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food. The draft ordinance requires minimum seating for 40 diners and a minimum of 50% of total revenue to be from non - alocohol sales such as meals and soft drinks. In fact, we could consider similar requirements for all licenses in the City. 4. Provide for outdoor patios, sidewalk "cafe" service. We recommend adding provisions specifically addressing outdoor service to allow it with specified conditions. This would include requirements for such things as landscaping, separation from residential property, music or loudspeakers, access control, and the like. We do not reconunend opaque screening such as a privacy fence because part of the attractiveness of a patio is to be part of the surrounding environment. An attractive patio also adds to the attractiveness of the "street scene" of the area. Specifically allowing liquor on patios can be added to the liquor code. We recommend making them conditional uses. The Zoning Ordinance then should be amended to include as conditional uses outdoor areas contingent to a building that has a liquor license. The Zoning Ordinance would also list conditions that must be met. 5. Delete existing requirement that licensee or manager is a City resident. We recommend this restriction be eliminated from Sec. 700 of the City Code. Contemporary restaurants and lodging establishments often are corporate franchises with management trained by the corporation. A requirement for an owner or manager who resides in Lino Lakes is an obstacle to development in the Town Center and Clearwater Creek business areas. 6. Delete existing requirement for separation between liquor sales and a school. We recommend elimination of the current requirement of 1000 feet between a liquor license and a school or church. The requirement virtually eliminates any restaurants in The Village because of the early learning center that is part of the city center complex. There is little reason to believe that children or churchgoers are endangered by the proximity of a restaurant that has liquor available to diners. It is illegal to serve alcohol beverages to minors, and proximity to a restaurant with liquor does not change that law. Alternatively, we could make the Town Center the exception and keep the 1000' separation for elsewhere in City. We would need to establish a sound rationale for this distinction. It would be easier simply to eliminate the separation requirement. Liquor Licenses and Land Use Issues May 3, 1999 page 5