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Item No. 7B Meeting Date: April 10, 2006 Type of Business: Council Business City Administrator Review City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jim Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance 771 Amending Chapters 502 and 503 of the City Code Relating to Liquor Licenses Discussion: Based on direction provided at the December 6, 2005 and April 3, 2006 Council worksessions, staff has prepared an ordinance that amends the liquor licensing provisions of the City Code in Chapters 502 and 503. The amendments change the code to require that a public hearing be conducted for every new, transferred or renewed license. This change is recommended based on feedback from residents who would have wanted to provide input during license renewals however were not notified of the public hearing. The Council agreed and indicated that the Code should be amended accordingly. Also based on direction provided at the same worksessions, the other change contemplated by Ordinance 771 would be to allow our liquor license facilities to offer outdoor seating in association with their establishment. The Code would need to be amended to allow for the outdoor sale and consumption of alcohol in those establishments. The new language states the following: 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.