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Memorializing the City Council's denial of a Liquor Outdoor Service Area license for Grand American Restaurant Company, d/b/a The Wild Onion.
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WHEREAS, Grand American Restaurant Company d/b/a The Wild Onion (License ID # 19990002357) (hereinafter "licensee") located at 788 Grand Avenue in Saint Paul submitted and application for a liquor outdoor service area license in February of 2010; and
WHEREAS, that application included a petition in support of the proposed licensed activity that was signed by 33% of the owners of private residences, dwellings or apartment houses within three-hundred (300) feet of the licensed premises; and
WHEREAS, the petition was signed by representatives of at least twenty (20) but not more than twenty-two (22) properties; and
WHEREAS, on February 3, 2010, the Department of Safety and Inspections sent a notice that they had received an application for a liquor outdoor service area license to all owners and occupants who own property or reside within three-hundred and fifty (350) feet of the licensed premises and the notice provided information on how to object to the issuance of the proposed license; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections received objections to the issuance of the liquor outdoor service area license; and
WHEREAS, in response to the objections, a public hearing was held before the City's Legislative Hearing Officer at which two (2) neighbors testified in opposition to the license, and eight (8) individuals submitted letters or emails in opposition to the license; and
WHEREAS, at the Legislative Hearing, a petition in opposition to the proposed license was submitted that was signed by forty-one (41) nearby residents, of those twenty-two (22) were owners of private residences within three-hundred (300) feet of the licensed premises; and
WHEREAS, the petition in opposition has at least as many signatures of owners of private residen...
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