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Regular City Council Meeting AND Board of Adjustments and Appeals Monday,July 16, 2012 Page 15 Mr. Hawe advised that taprooms are popular brewery destinations across the coun- ty; and advised that they were fine with more consistent hours. Mr. Hawe noted that they would not operate to the extent of the proposed hours on weekdays, since their main interest is in running a brewery, with no intention of operating a night club. Chris Denglin Mr. Denglin concurred with Mr. Hawe, noting that their intent of putting forth the hours were to serve as talking points for the City Council and not set in stone from their perspective. Mr. Denglin advised that the hours were provided after exhaus- tive research by him and Mr. Hawe on various business models. Mr. Denglin em- phasized that their main business and interest was as a brewery, not as a pub. Mr. Denglin noted that to operate other than intended, it would change tax status and their ability to sell growlers as related to the pint laws and number of barrels. Mr. Denglin reviewed several points: 1) Per state law,the only product that can be sold is what is brewed on site. 2) From various brewery models and start ups of breweries, smaller taprooms are more frequent; however, they chose a larger business model based on the num- ber of batches and time to brew them, with this model providing a greater return on their time and investment. Mr. Denglin suggested that limiting square foot- age or size of a building would not impact them, while they would prefer no such limitations. 3) Regarding music, Mr. Denglin recognized the City's intent to differentiate dance and/or night clubs from this use. Mr. Denglin noted that this use is in- tended specifically as a brewery, not a dance club, even thought guests may be invited to play music for special events (e.g. Oktoberfest), but the music is meant for fun, not to get around any other City rules. Mr. Denglin advised that they would be amenable to the City stipulating about amplified or non-amplified music restrictions. 4) Regarding hours, Mr. Denglin reiterated their intent in submitted proposed hours as talking points; and advised that they were open to the City Council's ruling on hours. Mr. Denglin suggested that if the Police Department was aware of their daily closing time, it would obviously be easier for them to enforce. As far as opening any earlier than they suggested, Mr. Denglin advised that they had no intent of opening any earlier. Councilmember McGehee suggested hours of operation from 12:00 Noon to 10:00 p.m., and questioned if that would satisfy their business model and any future ex- pansion without returning to the City Council for further action. Mr. Denglin advised that the only issue for them would be with tours on Sundays, and longer hours on Saturdays, since operations on Sunday were restricted by State Statute for off-sale on Sunday.