ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Interim Corporation Counsel with a Request to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 3 of the Code of the City of Peoria, Adding the PLAN OF OPERATION as an Optional Enforcement Tool for Existing Site-Approved Liquor Licensed Establishments and as an Optional Condition to Site Approval for New Applicants for the Retail Sale of Alcohol.
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BACKGROUND:
The attached Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the City Code pertaining the Plan of Operation was presented to the City Council for a first reading review on March 11, 2014.
On January 28, 2014, the City Council held a Policy Session to discuss along with another matter, the concept of transplanting the benefits of the City of Chicago's Plan of Operation to Peoria in its licensing, regulating, and approving businesses that sell and/or serve alcoholic beverages. The minutes of this Policy Session as well as the accompanying City Council Communication are attached.
On February 20, 2014, two meetings were held so that City staff as well as At-Large Councilmember Eric Turner who also serves as the Deputy Liquor Control Commissioner and At-Large Councilmember Beth Akeson could introduce and inform the current liquor license holders how Chicago's concept of the Plan of Operation could be used in Peoria to benefit both the City and the licensed operators. Initially there was a misconception voiced by some licensees that the samples of Chicago's Plans of Operations distributed at the meetings would be used across the board to all licensees in Peoria. After assuring the licensees that the sample Plans of Operations from Chicago were just samples and most licensees would not need to enter into a Plan of Operation, the overall sentiment from the business owners at the meetings seemed to be in favor of utilizing the more flexible approach to addressing the negative or deleterious impact that sometime comes with the sale of alcoholic liquor while ...
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