D-8. Approval of Retail On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor Sales for Off-Premise Consumption for Buy Chanhassen’s “Night on the Town” on Thursday, August 3, 2017 � - B
-CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM: Kim Meuwissen, Office Manager
DATE: July 24, 2017 <
SUBJ: Approval of Retail On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor Sales for Off-Premise Consumption for Buy
Chanhassen's"Night on the Town"Event to be held on August 3, 2017
PROPOSED MOTION:
"The Chanhassen City Council approves the request from Buy Chanhassen to authorize
participating on-sale intoxicating liquor license holders to sell liquor for off-premise consumption
at the"Night on the Town" Event between 5:00 pm and 11:00 pm on Thursday, August 3, 2017.
Consumption will be allowed in Downtown Chanhassen as outlined on the map attached to the
staff report. Approval is contingent upon the participating retail on-sale intoxicating liquor
establishments providing liquor liability insurance."
Approval of this request requires a simple majority vote.
Buy Chanhassen is requesting approval again this year to authorize participating on-sale intoxicating liquor
license holders to sell liquor to be consumed off premises during the hours of 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm on
Thursday, August 3, 2017 in conjunction with the"Night on the Town" event. Off-premise consumption is
limited to the area shown on the attached map. The map also shows the on-sale liquor establishments that
are authorized to sell liquor for off-premise consumption.
The participating establishments will be required to provide liquor liability insurance for the event.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of Buy Chanhassen's request to authorize the sale of on-sale intoxicating liquor
for off-premise consumption. Approval is contingent upon the provision of liquor liability insurance from
participating establishments.
ATTACHMENTS
1. MN Statute 340A.404 subd.4(b), Special Provisions and Community Festivals.
2. Map showing participating retail on-sale intoxicating liquor establishments and area where liquor can be
served.
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PH 952.227.1100• WWWA.Chanhassen.mn.us• FX952.227.1110
7700 MARKET BOULEVARD • PO BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN • MINNESOTA 55317
340A.404 INTOXICATING LIQUOR; ON-SALE LICENSES
Subd. 4.Special provisions; sports, conventions, or cultural facilities; community
festivals.
(a) The governing body of a municipality may authorize a holder of a retail on-sale
intoxicating liquor license issued by the municipality or by an adjacent municipality to
dispense intoxicating liquor at any convention, banquet, conference, meeting, or social affair
conducted on the premises of a sports, convention, or cultural facility owned by the
municipality or instrumentality thereof having independent policy-making and appropriating
authority and located within the municipality. The licensee must be engaged to dispense
intoxicating liquor at an event held by a person or organization permitted to use the premises,
and may.dispense intoxicating liquor only to persons attending the event. The licensee may
not dispense intoxicating liquor to any person attending or participating in a youth amateur
athletic event, for persons 18 years of age or younger, held on the premises.
(b) The governing body of a municipality may authorize a holder of a retail on-sale
intoxicating liquor license issued by the municipality to dispense intoxicating liquor off
premises at a community festival held within the municipality. The authorization shall
specify the area in which the intoxicating liquor must be dispensed and consumed, and shall
not be issued unless the licensee demonstrates that it has liability insurance as prescribed by
section 340A.409 to cover the event.
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