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<br />WS – Item 4 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 4 <br /> <br />Date: April 1, 2013 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br /> <br />Re: Off -Sale Liquor Licensing <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />At the council’s January, February and March work sessio n, staff present ed information on <br />off -sale liquor restrictions in the city and surrounding communities. The information <br />provided was a sample of what some other cities in the area are doing to regulate the number <br />of off -sale liquor licenses within their borders. A map w as also presented showing the <br />location and types of off -sale licenses within the city. S taff reported that the most common <br />regulations used by municipalities to restrict the number of off -sale lic enses are by proximity <br />(how close one license may be to ano ther) or by population. <br /> <br />The council requested that staff prepare an ordinance f or consideration that limits the number <br />of off -sale licenses in this city by the proximity of one -half mile (without consideration of <br />liquor stores outside the city limits ). Direction was also given to exclude from the <br />restriction s off -sale locations that are not liquor stores (on/off sale combination, 3.2 percent <br />off -sale, and off -sale growler). The council also asked for language to prevent licenses from <br />being held solely for the purpose of value and not for operation of a store. Currently licensed <br />stores would be automatically exempt from the proximity regulation. <br /> <br />The attached ordinance was drafted by staff to respond to the council’s directions and it has <br />been reviewed by the City Attorney. <br /> <br />Requested Council Direction <br /> <br />If the council would like to modify the city’s current liquor regulations, passage of an <br />ordinance would be required. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 01 -13