HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 11-2016 - Amending City Code Chapter 4, Related to Alcohol in Restaurant Movie Theaters - 05/24/2016 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 11-2016
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA AMENDING
CITY CODE CHAPTER 4, SECTION 4.01 BY ADDING SUBDIVISION 28 DEFINING
RESTAURANT MOVIE THEATER; AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 4 BY
ADDING SECTION 4.61 RELATING TO RESTAURANT MOVIE THEATERS;
AMENDING SECTION 4.07, SUBDIVISION 4, SECTION 4.30, AND SECTION 4.40,
SUBDIVISION 1 TO INCLUDE RESTAURANT MOVIE THEATERS; AND ADOPTING
BY REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 4.99 WHICH AMONG
OTHER THINGS CONTAIN PENALTY PROVISIONS
The City Council of the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, ordains:
Section 1. City Code Chapter 4, Section 4.01 is amended by renumbering existing
Subdivisions 28, 29 and 30 as 29, 30 and 31 respectively and adding a new Subdivision 28 to
read as follows:
Subd. 28. "Restaurant Movie Theater" is an establishment that is both a Restaurant, as
defined in Section 4.01, Subd. 27 of this Chapter, and a movie theater in which movies or
motion pictures are shown.
Section 2. City Code Chapter 4, Section 4.07, Subdivision 4 is amended by adding D to read
as follows:
D. Restaurant Movie Theater: A licensed restaurant movie theater shall be conducted
in such manner that the principal part of the business for a license year is the
serving of food and the sale of movie tickets. For restaurant movie theaters,
"principal part" shall mean seventy percent (70%) or more of the gross receipts.
Section 3. City Code Chapter 4, Section 4.30 is amended by adding the phrase "restaurant
movie theater," after the word "restaurant,".
Section 4. City Code Chapter 4, Section 4.40, Subdivision 1 is amended by adding the
phrase "or restaurant movie theater" after the word"restaurant".
Section 5. City Code Chapter 4, is amended by adding a new Section 4.61 to read as follows:
SECTION 4.61. RESTAURANT MOVIE THEATER LICENSEE
REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS.
Subd. 1. Requirements. The following are in addition to all other requirements set forth
in this Chapter. Every restaurant movie theater shall:
A. Be under the control and ownership of a single person. No part of the restaurant or
the movie theater, including but not limited to the property, equipment and
operations, shall be owned or controlled by separate persons.
B. Consist of one stand-alone structure containing a minimum of 70,000 square feet.
C. Have a minimum of 50 tables, each with a table top containing a minimum of 433
square inches. The tables shall be permanently attached to the floor and the seats
shall be permanently attached to the floor or the table. The tables shall be divided
proportionately between the movie screening rooms in which alcoholic beverages
are allowed.
D. Appoint a manager pursuant to Section 4.05, Subd. 2 of this Chapter, which
manager shall operate both the restaurant and the movie theater.
Subd. 2. Unlawful Acts. The following are in addition to all other unlawful acts set
forth in this Chapter. It is unlawful for any restaurant movie theater licensee to:
A. Offer any discounts or happy hours.
B. Allow any alcoholic beverage in any movie screening room where there are no
tables.
C. Offer or sell wine or distilled spirits by the bottle.
D. Offer or sell wine in any amount exceeding 8 fluid ounces per serving.
E. Offer or sell distilled spirits in any amount exceeding 3 fluid ounces per serving.
F. Offer or sell malt liquor in any amount exceeding 24 fluid ounces per serving.
G. Offer or sell any alcoholic beverages containing more than 50% alcohol by
volume.
H. Offer or sell any alcoholic beverage not in the original packaging without using a
measuring device.
I. Offer or sell any alcoholic beverage to any person without requiring adequate
proof of age. Such proof of age may be established only as set forth in Minnesota
Statutes Section 340A.503, Subd. 6.
J. Offer or sell any more than 2 alcoholic beverages to one person in the same sale
transaction.
Section 6. City Code Chapter 1 entitled "General Provisions and Definitions Applicable to
the Entire City Code including Penalty for Violation" and Section 4.99 entitled "Violation a
Misdemeanor or Petty Misdemeanor" are hereby adopted in their entirety by reference as though
repeated verbatim herein.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and publication.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie on the 51h day
of April, 2016, and finally read and adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of the
City Council of said City on the 241h day of May, 2016.
Kat een Porta, City Clerk n y DlifL or
PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on the 4ch day of June, 2016.