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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,April 11, 2011 <br /> Page 7 <br /> Councilmember Pust questioned if Granite City was violating their liquor license; <br /> and if so, why there was no action being taken; since no other restaurant could sell <br /> alcohol products (off-sale) to take off-site. <br /> Finance Director Chris Miller clarified that Minnesota State Statute provided an <br /> exception for a restaurant making their own beer to sell the product to be taken <br /> off-site; as well as exceptions for a restaurant to allow patrons to take unfinished <br /> bottles of wine off-site. Mr. Miller advised that beer and wine were the only ex- <br /> ceptions of which he was aware, not hard liquor. <br /> With Councilmember consensus, Mayor Roe asked that staff, as part of this <br /> process, provide the City Council with further clarification on the specifics for <br /> brewing and/or selling; and licensing standards within City Code and State Sta- <br /> tute. <br /> Johnson moved, Pust seconded, approved scheduling a Public Hearing for April <br /> 25, 2011, to consider amending City Code, Chapter 302, to allow for a Brewery <br /> and Off-Sale Retailing Liquor License. <br /> Roll Call <br /> Ayes: Willmus; McGehee; Pust; Johnson; and Roe. <br /> Nays: None. <br /> Councilmember Pust requested, as part of staffs additional research, that they re- <br /> search other municipalities where such a Brewery and Off-Sale Retailing Liquor <br /> License had been proposed,but not passed, and their rationale for denial. <br /> 9. General Ordinances for Adoption <br /> 10. Presentations <br /> 11. Public Hearings <br /> 12. Business Items (Action Items) <br /> a. Consider Approving Request by Meritex Enterprises, Inc. for a Preliminary <br /> Plat of the Industrially-Zoned Property at 2285 Walnut Street <br /> City Planner Thomas Paschke briefly reviewed the request of Meritex Enterprises <br /> to plat the southernmost triangle of the parcel at 2285 Walnut Street as a separate <br /> lot, leaving the remainder of the parcel as an outlot until future development plans <br /> necessitate platting more of the property. <br /> Mr. Paschke noted the Planning Commission meeting minutes, included as de- <br /> tailed in the RCA dated April 11, 2011, the split vote and recommendation of the <br /> Planning Commission based on pending technical information to be submitted by <br />