HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 973ORDINANCE NO. 973
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853, CITY CODE
OF 1977, PERTAINING TO LICENSING (INTOXICATING LIQUOR)
The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1: Section 5.503(10) of Ordinance No. 853, City Code of 1977, passed
June 21, 1977, which reads as follows, to-wit:
"Places ineligible for license are as follows:
(a)
No license shall be granted, or renewed, for operation on any premises,
on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the City or
of the State are due, delinquent or unpaid. In the event an action has
been commenced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 278, Minnesota
Statutes, questioning the amount or validity of taxes, the Council may,
on application by the licensee, waive strict compliance with this pro-
vision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any portion
thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after be-
coming due.
(b)
No license shall be issued for the premises owned by a person to whom
a license may not be granted under this ordinance, except any owner
who is a minor, alien, or a person who has been convicted of a crime
other than a violation of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 340.07 through
340.39. Provided, however, that no such person may have a financial
interest in the operation of the business at such location.
(c)
No on sale license shall be granted for a restaurant that does not
have a dining area, open to the general public, with a total minimum
floor area of 3000 square feet or for a hotel that does not have a
dining area open to the general public with a total minimum floor
area of 2000 square feet.
(d)
(e)
(f)
No license shall be granted for any place which has a common entrance
or exit between any two establishments except that a public concourse
or public lobby shall not be construed as a common entrance or exit.
No license shall be granted to any hotel or restaurant for premises
located within 300 feet of any church or within 300 feet of any pub-
lic or private elementary and secondary school regularly attended on
a full time basis by students under the age of 19 years. The dis-
tance shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest point of
the building in which the licensed business is to be located to the
nearest point of the church or public school building.
No license shall be issued for premises other than a hotel or res-
taurant.
(g) No license shall be granted for any premises which does not have a
sprinkler system."
is herewith amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"Places ineligible for license are as follows:
(a)
No license shall be granted, or renewed, for operation on any premises,
on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the City or
of the State are due, delinquent or unpaid. In the event an action has
been commenced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 278, Minnesota
Statutes, questioning the amount or validity of taxes, the Council may,
on application by the licensee, waive strict compliance with this pro-
vision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any portion
thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after be-
coming due.
(b)
No license shall be issued for the premises owned by a person to whom
a license may not be granted under this ordinance, except any owner
who is a minor, alien, or a person who has been convicted of a crime
other than a violation of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 340.07 through
340.39. Provided, however, that no such person may have a financial
interest in the operation of the business at such location.
(c)
No on sale license shall be granted for a restaurant that does not
have a dining area, open to the general public, with a total minimum
floor area of 3000 square feet or for a hotel that does not have a
dining area open to the general public with a total minimum floor
area of 2000 square feet.
(d)
No license shall be granted for any place which has a common entrance
or exit between any two establishments except that a public concourse
or public lobby shall not be construed as a common entrance or exit.
(e)
No license shall be granted for any hotel or restaurant building, the
nearest point of which building structure is within 200 feet of the
center of the main or front door of a church measured in a straight
line. A church shall have only one main or front door for the purposes
of this chapter. The erection of a church within a prohibited area or
a change of location of a main or front door, after an original appli-
cation has been granted, shall not, in and of itself, render such pre-
mises ineligible for renewal of the lidense. No license shall be
granted for any hotel or restaurant building, the nearest point of
which measured in a straight line, is within 300 feet of a school
building.
(f) No license shall be issued for premises other than a hotel or res-
taurant.
(g) No license shall be granted for any premises which does not have a
sprinkler system."
Section 2: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty
(30) days after its passage.
First reading:
Second reading:
Date of passage:
September ]5, 1981
November 23, 1981
November 23, 1981
Offered by: Logacz
Seconded by: Hentges
Roll call: togacz, Hent§es, Nawrocki--aye
6-Ann'e Student, ~'retary to the Council
Norberg--nay