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Ih"fRO DUCTION with the becomes licenses for off-sale intoxicating liquor establishments munity. This report summarizes the policy options available Coon Rapids City Council in licensing such establishments. recommendations are provided later in this report. divestiture of the City's municipal liquor stores in 1987, it necessary to adopt an ordinance regulating the issuance of in the com- to the Staff In order to gather the information' necessary to formulate policy optionS, the coon Rapids Finance Department reviewed the liquor licensing ordinances of 19 other municipalities and conducted a series of meetings with current license holders and potential applicants. Attachment A provides the results cf a telephone survey conducted in December 1987 of 19 Minnesota municipalities of varying sizes. The results indicate that of the 19 cities, seven limit licenses exclusi- vely to municipal liquor stores (usually 1-3 stores per community), four have no restrictions on the number of private liquor stores, five limit licenses based on population ratios (e.g., one license per 4,000 population, 5,000 population, etc.) and two communities limit distan- ces between stores (e'.g., one mile minimum distance). s~a~ sought In meetings with current and potential licensees, City ~ :: input and discussed a variety of options. Current license holders de~ire that the City restrict the number of additional licenses issued in the conununity, potential applicants are split between having no limits on licenses (allowing the marketplace to dictate the number), to allowing liquor stores only in .specific commercial centers and areas, to 6rearing zones in which only-one !i.cense would be issued per zone. Based on the findin9s of this report, available policy options and staff recommendations, the Coon Rapids City Council is asked to - '~ ~ing an review the ~atter and provide direction to staff on o~a~. appropriate ordinance. -1-