A “special event permit” shall permit the retail sale, by the drink, or other distribution of alcoholic liquor at such locations and as specified on such permit for a period of not more than ten continuous days, provided that the director of business license or designee shall have first approved the application thereof in writing. Applications for such permits shall be submitted on forms provided by the director. For those events to be conducted at county parks, county recreation areas, or any other county site under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and community services, separate written approval is also required from the director of the department of parks and community services prior to business license approval.
A special event permit shall be issued only to applicants who hold a valid existing liquor license in Clark County or to a liquor business having its premises located in any of the following neighboring cities: Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, North Las Vegas, or Mesquite that is appropriately licensed for liquor by such local government and who have received all required department/agency approvals for such event. The type of alcohol service may not exceed that which is authorized by the type of liquor license held by the applicant for the permit. City licensees must provide a copy of their valid city liquor license and must also hold an interjurisdictional general business license pursuant to Chapter 6.12 of this code to be eligible for a special event permit.
The recipient of a special event permit is responsible to enforce strict compliance with all laws pertaining to the sale, service or distribution of alcoholic beverages. The recipient of a special event permit must have at least one person who is an employee of the licensee supervising at each event during all hours liquor is sold, served or distributed. Said supervisor(s) must have a work card and have successfully completed an approved liquor server awareness training program course or such person(s) may, in lieu of the liquor server awareness program, substitute a successfully completed alcohol awareness certification examination administered by the Las Vegas metropolitan police department. Each person selling, serving and distributing alcohol shall have a current alcohol awareness card and, if an employee of the liquor licensee, a current work identification card.
The applicant for the special event permit shall, in the written application therefor, state the name and work card number of the person or persons serving, distributing, and/or selling alcoholic liquor and state the completion and expiration dates of their liquor server awareness training or testing.
All permits issued shall be available for inspection by the department of business license, department of parks and community services (if the event is held on property under their jurisdiction), and the Las Vegas metropolitan police department at each special event for which they have been issued.
Special event permits shall not be issued to conduct business at locations during the time that the applicant’s liquor license is revoked, terminated or suspended.
Any violation of conditions of the special event permit may result in disciplinary action being taken against the permittee’s liquor license. (Ord. L-232-05 § 73, 2005)