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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 22, 2018 Page 15 Nays: None. e. Consider A Community Development Department Request to Performa an Abatement for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 1952 Snelling Ave N Removed from the agenda. f. Consider a Request by the Community Development Department to Amend §1001.10 Definitions, Table 1005-1, Table 1005-5, Table 1006-1, and Table 1019-1 Pertaining to Breweries, Microbreweries, Distilleries, Taprooms, Tasting Rooms and Brewpubs (PROJ17-amdt35) City Planner Thomas Paschke briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the RCA and related attachments dated October 22, 2018. Councilmember Laliberte believed at the State level the State refers to a tasting room as a cocktail room in the Statutes. Mr. Paschke thought a cocktail room might be slightly different then a tasting room. He believed a cocktail room under State Statute allows one to be able to mix drinks and have a bar and would act differently than a tasting room which is a room where someone is tasting the wares that are produced or distilled, in this case. Councilmember Laliberte thought if there is a difference and if the City is sup- porting the small business, Bent Brewstillery, at the State level with Legislative change, for them to have both a tap room license and a cocktail room license, should the City not address cocktail room in the City Code as a use. Mr. Paschke stated he would rather be reactive to whatever might come out of the Legislature and if that would pass, it would give the City the opportunity to then add it at that time versus perhaps having that in the City Code and not being something the City wants to advocate, if the State does not allow it currently. Mr. Trudgeon explained in the State Statute, a Micro Distillery Cocktail Room li- cense authorizes the on-sale of distilled liquor produced by the distiller for con- sumption on the premises of or adjacent to one distillery location owned by the distiller. He noted the Statute does not mention anything about mixing drinks. This is a very specific definition under the Statutes. The City may want to make sure it is covered properly in the Code. City Attorney Gaughan advised it would not make a practical difference, it is more for clarification and ease of use of terms to mirror the State Law term of cocktail room. He thought staff used tasting room, which was in the Wayzata or- dinance. He did not see tasting room defined under the State Statute either.