Centerville Tidbits
Liquor Ordinance Changes Approved
At its meeting of May 12, the Centerville City Council unanimously adopted a change to City Code Chapter 111-Li- quor Regulations.
With the change, the granting of a new full liquor license is no longer prohibited within 500 feet of a church; however, the distance prohibition still applies to schools.
A provision was added to the ordinance exempting wine licenses or on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor licenses issued to a restaurant from the 500-foot rule.
In other words, new restaurants requesting an on-sale wine or beer license may now be located closer than 500 feet to a school.
“Where we’re seeing our real problems, they’re coming out of an establishment with a full [liquor] license,” City At- torney Kurt Glaser said.
The city has received a request from a potential new res- taurant owner who wishes to locate on the northeast corner of Main Street and Centerville Road adjacent to the Centerville Elementary School parking lot.
Bars that existed prior to the ordinance or to the build- ing of the school are “grandfathered” in; Kelly’s, for instance, is located within 500 feet of the school and holds a full liquor license.
In other action, the council:
• Continued the Board of Review & Equalization from April 28 and made no changes to Assessor Ken Tolzmann’s tax assessments for 1743 and 1739 Partridge Place, and 7334 Brian Drive.
• Approved a pay request from Forest Lake Contracting for the 2009 Peltier Lake Drive Street & Utility Improvement Project in the amount of $62,687.83.
• Accepted the performance reviews for the city’s building in- spector and public works director.
• Approved the final pay request of Dresel Contracting in the amount of $6,216.50 for the city’s 2009 pond dredging project.
• Acknowledged the payment of a $2,731.15 check from CenterPoint Energy to cover the cost of repairs to the city’s sanitary sewer caused by the company’s bored gas main.
• Authorized staff to do additional research on whether it would be advantageous for the city to acquire a tax-forfeit parcel within Pheasant Marsh, possibly for the amount of the filing fees.