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f ' MEMO TO: Mayor & City Counci FROM: Clerk-Adminintrato DATE: March 22, 1904 SUBJECT: Modificatioltn to Municipal Code Chapter 1001 Intoxicating l.iquorn As a result of Council diructiun to submit proponod modificationn to Municipal Code Chapter. 100 which regulnl.os the licnnning of intoxicating liquor operations, staff hne porformed a survey of eleven citias within the Motropolit:an area to dotermine what regulations they had in their ordinances relating to the issuanco of Sunday liquor sale licensor and the means that tlwy use to enforce the statutory requirement that Sunday liquor galas he made in conjunction with the sale of. food. Staff asked three basic questions of each of the Cities surveyed and requested copies of appropriate sections of their Code to dotermino how these cities define a restaurant, whether or not they define food and whether or not a separate Sunday liquor galas license is required. Attached to this memorandum please find a summary of the results of this survey including a listing of all the provisions that were noted in some of the cities' codes which relate to the issue of current concern,namely, the sale of liquor on Sundays without the service of food. Upon review of the results of this survey staff has identified several options the City might wish to include in our Code and considerations as they would apply to current Mounds view opera- tions should any of these provisions be implemented. The options identified are as follows: 1. Require a separate Sunday sales license with or without special provisions as identified below: a, As required by New Brighton, limit liquor sales and service to people seated at tables. As required by St. Louis Park,require that establishments obtaining Sunday sales licenses provide food service during stated hours, have a required number of staff members on duty during food service hours, and maintain a menu consisting of a stated number of entrees with a brief description of entree. Considerations: a. To limit Sunday sales to table service only would more than likely have a negative impact on the, Mermaid an it would prohibit the sale and service of liquor in the bowling alley and recreational areas.