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<br />Item No: 6C <br />Meeting Date: February 18, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Planning Commission <br /> From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Discuss a Possible Code Amendment to Allow Brew Pubs or <br />Taprooms <br /> <br />The City Council discussed allowing businesses like brewpubs or taprooms in the City <br />since they are becoming very popular after the State of Minnesota loosened up regulations <br />relating to these types of businesses. The City Council is open to allowing these types of <br />uses and has asked the Planning Commission to discuss this. A new taproom, <br />Hammerheart Brewing (www.hammerheartbrewing.com) recently opened in Lino Lakes, <br />and Minneapolis and St. Paul have several, with more in the works. Currently the Mounds <br />View Zoning Code does not address brewpubs, taprooms or any type of brewery, therefore <br />none of them are allowed. <br /> <br />Below is part of an article from the Pioneer Press describing brewpubs and taprooms and <br />the rules in Minnesota. <br /> <br />The three-tiered system in Minnesota saw some loosening in 2011, when legislation known <br />as the "Surly Bill" was signed into law. The legislation allowed breweries to open taprooms, <br />which serve beer on site, and helped pave the way for Surly Brewing Co.'s $20 million <br />brewery underway in Minneapolis. <br />Moore, however, said the legislation was not a boost to brewpubs, which could already serve <br />beer on site. <br />But brewpubs do have some advantages over taprooms. <br />Taprooms are limited to selling the beer made on site, whereas brewpubs can serve liquor, <br />wine and beer made elsewhere. Brewpub owners can also open multiple locations, but <br />breweries are limited to one taproom, said Schwarz, who is CEO and co-owner of Lift Bridge <br />Brewing Co. in Stillwater. Lift Bridge opened a taproom following passage of the Surly Bill. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Discuss possible code amendments relating to brewpubs and taprooms. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Star Tribune article about the 2011 “Surley Bill”