City Council Meeting Date: July 17, 2018
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Deb Little, City Clerk
Monte Nelson, Chief of Police
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Consider Approval of Liquor Licenses for The Ole Store Restaurant, LLC at 1011 St. Olaf Ave.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council is being asked to consider approval of On-sale Intoxicating and Sunday Liquor Licenses for The Ole Store Restaurant, LLC dba The Ole Store located at 1011 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield subject to:
* Department of Public Safety Alcohol & Gambling Enforcement Approval
Summary Report:
The Ole Store Restaurant, LLC dba The Ole Store, has applied for On-sale Intoxicating and Sunday Liquor Licenses for 1011 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield. The Ole Store currently holds On-Sale 3.2 & Wine Licenses. The current licenses permit them to sell wine and intoxicating malt liquor. The license under consideration would permit them to sell intoxicating liquor in addition to wine and intoxicating malt liquor. There are no ownership, management or premises changes involved in the license request. The only change is the liquor types. The application for liquor license has been checked for compliance, which covers the provisions of Minnesota State law and City Code. A public hearing is not required per City Code for this new license as the premises is a currently licensed business. Staff recommends approval of the licenses with the condition as noted.
Since this is an existing licensed establishment, the issuance of this license will not increase the total number of liquor licenses. Upon approval and issuance of this license, there will be a total of 36 liquor licenses issued in the City of Northfield in the following categories:
* 1 - Club license
* 18 - On-Sale Intoxicating licenses
* 9 - On-Sale Wine/3.2 licenses
* 5 - Off-Sale 3.2 licenses
* 1 - Cocktail Room license
* 2 - Taproom licenses
Periodically questions are raised regarding statutory restrictions on the number of on-sale in...
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