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<br />Item No: 1 <br />Meeting Date: March 1, 2010 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk - Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Discuss Liquor Code Amendment <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Staff has been reviewing the City’s current Liquor Code Chapters 502 (Intoxicating Liquor) <br />and 503 (3.2 Percent Malt Liquor), and found language in the Liquor Code that required <br />further clarification and City Council feedback. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Attached is Chapters 502 and 503 of the City Code. Staff has highlighted areas of concern <br />in the Liquor Code, which are addressed below: <br /> <br />§502.03, subd. 6 &7: In this section the City Code refers to 8290 Coral Sea Street <br />(Medtronic). Any reference of 8290 Coral Sea Street should <br />be stricken from the Liquor and 3.2 Percent Malt Liquor Code <br />entirely. Would the City Council be open to replacing 8290 <br />Coral Sea Street to City Hall’s address of 2401 Highway 10? <br /> <br /> The City Attorney reviewed subdivision 6. According to the <br />City Attorney this provision appears to coincide with the <br />“temporary general on-sale intoxicating liquor” license under <br />state statute. The only difference is that state statute allows <br />for a four day consecutive day event and allows license <br />issuance to registered political committees and state <br />universities in addition to the clubs, charitable, religious or non- <br />profit organizations. The City’s current provision only allows a <br />temporary special event liquor license to a club, or charitable, <br />religious or other nonprofit organization, which has been in <br />existence for at least three (3) years. <br /> <br /> The City Attorney also reviewed subdivision 7. According to <br />the City Attorney this provision appears to fall under the <br />“caterer’s permit” provision in the state statute. The City is not <br />authorized to issue a caterer’s license or permit under state <br />statute. A caterer’s permit is only issued by the Commissioner <br />of Public Safety. Restaurants that hold an on-sale intoxicating <br />liquor license are the only entities that can hold a caterer’s <br />permit. Since the City does not have any authority over <br />