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Memorandum To: Gem Lake City Council Project Reference: Ordinance Updates Copies To: Melissa Lawrence, City Clerk Kevin Beck, Attorney TKDA Project No.: 21076.000 From: CJ Sycks, Planner Client No.: Evan Monson, Planner Date: July 10, 2024 SUBJECT: Discussion regarding the Gem Lake Liquor Ordinances MEETING DATE: July 16, 2024 ITEMS REVIEWED: Gem Lake’s current and past ordinances regarding Liquor, League of Minnesota Cities Model Liquor Ordinance, Minnesota State Statute 340A, and the City Fee Schedule. OVERVIEW The City Council tasked the Planning Commission with reviewing and combining ordinances regarding Liquor. The Ordinances include: 1. Ordinances 9 and 65 – Intoxicating Liquor 2. Ordinance 116 – Non-Intoxicating Liquor Ordinances 9, 65 and 116 were combined into a new Ordinance, Ord. No. 146. An initial draft was reviewed at the May Planning Commission meeting. In the meantime, City staff found a draft ordinance that was approved by City Council on January 15th, 2019. This was an amendment to Ord. No. 9. Said ordinance was never posted on the City’s website by previous staff, nor was a ‘final’ version saved in City records. For clarity, this ordinance will be referred to in this memo as “Ord. 2019.” Due to the new information in Ord. 2019, staff further revised Ord. No. 146 to reflect some of the content in Ord. 2019, as well as the content from the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) model ordinance. ORDINANCE UPDATES Intoxicating Liquor Ord. No. 9 was adopted in 1963 and was amended in 1989, 2009, 2022, and 2023. This ordinance regulates the sale and consumption of liquor, and the penalties for violation. The most recent amendment, Ord. No. 116, has been incorporated into proposed Ord. No. 146. Non-Intoxicating Liquor Ord. No. 65 was adopted in 1995 and amended in 2009. This ordinance regulates the sale and consumption of non-intoxicating liquor and the penalties for violation. Ord. 65 has been incorporated into Proposed Ord. No. 146. Ordinance 2019 The adopted Ord. No. 9 (Ord. 2019) was approved by City Council on January 1 5th, 2019. This was a combined intoxicating and non-intoxicating liquor ordinance. There have been two amendments to Ord. No. 9 since 2019, creating significant differences in content between this version and the version of Ord. No. 9 on the City’s website. Aspects of Ord. 2019 were incorporated into proposed Ord. No. 146.