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Restaurant microbrewing ordinance

An ordinance allowing restaurants with ancillary microbrewing as a permitted use in certain zones was approved 4-3 on February 18, 2020 with a sunrise clause. The council later formed an alcohol licensing subcommittee to propose a class F brewpub license.

Approved

Type
Code change
Location
Citywide
Applicant
Quinn Peterson, Downtown Neighborhood Chair
  1. Mar 31, 2020City Council work session: Licensing for restaurants with ancillary breweries
  2. Mar 10, 2020City Council work session: Licensing for restaurants with ancillary breweries
  3. Feb 18, 2020City Council: Restaurants with ancillary microbrewing as a permitted use
  4. Feb 18, 2020City Council work session: Information on restaurants with ancillary breweries
  5. Jan 21, 2020City Council: Restaurants with ancillary microbrewing as permitted use

In brief

Restaurant microbrewing ordinance appears on 6 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of January 21, 2020 to the City Council work session meeting of March 31, 2020.

On record, it was continued once and approved once.

The most recent decision was approved (4-3) at the City Council meeting of February 18, 2020, with Council Member George Handley, Council Member Bill Fillmore, Council Member David Sewell voting no.

The City Council work session meeting of March 31, 2020 gave staff direction on it; that was not a vote on the application itself.

Follow the money and project delivery

Restaurant microbrewing ordinance

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved: Restaurants with ancillary microbrewing as a permitted use · Agenda and reports Record → · Feb. 18, 2020

  2. Money in the record

    No itemized amount linked in the records collected.

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. March 31, 2020 · City Council work session

    Licensing for restaurants with ancillary breweries

    Approved · 6-1

    A motion to have the Alcohol Licensing subcommittee propose a class F brewpub license before April 14, and afterward a proposal conforming Class B and C licenses to state code before October 1, failed 3-4, with George Handley, David Harding, Bill Fillmore and David Sewell opposed. A second motion directing the subcommittee to bring by April 14 a proposal creating a class F license for brewpubs and aligning city code more closely with state code was approved 6-1, with Bill Fillmore opposed.

    Vote: 6-1; Council Member Bill Fillmore voted no

  2. March 10, 2020 · City Council work session

    Licensing for restaurants with ancillary breweries

    Approved · 7-0

    A motion to recommend a committee of three council members (two who voted for the land use change and one who voted against) to review alcohol licensing policy, study best practices and recommend policy and regulations, with an update by March 31, was approved 7-0. A second motion naming David Harding chair, David Sewell vice-chair and Shannon Ellsworth member was approved 7-0.

    Vote: 7-0

  3. February 18, 2020 · City Council

    Restaurants with ancillary microbrewing as a permitted use

    Approved · 4-3

    The council first voted 7-0 to substitute the ordinance with a version incorporating a sunrise clause. The amended ordinance then passed 4-3, with George Handley, Bill Fillmore and David Sewell opposed. The Summary does not record reasons.

    • Case: PLOTA20190378

    Vote: 4-3; Council Member George Handley, Council Member Bill Fillmore, Council Member David Sewell voted no

  4. February 18, 2020 · City Council work session

    Information on restaurants with ancillary breweries

    Discussed

    Presentation only; the item was already scheduled for the council meeting that evening.

  5. January 21, 2020 · City Council

    Restaurants with ancillary microbrewing as permitted use

    Continued · 7-0

    A request from Downtown Neighborhood Chair Quinn Peterson would allow restaurants with ancillary microbrewing as a permitted use in the SC3, DT1 and DT2 zones. A motion by Council Member George Handley to continue the item to February 18 was approved 7-0.

    • Applicant: Quinn Peterson, Downtown Neighborhood Chair
    • Case: PLOTA20190378

    Vote: 7-0

  6. January 21, 2020 · City Council work session

    Restaurants with ancillary microbrewing

    Discussed

    Presentation only; the item was already scheduled for the council meeting that evening.