6-14-21.)