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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MAY 11, 2011 from hanging around the store, the City has other controls in place to address that situation. Keis asked if most cities have proximity restrictions. The City Attorney noted that the City of St. Paul has proximity restrictions with pawn shops. It is also typical to have these restrictions in place for businesses such as check - cashing shops. These restrictions are typically put in place when a city does not want to see an area concentrated in a certain type of business. The Council again referred to the map of existing tobacco license locations in the City, and it was noted that as the proximity restriction is proposed, there may be no locations that could comply with that restriction. The Administrator noted the location of North Heights Lutheran Church on the Roseville side of Rice Street. McGraw asked if the City had the ability to put a proximity restriction in place taking into consideration the uses in an adjacent city. The City Attorney replied that it could. The City Attorney noted that the City does have some proximity restrictions in its ordinances, specifically that a liquor license cannot be issued for a premises located within 800 feet of any school building or church in the City. The City Administrator noted another restriction that pawn shops cannot be within 300 feet of any church or school. Blesener again stated his support for a 500 foot proximity restriction as stated in the ordinance amendment that would apply to tobacco stores only. He noted that additional issues of contention with the existing tobacco stores will be the proposed hours of operation and the 15% limitation on product display area used for display or storage of tobacco - related devices. The consensus of the Council was in support of the 500 foot proximity restriction for tobacco stores only. The City Council directed the City Attorney to make this change to the proposed ordinance. The ordinance amendment will be scheduled for action at the Council's May 25th meeting, and current tobacco license holders will be sent a notice of the meeting as well as a copy of the proposed ordinance. The Council asked that the Sheriff's Department and the Tobacco Coalition be asked to comment on the proposed amendment. LIQUOR The City Clerk reviewed the changes proposed by City staff relative to ORDINANCE an update of the City's Liquor Ordinances. While most are housekeeping in nature, the significant changes include: 5