2007-021
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2007-021
A RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND PLACING A
FREEZE ON THE APPROVAL OR ISSUANCE OF
NEW LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF TOBACCO OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2007, the City Council of the City of Hopkins approved the
first reading of Ordinance No. 2007-988, which is an Interim Ordinance placing a moratorium on
the sale of tobacco or tobacco products as a permitted or accessory use within the City of
Hopkins.
WHEREAS, the Background and Findings contained in Section 1 of Ordinance No.
2007-988 are hereby approved and incorporated in this Resolution in their entirety.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2007-988 will not be effective until the City Council has
approved the Ordinance for second reading and the Ordinance has been published.
WHEREAS, there is a need to immediately suspend and freeze the approval and issuance
of new licenses for the sale of tobacco or tobacco products until the effective date of Ordinance
No. 2007-988 for the purpose of protecting the planning process and the health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of the City of Hopkins while the planning study provided for in Ordinance
No. 2007-988 is being conducted.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota, hereby adopts
the following Resolutions:
RESOLVED, that commencing on the date of adoption of this Resolution and continuing
until the effective date of Ordinance No. 2007-988 no new licenses for the sale of tobacco or
tobacco products in a location not currently licensed for such sales shall be issued nor any
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application be accepted for such a license. This freeze and prohibition does not apply to license
renewals for existing licenses for the sale of tobacco or tobacco products at their current licensed
locations.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that, for the reasons stated in this Resolution and for the
purpose of protecting the planning process and the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
the City of Hopkins while the planning study provided for an Ordinance No: 2007-988 is being
conducted, the application for a license to sell tobacco at 1023 Mainstreet, Hopkins, for Back
Door Tobacco is hereby denied.
Adopted this 20th day of March, 2007, by the City Council of the City of Hopkins,
Minnesota.
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