Off-Sale Liquor LicensingMEMORANDUM
To: Hopkins City Council
From: Jim Genellie, Kris Luedke
Date: February 5, 2014
Re: Off sale liquor licensing
The City Council requested information about the licensing of off -sale liquor sales in Hopkins.
The City of Hopkins currently has seven licensed off -sale liquor stores. In addition Hopkins
Tavern on Main has a combination license that allows this establishment to sell off -sale.
While there is no limit on the number of off -sale licenses that can be issued in Hopkins, the City
Council has established other limitations.
An off -sale liquor license can only be issued for a building located in an area zoned for
business. The Zoning Code does not allow liquor stores larger than 5,000 sq.ft. in the B-4
zoning district. Section 1200 of the City Code establishes distance restrictions that limit where a
new off -sale liquor store could be sited.
1200.12. Subdivision 1. No new off -sale liquor license or off -sale 3.2 percent malt liquor
license shall be granted for any building within 350 feet of any
• elementary or secondary school;
• daycare center; or
• religious institution.
• existing exclusive off -sale liquor store,
• pawn shop,
• licensed currency exchange,
The engineering department prepared a map that shows where the business districts are in
Hopkins (the B-4 district is in red) and how these business districts are affected by the distance
restrictions set out in 1200.12.
A number of areas that are shown in this map as business districts that are unaffected by the
distance restrictions are unlikely locations for an off -sale liquor establishments due to the current
land uses.
importing Documents
• Current liquor license establishments
• Map of business districts with distance restrictions
• Comparison of the number of off -sale licenses in other cities
The City of Hopkins currently has 24 liquor license establishments.
Included in this total are
7 off -sale liquor stores:
Ace Wine & Spirits
Hopkins Liquor
Jim's Liquor
Liquor Store & More
Mac's Liquor
MGM Liquor
Richard's Liquor
4 Shady Oak Rd
712 11th Ave S.
3 6th Ave. S.
808 Mainstreet
8550 Excelsior
495 17th Ave
22 10th Ave S
5 on -sale wine and 3.2 malt liauor restaurants:
AJI Japanese 712 Mainstreet
Chipotle Mexican Grill 786 Mainstreet
Curry N Noodles 802 Mainstreet
Samba Taste of Brazil 922 Mainstreet
Streetz American Grill 417 17th Ave N
Soon to open: PizzaRev 525 Blake Rd
7 on -sale intoxicating licenses:
Big Ten Restaurant
1106 Mainstreet
Hopkins Tavern on Main
819 Mainstreet
Lindee's Saloon & Eatery
919 Cambridge
Mainstreet Bar & Grill
814 Mainstreet
Pizza Luce
210 Blake Rd
Tuttle's Bowling, Bar & Grill
107 Shady Oak
Wild Boar
1022 Mainstreet
4 Club Licenses:
George R Wolff VFW 100 Shady Oak Rd
Hopkins Elks Lodge 30 8th Ave S
John Wilbur Moore Post 10 12th Ave S
Oak Ridge Country Club 700 Oak Ridge
1 on -sale & off -sale 3.2 malt liauor license:
Meadowbrook Golf Course 201 Meadowbrook
At this time the only license type that the city has a limit on is on -sale liquor licenses. The limit
per section 1200.05 is 10.
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Liquor License Survey
CITY
Total OFF
Sale Intox
Off -Sale Per
Capita
Off -Sale
Licenses
Per Square
Mile
A '
h 45
1 liquor store
ti, d ,..
Hopkins
7
2,513
1.7
St. Louis Park
14
3,232
1.3
New Hope
6
3,471
1.2
Eagan
16
4,013
0.5
Golden Valley
5
4,074
0.5
Bloomington
20
4,262
0.6
Minnetonka
12
4,292
0.4
Plymouth
15
4,705
0.5
Brooklyn Park
14
5,195
0.5
Woodbury
11
5,633
0.3
Maple Grove
9
6,841
0.3
Blaine
8
7,148
0.2
AVERAGE 4,615 0.7