Notice of Public Hearing

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SAFETY SERVICES &

LICENSES COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing will be heard before the Safety Services & Licenses Committee on Monday, January 4, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Cranston Council Chambers, City Hall, 869 Park Avenue, City Hall, Cranston, R.I. pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Charter on the following proposed Ordinance.

Copies of all proposed Ordinances are available for public review at the City Clerk’s Office, Cranston Central Library and on the City website: cranstonri.com under calendar by clicking the Committee meeting date.

“Individuals requesting interpreter services for the deaf or hard of hearing must notify the City Clerk’s Office at 461-1000 ext. 3197 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the hearing date.”

Richard D. Santamaria, Jr., Maria Medeiros Wall, JD

Chair, Safety Services & City Clerk

Licenses Committee

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 12-15-01 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 5.12 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005, ENTITLED “ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES (Alcohol Server Training Class A)

It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:

Section 1. Title 5.12. entitled “Alcoholic Beverage Licenses’ is hereby amended as follows:

5.12.090 - Training certification for liquor license holders.

A. Effective [October 1, 1998,] December 1, 2015 and every renewal date thereafter, the holders

of all Class A, B (full privilege), B (limited), C, D (full privilege), D (limited), and J liquor licenses, shall present to the committee on safety services and licenses evidence of the successful completion of an alcohol server [‘s/dispenser’s training program by either the license holder or a designated employee.] training regulations as promulgated by the department of business regulation as set forth in RIGL 3-7-6.1(b).

1) All persons who sell or serve alcoholic beverages; anyone serving in a supervisory capacity over those who sell or serve alcoholic beverages; anyone whose job description entails the checking of identification for the purchase of alcoholic beverages; and valet parking staff shall receive alcohol server training regulations, as set forth herein.

2) Any eligible employee of a licensee shall be required to complete certified training within sixty (60) days of the commencement of his or her employment and must attain a minimum score of seventy-five percent (75%).

3) Licensees shall require servers to be recertified every three (3) years.

4) As a condition of license renewal, and as part of the license renewal application, each licensee must submit to the City Clerk information verifying that all persons listed under subsection (A)(1)) of this section and employed by the licensee for more than sixty (60) days in the past year have completed a certified program within the last three (3) years.

5) All persons identified under subsection (A)(1) of this section must have their valid server permits on the premises when engaged in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages.

6) Individuals who have been issued a server permit in another jurisdiction by an approved Rhode Island alcohol server training program shall be determined to be in compliance with this section subject to the three-year (3) limitation contained herein.

B. A certificate of successful completion of the training program shall be posted in a visible area of the licensed establishment.

C. [A list of alcohol server’s/dispenser’s training programs recommended by the mayor’s advisory committee on substance abuse will be submitted to the committee on safety services and licenses for their approval.] The office of the city clerk will make available to license holders and new applicants a list of the approved training programs. Approved alcohol server training programs are those that meet the criteria set forth in RIGL 3-7-6.1(c) and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Healthcare.

D. [In the event the “designated” employee terminates employment in the licensed establishment, the license holder, or a new “designated” employee has ninety (90) days to provide evidence of successful completion of the training program to the office of the city clerk.]

E. In the event that the liquor license is transferred to a new owner, the new license holder, [or a designated employee] has ninety (90) days to provide evidence of successful completion of the training program to the office of the city clerk.

F. Failure of a license holder to provide evidence of the successful completion of the training program to the office of the city clerk, shall result in the notification of said license holder to appear before the committee on safety services and licenses for a show cause hearing.

G. Violations.

Graduated penalties for licensees for violations within a three-year (3) period beginning with an initial written warning for violations within a three-year (3) period for a first violation; a written warning for a second violation; a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a third violation or noncompliance; and a license suspension for subsequent violations.

All licensees shall be in compliance with said regulations within ninety (90) days of December 1, 2015, or be subject to the penalties set forth herein.

Section 2: This Ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.

Sponsored by Safety Services & Licenses Committee

12/24/15

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