CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the first reading and pass the ordinance amending the City's municipal code by decreasing the liquor license fee for a lifestyle amenities facility and increasing the number of available Class M liquor licenses for a lifestyle amenities facility from 3 to 5 (Requires six positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Legal Department
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Lutzke, Senior Assistant City Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
On October 3, 2019, the Liquor Commission unanimously approved decreasing the liquor license fee for a lifestyle amenities facility to $250.00.
BACKGROUND:
The City has enacted the Class M liquor license ("M License") for the sale at retail and service of wine and beer at recreational and/or lifestyle amenities facilities. Recreational facilities include an art studio, indoor sports facility, golf course, bowling alley or billiards, having a minimum of ten regulation billiard table. Lifestyle amenities facilities include beauty shops, hair salons, spas, and personal cosmetic establishments. The M License provides:
* At least 60% of the recreational facility or 90% of the lifestyle amenities facility's annual revenue must be derived from sources other than the sale of wine or beer.
* No wine or beer may be sold to persons on the business premises except as a complement to the purchase of a paid lifestyle amenities service or when the recreational portion of the premises is open and available for use.
* The consumption of beer or wine is limited to not more than two beverages by a lifestyle amenities patron.
* There is not an explicit consumption limitation for recreational facility patrons.
* An annual fee of $2,200.00
The Liquor Commissioner, Mayor Chirico, is authorized to issue fourteen liquor licenses to recreational and/or lifestyle amenities facilities. All the licenses are currently issued. Of those fourteen licenses, three are issued to lifestyle amenities facilities. The licensees are Solari...
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