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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-673-06.25.2012Prepared by Carol Failor, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703. RESOLUTION NO. 2012-673 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM FOR A PERIOD OF 45 DAYS FOR LICENSING OR APPROVAL OF NEW ALCOHOL -RELATED DRINKING AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS (INCLUDING NEW LICENSES AND TRANSFERS) IN THE PROPOSED BROADWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA. WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo continues to review portions of the City of Waterloo Zoning Ordinance No. 5079 as it pertains to the regulation of new alcohol -related drinking and retail establishments and license transfers for such establishments, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Waterloo is concerned about the proliferation and high concentration of "alcohol sales uses" in certain areas of the city, and WHEREAS, Council is in the process of reviewing and editing an amendment to said Zoning Ordinance, and WHEREAS, during the pendency of such review and related review of the impacts and collateral effects that have resulted or may result from the growing concentration of alcohol sales uses in such area, a moratorium should be applied to the proposed Broadway Avenue Overlay District, Logan Avenue Overlay District, E. 4th Street Overlay District, and Church Row Neighborhood Overlay District, and WHEREAS, the moratorium should be applied in the described area to the following uses: Any premises or use that will be required by Iowa law to have a license or permit for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages for on -premises or off -premises consumption, except that the moratorium should not apply to any such premises or use for which a complete application (i.e., all necessary conditions, including but not limited to all paperwork, fees, and inspection, have been fulfilled for submittal of the application to Council for approval of a license) for a new license or transfer of a license was submitted for approval before the effective date of the moratorium, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Waterloo believes that a moratorium should be declared for a period of 45 days, until said amendments have been presented to, and adopted by, the City Council of the City of Waterloo. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, that a moratorium is hereby declared for a period of 45 days on approval of alcohol licenses for any and all new or transferred alcohol -related drinking and retail establishments in the proposed Broadway Avenue Overlay District, Logan Avenue Overlay District, E. 4th Street Overlay District, and Church Row Neighborhood Overlay District. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2012. Ernest G. Clark, Mayor ATTEST: Suzy Schares, CMC City Clerk