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Item No: 05A Meeting Date: June 4, 2007 Type of Business: WS City Administrator Review: ______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane Assistant to the City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Outdoor Liquor and Event Policy Research Update Background The Mounds View City Council wanted staff to research into a policy for Special Outdoor Events. Currently the City has a policy (Ordinance 771), which currently allows liquor license facilities to offer outdoor seating in association with their establishment. This allowed on-sale liquor establishments to sell liquor outdoors. Currently the policy states: Outdoor Consumption Endorsement. A special endorsement may be issued by the City to the holder of a regular on-sale liquor or on-sale wine license to allow sales and consumption of liquor or wine outdoors when the outside service area is immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the licensed premises. The licensee shall make application for the special endorsement to the City and provide site plans which illustrate the proposed outdoor service area. The special endorsement may be issued by the City Council to the licensee by resolution after a public hearing on the special endorsement is held. The designated outside service area shall not reduce the number of off-street parking spaces which would be required if the licensed premises together with the outside service area were to be newly constructed in conformity with the City’s zoning code. The City may also require improvements to the outside service area prior to issuing the special endorsement, including but not limited to, safety barriers or other enclosures to be placed around the perimeter of the outside service area in order to protect patrons from any hazards, including vehicular traffic. Many On-Sale Liquor establishments have requested to hold special outdoor events to include Moe’s and possibly Robert’s Sports Bar and Entertainment. Staff was directed by the City Council to research what other cities did in regard to Special Outdoor Events. Discussion: Staff sent out a survey to about 40 cities and received the following responses: City of Buffalo: The City of Buffalo is currently exploring this type of license. All that is required at this time is that the license holder must submit for a tent permit outdoors on the parking lot premises. The City of Buffalo has a request currently from a restaurant to have an Octoberfest in the restaurant parking lot. City of Champlin: The City of Champlin as no such permit or policy. City of Coon Rapids: The City of Coon Rapids only allows outdoor liquor consumption permit for 3.2 Malt Liquor for a community event only. The city charges $30.00/day, but caps it at a maximum of $60.00.