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<br /> <br />Memorandum <br />To: Gem Lake Planning Commission Project Reference: Ordinance Updates <br />Copies To: Melissa Lawrence, City Clerk <br /> Kevin Beck, Attorney TKDA Project No.: 21076.000 <br />From: CJ Sycks, Planner Client No.: <br /> Evan Monson, Planner <br />Date: June 18, 2024 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Discussion regarding the Gem Lake Liquor Ordinances <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: July 9, 2024 <br /> <br />ITEMS REVIEWED: Gem Lake’s current and past ordinances regarding Liquor, League of Minnesota <br />Cities Model Liquor Ordinance, Minnesota State Statute 340A, and the City Fee <br />Schedule. <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />The City Council has tasked the Planning Commission with reviewing and combining ordinances regarding <br />Liquor. The Ordinances include: <br />1. Ordinances 9 and 65 – Intoxicating Liquor <br />2. Ordinance 116 – Non-Intoxicating Liquor <br /> <br />Ordinances 9, 65 and 116 have been combined into a new Ordinance , Ord. No. 146. An initial draft was reviewed <br />at the May Planning Commission meeting. <br /> <br />In the meantime, City staff found a draft ordinance that was approved by City Council on January 15th, 2019. This <br />was an amendment to Ord. No. 9. Said ordinance was never posted on the City’s website nor was a final version <br />saved in City records. For clarity, this ordinance will be referred to in this memo as “Ordinance 2019.” <br /> <br />Due to the new information in Ord. 2019, Ord. No. 146 was edited since the last Planning Commission meeting to <br />reflect some of the content in Ord. 2019 as well as the content from the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) model <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />Ordinance Updates <br /> <br />Intoxicating Liquor <br />Ord. No. 9 was adopted in 1963 and was amended in 1989, 2009, 2022, and 2023. This ordinance regulates the <br />sale and consumption of liquor, and the penalties for violation. The most recent amendment, Ord. No. 116, has <br />been incorporated into Proposed Ord. No. 146. <br /> <br />Non-Intoxicating Liquor <br />Ord. No. 65 was adopted in 1995 and amended in 2009. This ordinance regulates the sale and consumption of <br />non-intoxicating liquor and the penalties for violation. Ord. 65 has been incorporated into Proposed Ord. No. 146. <br /> <br />Ordinance 2019 <br />The adopted Ord. No. 9 (Ord. 2019) was approved by City Council on January 1 5th, 2019. This was a combined <br />intoxicating and non-intoxicating liquor ordinance. There have been two amendments to Ord. No. 9 since 2019, <br />creating significant differences in content. Aspects of Ord. 2019 have been incorporated into Proposed Ord. No. <br />146. <br />