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Approving a Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio) and Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Sidewalk) license with conditions for the French Meadow on Grand LLC, d/b/a French Meadow Bakery & Café (License ID #20130001546) at 1662 Grand Avenue.
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WHEREAS, for the French Meadow on Grand LLC d/b/a French Meadow Bakery & Café (License ID #201130001546) applied for a Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio) and Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Sidewalk) license for the premises located at 1662 Grand Avenue in Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the licensee also has Wine On Sale and Malt On Sale (Strong) license applications pending; and
WHEREAS, licensee submitted a "Good Faith" letter indicating he was able to obtain thirteen (13) out of a twenty-one (21) possible signatures for sixty-one (61) percent support of their petition; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the applications are in order and there are no grounds for denial of the Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio) and a Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Sidewalk) license; now, therefore, be it,
RESOLVED, that the Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Patio) and Liquor Outdoor Service Area (Sidewalk) licenses are hereby granted to French Meadow on Grand LLC d/b/a French Meadow Bakery & Café for the premises located at 1662 Grand Avenue in Saint Paul with the following conditions:
1. Per City of Saint Paul Legislative Code 409.15(a)(2), On-sale wine license shall mean a license authorizing the sale of wine not exceeding fourteen (14) percent alcohol by volume, for consumption on the licensed premises only in conjunction with the sale and service of food (menu item only). The sale of Malt (Strong) will also take place only in conjunction with the sale and service of food.
2. Per City of Saint Paul Legislative Code 409.15(e), licensee must be able to show that gross receipts are at least sixty (60) percent attributable to the sale of food.
3. Licensee will submit to the Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) annual gross receipts for food and liquor for each year the license is renewed.
4. Licensee agrees to close the establishment and have all customer/patrons vacate the premises by 12:00 a.m. (midnight) each day of the week as per City Zoning Code parking requirements.
5. Each year prior to the placement of table(s) and/or chair(s) in the public right-of-way (i.e., sidewalk), the licensee agrees to obtain a new Obstruction Permit from the Department of Public Works. Licensee agrees to maintain the sidewalk café in accordance with the conditions placed on an approved Obstruction Permit, acknowledges that an Obstruction Permit is effective on April 1 and expires on October 31 of each year, that table(s) and/or chair(s) may not be placed in the public right-of-way before or after the effective/expiration dates, and that a failure to comply with this condition will result in adverse action being taken against all of their licenses.
6. Sidewalk seating limited to a maximum of twenty-four (24) seats.
7. Licensee is herein advised that the business licenses will not be issued until all construction work is completed, final inspection approvals obtained and the building certificate of occupancy is issued by the City's building official.