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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.F.3. Intoxicating Liquor-Hours of Sunday Sales-Ord. No. 832 S. f:. 3. CITY OF SHAKOPEE co~~sr~~T Memorandum .r' ,t;,. TO: Mayor and City Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Judith S. Cox, City Clerk SUBJECT: Intoxicating Liquor - Hours of Sunday Sales DATE: April 27, 2010 INTRODUCTION: City Council is asked to consider amending the city code to allow the on-sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday beginning at 10:00 a.m. BACKGROUND: The City Council has received a letter from Mr. Gary Laurent, Stonebrooke of Shakopee, Inc., asking that the Council consider allowing the sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday beginning at 10:00 a.m. versus 11 :00 a.m. The current city code allows for the issuance of a Sunday liquor license to hotels, restaurants, or clubs which hold an on-sale intoxicating liquor license and have facilities for seating not less than thirty (30) guests at one (1) time, in connection with the sale of food. Sales authorized may begin at 11 :00 a.m. on Sunday morning. In response to a request from a licensee, in 1992, the City Council held a public hearing and amended the city code to allow the sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday to begin at 11 :00 a.m. versus 12:00 p.m. (The state law changed the 12:00 p.m. start time to 10:00 a.m. and permitted cities to allow sales beginning at 10:00 a.m. after the City Council held a public hearing. City Council held the required public hearing and amended the city code to allow sales at 11 :00 a.m. versus 10:00 a.m.) State law has since been amended and no longer requires a public hearing to change the start time for the sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday beginning at 10:00 a.m. The following neighboring cities allow the sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday beginning at 10:00 a.m.: Savage, Prior Lake, Chaska, Eden Prairie, Burnsville, Apple Valley and Lakeville. New Prague allows sales to begin at 12:00 noon. Intoxicating Liquor - Hours of Sunday Sales May 27,2010 Page 2 ALTERNATIVES: 1. Allow the sales of intoxicating liquor to begin on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. 2. Keep the status quo allowing the sales of intoxicating liquor to begin on Sunday at 11 :00 a.m. 3. Table the request for additional information RECOMMENDED ACTION: If Council concurs with the request from Mr. Laurent, Offer Ordinance No. 832, Fourth Series, An Ordinance of the City of Shako pee, Minnesota, Amending City Code Section 5.34, Sunday Sales, and move its adoption. H:\judy\SundayhoursLaurent ORDINANCE NO. 832, FOURTH SERIES AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA, AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 5.34. SUNDAY SALES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS: Section 1: City Code Section 5.34, Sunday Sales is amended to read as follows: SEC. 5.34. SUNDAY SALES. The electorate of the City having heretofore authorized the same, a Sunday liquor license may be issued to hotels, restaurants, or clubs, as herein defined, which hold an on-sale intoxicating liquor license and have facilities for seating not less than thirty (30) guests at one (1) time between the hours authorized by Minnesota Statutes, in connection with the sale of food. Sales authorized hereunder may begin at 11 :00 /~.M. 10:00 A.M. on Sunday morning. Section II: Effective Date. This ordinance becomes effective from and after its passage and publication. Adopted in session of the City Council of the City of Shakopee, Minnesota held this _ day of ,2010. Mayor of the City of Shakopee ATTEST: City Clerk (New language is indicated by underlining and deleted language is indicated by strikethroughs) Published in the Shakopee Valley News on the _ day of ,2010. April 6, 2010 City of Shakopee Mayor and Councilors C/O Judy Cox RE: Stonebrooke Liquor License We have had numerous requests from patrons, notably from those who come to our Sunday morning breakfasts, for alcoholic beverages. They cite other places they could go where their requests would be served, so long as it was after lOam. Weare currently prohibited from serving alcohol until after 11 am. I believe the state statute provides that, if certain conditions are met, a city may grant a license to serve liquor after lOam on Sundays. I also believe we meet those conditions. We hereby request that the city grant us such a license. Thank you for your consideration, Gary Laurent, President Stonebrooke of Shakopee, Inc.