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(b) RESTAURANTS IN B-1, TOWN CENTER, CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS. To dining rooms or restaurants located in B-1, Town Center ("TC") and Cultural and Entertainment ("CE") Districts which comply with the requirements of such districts and serve cooked, full course meals, daily prepared on the premises, or such other dining rooms or restaurant in other more liberal districts complying with the requirements of the B-1, TC and CE Districts and which serve cooked, full course meals, daily prepared on the premises, providing that only a service bar is used and the sale of alcoholic beverages are sold only to persons seated at tables. Limited musical entertainment is permitted in restaurants having a seating capacity of not less than forty (40) people at tables. Such entertainment shall be strictly incidental to the restaurant use and shall be limited as follows: Sundays through Wednesdays restaurants shall be permitted two (2) musicians and one (I) singer furnishing musical entertainment. Thursdays through Saturdays restaurants shall be permitted four (4) musicians and one (I) singer furnishing musical entertainment. Dance floors, outdoor entertainment or speakers are strictly prohibited. Music that is plainly audible and/or creates a vibration at a distance of more than 100 feet from the premises shall constitute prima facia evidence of a violation of this ordinance. No entertainment activity shall be allowed to violate Ordinance 98-34, as may be amended from time to time, and all entertainment activity shall cease at 2:00 a.m. of the following day providing however, all entertainment, in any case, shall cease when the service of food to the public closes. Signs of any type or character shall not be exhibited or displayed to the outside denoting that alcoholic beverages are obtained within. (c) COCKTAIL LOUNGE-BARS IN RESTAURANTS. To cocktail lounge-bars as accessory use in restaurants located in B-1, TC and CE, provided the restaurant occupies no less that four thousand (4000) square feet of gross floor space, and has accommodations for service of two hundred (200) or more patrons at tables, and provided that the restaurant prepares and serves fully cooked meals daily and contains full kitchen facilities, meaning commercial grade burners, ovens, range hood(s) and refrigeration units of such size and quantity to accommodate the occupancy content of the restaurant, and provided that the restaurant shall be permitted from advertising itself as a bar, cocktail lounge-bar, saloon, nightclub or similar type of establishment; and further provided that once the restaurant use is terminated, the cocktail lounge use will automatically terminate. The cocktail lounge-bare in the restaurant structure shall not have separate outside patron entrances, provided, however, a fire door exit shall be permitted, when the same is equipped with panic-type hardware and locks and is maintained in a locked position except in emergencies; and provided the cocktail lounge- bar shall be so located that there is no indication from the outside of the structure that the cocktail lounge-bar is no larger that fifteen (15) percent of the gross square footage of the restaurant, and provided that the alcoholic beverages are served for on-premises consumption only; and further provided that the operating hours for the cocktail lounge-bar shall not extend beyond he permitted hours of operation for the restaurant. (d) BEER AND WINE FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION. To the sale of beer and wine as a grocery item for consumption off the premises, from grocery stores, convenience stores and meat markets within the hours adopted and prescribed by the City Commission. (e) CONVENTION HALLS IN B-1, TOWN CENTER, CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS. To convention halls located in these districts, which meet the following requirements: (a) Where the hall is part of the operation of a hotel or motel and directly under its management. (b) Where the square footage area of the convention hall is at least ten thousand (10,000) square feet. (c) Where the seating capacity of the hall is in excess of five hundred (500) persons. 02006-246 Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance Page 3 of7