Agenda - Council - 02/24/1987 - Laserfiche WebLink

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RECOHME~I)ATIONS OF COMMISSION After holding four meetkngs in which liquor ordinances were reviewed f~'om three com~mn~ties, the State Liquor Control Itu]es were reviewed~ C~;y residents were contacted, and a survey of 120 residents ~.;~;s taken~ the Commission recommends the fol] owi_ng: Alt'hou~,h tlm City oi }~a~sey~ having a status of a third class City, m~.y ~issue ss many O~f-Sale licenses as it wished, the Commi.~s~on unanimom~ly ,~e~o~mnends to the Council that the City shall ir~sue no mor~ tha% one license for every 5,000 population, baaed on ti,e last o:ffici.;d IJ~S. Census. In artS'ring at tI~i~; recommendation, the Commission took into consideFation the posit v~ and negative factors of allowing more than one licenae t>~r 5,000 population. tire Possible inc~ear~ed t. ax base if a new building were erected o An inc~ase ia j}obs~ ConvenJ~n{'.e to '{he public. Very s{,.ldom ~ p~licing probl~. Neg~ rive With a popul~th>n of approximately 11,000, two Off- Sale stores ~e~m~ to be quite adequate compared with other ~ommun'_', ties. b. Public opini~n taken from the poll shows that 74% of all those po!led oppose having more than two Off--Sale stm es at the present t~e. c. Our City sti) l ~_s, for all practical purposes, in its in:{~nt s~ ag~, compared to what the City may someday beco~,e~ In developing to its best potential, the City sho~ld see more major retail co~ercial development ]mfore it acts to allow more licenses in areas where future city development might show that it was ~ot the best location to have an Off- Sale store~ In summ~ati_on, the Con~m:ssion feels that the City Council has a great responsibility i~ t~e control of liquor and owes it to the citiz~,'ms to act in ~ slow and prudent manner in allowing more Oif<'4a]..e licenses, One license for every 5,000 population would be :~ good rt~]e t,~ follow°