Title
Amending Section 409.02 of the Legislative Code to allow restaurants to stay open and serve food and beverages until 1:00 a.m. on January 1st.
Body
SECTION 1
WHEREAS, Minnesota State Statute Section 340A.404 allows a city to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to a restaurant; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Legislative Code currently requires that a restaurant that holds an on-sale intoxicating liquor license ends all food and beverage service no later than 12:00 a.m., and closes no later than 12:30 a.m.; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council wishes to allow restaurants that hold an on-sale intoxicating liquor license additional service time on January 1st, (New Year’s Eve); Now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby ordain:
SECTION 2
Chapter 409.02 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended as follows:
Restaurant shall mean:
(1) For establishments licensed to serve liquor at on-sale prior to February 1, 2016, an establishment other than a hotel, whose food and liquor services are under the control of a single proprietor or manager, having appropriate facilities for the serving of meals for no fewer than fifty (50) guests at one (1) time, having a full service kitchen and a menu, offering meals and full menu service on a daily basis to at least 11:00 p.m. or to the closing time of the entire establishment, and whose gross receipts are at least sixty (60) percent attributable to the sale of food during each and every calendar month. A full service kitchen for the purpose of this chapter shall include at the least a cooking line with mechanical ventilation, having two (2) or more ovens and ranges; food preparation areas having sinks, cutting boards, and facilities and equipment for the preparation, holding at safe temperatures, and processing of food on site; refrigerators and/or coolers for the safe storage of food; and mechanical dishwashing facilities and equipment; all...
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