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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-921-9 /17/2012Prepared by Carol Failor, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703. RESOLUTION NO. 2012-921 RESOLUTION LIFTING THE MORATORIUM APPROVED ON JULY 23, 2012 BY RESOLUTION NO. 2012-736 FOR LICENSING OR APPROVAL OF NEW ALCOHOL-RELATED DRINKING AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS (INCLUDING NEW LICENSES AND TRANSFERS) IN THE BROADWAY AVENUE OVERLAY DISTRICT, LOGAN AVENUE OVERLAY DISTRICT, EAST 4TH STREET OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND CHURCH ROW NEIGHBORHOOD 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, 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 was applied to the areas described above, and WHEREAS, the moratorium applied to the above described areas with 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 did 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, had been fulfilled for submittal of the application to Council for approval of a license) for a new license or transfer of a license that was submitted for approval before the effective date of the moratorium, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Waterloo adopted Resolution No. 2012-736 on July 23, 2012 extending the moratorium for a period of 90 days, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Waterloo passed Ordinance No. 5126 and 5127 on August 20, 2012 amending the Zoning Ordinance and Code of Ordinances pertaining to the regulations of such alcohol-related establishments. Therefore, the moratorium is no longer needed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, that the moratorium approved by Resolution No. 2012-736 is hereby lifted for licensing or approval of new alcohol-related drinking and retail establishments (including new licenses and transfers) in the Broadway Avenue Overlay District, Logan Avenue Overlay District, East 4t Street Overlay District, and Church Row Neighborhood Overlay District in the City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Resolution No. 2012-921 Page 2 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of September, 2012. --'e4't'� --7-, at�y Ern st G. Clark, Mayor ATTEST: jS�u;zy��Schaes, CMC City Clerk