Memo-Ordinance 2003-906 Regarding Late Bar Closings
"j J'
..
j
.
I City Clerk I
CITY OF HOPKINS
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Copy:
From:
Date:
Subject:
Terry Obermaier
June 26, 2003
Ordinance 2003-906, regarding late bar closings'
~am~,
Staff recommends the following action: move to approve Ordinance 2003-906 for
second reading and order its publication and to adopt Resolution 2003-057,
Resolution Setting Fees for Extended Bar Hours.
At the first reading of Ordinance 2003-906, the City Council directed staff to add
between 1 :00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Friday and five holidays to subd 4. This
change will allow bars to be open the extended hour on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday nights as well as the five holidays that were requested by the licensees.
Resolution 2003-057 sets the fees for the extended hour. Those fees are set at:
On-sale Liquor $1300
On-sale Wine $200
On-sale 3.2% Malt Liquor $150
The current fee for On-sale Liquor is $7500, for On-sale Wine is $800, for On-sale
3.2% Malt Liquor is $600. The fees listed above will be in addition to the current
fees for alcoholic beverage licenses. They will only be assessed against those
establishments that apply for and are approved for extended hours.
The Ordinance and Resolution are attached.
.
.
.
~Memo
June 26, 2003
Page 2
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE 2003-906
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1200 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
Whereas, the State of Minnesota has adopted 2:00 a.m. closing time for on-sale
liquor, wine, and 3.2 percent malt liquor, and;
Whereas, the City of Hopkins excersises its authority to further limit the hours of
sale in Section 1200 of the Hopkins City Code;
The City Council of the City of Hopkins does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 1200.46 shall be amended as follows:
1200.46. Hours of operation. Subdivision 1. No sale of 3.2 percent malt liquor
may be made between 1 :00 a.m. and 8:00 8:.m. on the days of Monday through
Saturday, nor between 1 :00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sunday, except as stated in
Section 1200.46, Subd. 4.
Subd.2. Intoxicating liquor; on-sale. No sale of intoxicating liquor for
consumption on the licensed premises may be made:
(1) between 1 :00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the days of Monday through
Saturday;
(2) after 1 :00 a.m. on Sundays, except as provided by section 1200.46,
Subd. 3.,
except as stated in Section 1200.46, Subd. 4.
Subd. 3. Intoxicating liquor; Sunday sales; on-sale. A licensee that holds a
special Sunday on-sale intoxicating liquor license may sell intoxicating liquor for
consumption on the premises in conjunction with the sale of food between the
hours of 10:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1 :00 a.m. on Mondays, except as stated in
Section 1200.46, Subd. 4.
Subd.4. When a licensee has made application to the City of Hopkins and the
Commissioner of Alcohol and Gambling for extended hours, and the application has
been approved by the Hopkins City Council and the Commissioner of Alcohol and
Gambling, and all fees have been paid to the City of Hopkins and the Commissioner
s
.
Memo
June 26, 2003
Page 3
of Alcohol and Gambling, said licensee may sell intoxicating liquor, wine, or 3.2
percent malt liquor between 1 :00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday and the following holidays:
1. between 1 :00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on January 1
2. between 1 :00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. November 1
3. between 1 :00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on March 18
4. between 1 :00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on December 24
6. between 1 :00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day
a). Fees for extended hours will be set from time to time in Chapter 10 of the
Hopkins City Code by resolution.
b). Section 1200.46, Subd. 4 will be in effect until June 30, 2004, at which
time Hours of sale will be as stated in 1200.46, Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3.
Subd. 4 ~. Intoxicating liquor; off-sale. No sale of intoxicating liquor may be
made by an off-sale licensee:
Section 2:
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Terry Obermaier, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
City Attorney Signature
Date
"
. 'Memo
June 26, 2003
Page 4
.
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2003-057
RESOLUTION SETTING FEES FOR EXTENDED BAR HOURS
WHEREAS, Several businesses that are licensed to sell alcoholic beverages
approached the City Council with the request to sell alcoholic beverages extended
hours on certain nights, and;
WHEREAS, The Hopkins Chief of Police has indicated that allowing the sale of
alcoholic beverages until 2:00 a.m. will increase overtime in the Hopkins Police
Department, which will cause an increase to wage expenditures, and;
WHEREAS, The City Council has adopted an amendment to Section 1200.46 of the
Hopkins City Code to allow businesses with licenses to sell alcoholic beverages to
do so until 2:00 a.m. on certain nights if the increased cost to the Police
Department is recovered by fees collected for so doing, and;
WHEREAS, The ordinance allows the City to set fees for extended hours by
resolution;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HOPKINS to set the following fees for extended hours of sale of alcoholic
beverages:
On-sale Alcohol
On-sale Wine
On-sale 3.2% Malt Liquor
$1300
$200
$150
Approved by the City Council of the City of Hopkins on this 1 st day of July, 2003.
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST: