ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Corporation Counsel with a Request to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 3 of the CODE of the City of Peoria to Add SUBCLASS 12 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE Allowing for On-Site Consumption of Alcohol for a Restaurant Located Inside a Supermarket Grocery Store.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR: To Adopt an Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria to Add Subclass 12 Supplemental License Allowing for On-Site Consumption of Alcohol for a Restaurant Located Inside a Supermarket Grocery Store, as Amended to Change the Square Footage from 25,000 to 50,000.
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BACKGROUND:
A proposal for a new Supermarket grocery store includes a full service separate restaurant with wait-staff to be located and operated within its store. The concept of the proposed sit-down restaurant includes the sale and service of alcoholic beverages to be served in conjunction with the sale and service of meals. Currently, the City's Liquor Code contained in Chapter 3 of the City Code, does not allow for on-site consumption of alcohol for Supermarkets, except for limited tasting for product sampling and a location or site can be site approved for only one full liquor license class. Thus, the current City Code does not allow for the Supermarket to have both class C (grocery) and class B (restaurant) licenses within the same building of the proposed establishment.
The amendment to Chapter 3 will add a supplemental license, subclass 12, which will allow any Supermarket grocery store meeting the minimum square footage of 50,000 square feet and meeting the definition of a Supermarket grocery store, to have on-site consumption of alcohol at its separate full service restaurant, with wait-staff, located within the store. The proposed annual fee for the supplemental subclass 12 license is $1,000.00, which is the same fee amount for a full Class B (restaurant) license.
The proposed amendment was presented to the C...
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