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Approving the issuance of a Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio) license for Paul's Lounge LLC, d/b/a St. Paul Saloon, 1045 Hudson Road.
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WHEREAS, Paul's Lounge LLC d/b/a St. Paul Saloon, located at 1045 Hudson Road in Saint Paul, has requested the issuance of a Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio) license; and
WHEREAS, in relation to the Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio) license, thirty-six (36) residential properties are within a 300 foot radius of licensee's proposed patio, and licensee went door-to-door and obtained signatures of consent from twenty-three (23) of those properties (64%); and
WHEREAS, licensee was unable to obtain the remaining signatures despite sending out a copy of the petition via certified mail to those addresses from whom he did not obtain consent, but subsequently discovered that those homes were either abandoned or occupied by a renter and was then unable to obtain consent from the property's owner; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that these efforts constitute a good faith effort to fulfill all petition requirements, and that the results of the attempts to obtain signatures showed a generally favorable disposition from the surrounding community toward the proposed licensed activity; and
WHEREAS, the Dayton's Bluff District 4 Community Council passed a resolution in support of licensee's application; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that issuance of the licenses with conditions will not interfere with the reasonable use and enjoyment of neighboring property and residences and will not bear adversely on the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the application is in order and there are no grounds for denial of the licenses and that the failure to issue the license would cause exceptional and unusual hardship to the license applicant; and
WHEREAS, the notice was provided to neighboring properties within three-hundred (300) feet of the licensee's proposed p...
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