City of Peoria - File #: 14-365

• File #: 14-365
• Version: 1
• Type: Policy Session
• Status: Policy Session
• File created: 8/19/2014
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/26/2014
• Final action: 8/26/2014
• Title: Communication from the City Manager and the Corporation Counsel with a Request to HOLD A POLICY DISCUSSION AND/OR ADOPT One of the Following Ordinances Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria Regarding Liquor Regulations Relating to Proposed Establishments that Operate Primarily as a Video Gambling Caf?: (Refer to Item No. 14-333) Option 1: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria for a Temporary Moratorium of Site Approval of Establishments Whose Primary Purpose is to Operate as a Video Gambling Caf?. OR: Option 2: A) An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria Creating a Separate Class "G-V" License for Establishments Whose Primary Purpose is to Operate as a Video Gambling Caf?; B) An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria Creating a Separate Class "G-V" License for Establishments Whose Primary Purpose is to Operate as a Video Gambling Caf? and Limiting the Number of "G-V" Site Approv...
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Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/26/2014	1	City Council	directed staff

ACTION REQUESTED:
Title
Communication from the City Manager and the Corporation Counsel with a Request to HOLD A POLICY DISCUSSION AND/OR ADOPT One of the Following Ordinances Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria Regarding Liquor Regulations Relating to Proposed Establishments that Operate Primarily as a Video Gambling Caf?: (Refer to Item No. 14-333)

Option 1: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria for a Temporary Moratorium of Site Approval of Establishments Whose Primary Purpose is to Operate as a Video Gambling Caf?.

OR:

Option 2: A) An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria Creating a Separate Class "G-V" License for Establishments Whose Primary Purpose is to Operate as a Video Gambling Caf?;

B) An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria Creating a Separate Class "G-V" License for Establishments Whose Primary Purpose is to Operate as a Video Gambling Caf? and Limiting the Number of "G-V" Site Approvals to 4 Per City Council District;

C) An Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria Creating a Separate Class "G-V" License for Establishments Whose Primary Purpose is to Operate as a Video-Gaming Caf? And Requiring Minimum of 25% Net Revenue be from the Sale of Food, Drinks, and/or General Merchandise.

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BACKGROUND:
Chapter 3 of the City Code allows the City Council as well as the Liquor Commission to consider the fact that a proposed establishment's primary purpose is to have video gambling machines as a detrimental factor and allows the City Council to impose a condition that the location can have video gambling machines only after it has been operating for at least one year without video gaming machines.

The Liquor Commission at its last meeting on August 4, 2014, voiced concerns that although this recent change allows the Commissioners to consider the factor that the business's primary purpose is to have video ...