2008-08
BILL NO. 2008-8
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR BY HOTELS,
ON-SALE WINE LICENSES AND COMBINATION LICENSES; AMENDING
SUBSECTIONS 1202.01, 1202.05, 1202.07 AND 1202.21 OF THE RICHFIELD
CITY CODE
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Subsection 1202.01, subdivision 7 of the Richfield City Code is
amended to read as follows:
Subd. 7. "Hotel" means an establishment where food and lodging
are regularly furnished to transients and which has: (i) a dining room
serving the general public at tables and having facilities for seating at least
30 guests at one time; and (ii) not fewer that ~ 125 guest rooms, each
room havinq an area of no less than 150 square feet.
Sec. 2. Subsection 1202.05, subdivision 3(d) of the Richfield City Code IS
amended to read as follows:
(d) Wine.
(1) On-sale wine licenses may be issued to restaurants, hotels and
ffiffis .
(2) No more than seven wine licenses may be issued.
Sec. 3. Subsection 1202.07, subdivision 2 of the Richfield City Code is amended
to read as follows:
Subd. 2. Ineligible places. No license shall be granted to or held
by:
(a) any premises upon which taxes or assessments or other financial
claims of the city or of the state are due, delinquent and unpaid.
The city council may, upon request by the applicant or licensee,
waive strict compliance with this provision if the applicant or
licensee has contested their tax liabilities or other financial claims
through a process permitted by federal or state regulations or by
city ordinance; or is working out debt problems under the
supervision of a bankruptcy court or pursuant to some other formal
agreement. No waiver may be granted, however, if taxes or any
portion thereof, remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after
become due; or
(b) any premises owned by a person who is ineligible under this
chapter. Premises are not disqualified if the sole basis for
disqualification is that the owner is a minor; or
(c) with respect to an on-sale intoxicatinq liquor license, any premises
that has a common entrance or exit between the area in which
intoxicatinq liquor will be sold and any other business or
establishment. A public concourse or lobby shall not be construed
as a common entrance or exit for purposes of this subsection.
Sec. 4. Subsection 1202.21, subdivision 6 of the Richfield City Code is amended
to read as follows:
Subd. 6. No combination sales.
(a) On-sale licensees may not sell alcoholic beverages off-sale.
(b) No 3.2' percent malt liquor licensee may permit the consumption of
intoxicating liquor on the licensed premises, unless licensed to do
so. The holder of an on-sale wine license issued pursuant to state
law and this Code who is also licensed to sell on-sale 3.2 percent
malt liquor pursuant to state law and this Code, and whose qross
receipts are at least sixty (60) percent attributable to the sale of
food and non-alcoholic beveraqes is authorized to sell intoxicatinq
malt liquor at on-sale without an additional license, provided that
valid sales fiqures are submitted to the public safety director at the
time the on-sale wine license is renewed
Sec. 5. Subsection 1202.21, subdivision 18 of the Richfield City Code IS
amended to read as follows:
Subd. 18. Restaurants and hotels Food requirements.
@l Restaurants and botels licensed under this chapter must be
conducted such that of the total alcohol and food sales, more
than fifty (50) percent of that total is derived from business
activities related to the serving of food.
(b) Hotels licensed under this chapter must be conducted such
that of the total alcohol and food sales, more than twenty
(20) percent of that total is derived from business activities
related to the servinq of food. A hotel licensee must make
food available for purchase or consumption at any time that
alcoholic beveraqes are sold or served by the licensee.
(c) A licensee holdinq a wine license under this section shall not
allow any person to consume wine unless the wine is
consumed with a meal.
Sec. 6. This ordinance is effective in accordance with Section 3.09 of the
Richfield City Charter.
Adopted the 22nd day of April, 2008 by the City Council of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota.
ATTEST:
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Nancy Gi s City Clerk
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Debbie Goettel, Mayor
City of Richfield
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BILL N0.2008-8
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May , 2008.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SALE OF
INTOXICATING LIQUOR BY HOTELS, ON-SALE WINE
LICENSES AND COMBINATION LICENSES;
AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 1202.01, 1202.05, 1202.07
AND 1202.21 OFTHE RICHFIELD
CITY CODE
On April 22, 2008, the Richfield City Council adopted
an ordinance designated as Bill No. 2008-8, the title of
which is stated above.
This summary of the ordinance is published pursuant
to Section 3.12 of the Richfield City Charter.
The ordinance changes the requirements for the is-
suance of an intoxicating liquor license to a hotel by re-
quiring the hotel to have at least 125 rooms that are at
least 150 square feet in area and by requiring that the
gross revenues from sale of alcohol and food be comprise
of at least 20 percent in food sales. The ordinance also
amends the city code to conform to state law with respect
to issuance of wine licenses, combination wine and beer
licenses and the issuance of on-sale intoxicating liquor li-
censes to premises with two business establishments.
Copies of the ordinance are available for public in-
spection in the office of the City Clerk during normal busi-
ness hours or upon request by calling 612-861-9880 of the
Public Safety Department.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Min-
nesota this 22nd day of April, 2008.
/s/ Nancy Gibbs, City Clerk
(May 1, 2008) d2-bill 2008-8
Notary Public
MARY ANN CARLSON
NOTARY PUBLIC -MINNESOTA
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