Title
Amending Chapter 409.03 of the Legislative Code removing the quarter-mile exemption zone for off-sale liquor licenses around the Xcel Energy Center.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
Section 1
That Sec. 409.06. - Licensing Requirements is amended as follows:
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(i) License location restrictions. These restrictions shall not apply to off-sale/brew pub license, off-sale brewery licenses, or off-sale microdistillery licenses.
(1) No off-sale license shall be issued for any place where nonintoxicating malt beverages shall be sold for consumption on the premises.
(2) No off-sale license shall be issued to any location within a half-mile radius of any existing off-sale establishment, except in the downtown business district, where the distance requirement shall be a radius of three hundred (300) feet.
a. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no off-sale liquor establishment, except for off-sale wine only, shall be located within a quarter-mile radius of the Xcel Energy Center.
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Section 2
These ordinance amendments shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after their passage, approval and publication.