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TOO City Council FROM* Steve North< 4>� SUBJECT: On-Sale Liquor License Moratorium Last September the Council discussed the fact that Roseville Is authorize4 by state law to issue up to 18 on-sale liquor licenses, ■ that time 15 licenses had been approved (14 licenses in 1981), Inquiries had also been received from 3 or 4 other parties interested in on-sale licenses, Because of the concern over the small number of licenses remaining, the Council decided to place a question on the November election ballot asking whether the City should be allowed to exceed the number-_-�of liquor licenses now authorized by law. The Council at the same time also placed a moratorium on the accept- znce of applications for on-sale liquor licenses until January 12,, 1981a The referendum was defeated on a vote of 8,641 yes and 9,008 no. During the discussions the Council considered the possibility that 14 f the referendum failed, the liquor licensing ordinance could be reviewed and increased standards adopted, In preliminary discussions, the City Attorney has indicbted that it is his opinion the Council could establish different standards for the issuance of new licenses and retain the existing standards for' the present license holders. He indicated that any proposed amendments would need to be carefully reviewed for the-ir legality. Ine area the Council may wish to explore is the possible repeal of changes in the licensing ordinance since its original adoptian in 1969: The original ordinance required restaurant seating of not less than 175 guests and the principal part of the business (over 50%) should be from the serving of foods, That has been amended to permit a seating caDacity of 100 - 174 with at least 50% of the sales from the service of meals and when the seating capacity is 175 or more, at least 25% of the sales must be from the service of meals. t. The annual license fee has been reduced from $10,000 to $7,000., t. The original ordinance required $5,000 of the $10,000 fee to be paid- before the application is accepted and the balance before the licenst is issued, The ordinance was amended to provide that $500 of the $7,000 fee be paid before the application is accepted and the balance a 4 before the license issued.