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EXHIBIT G Memorandum Date:April 12,2004 To:Mike Keaveny Paul Ode From;Janice Gundlach, City Planner RE:Restaurant With or Without Liquor This memorandum is intended to confirm our meeting on April 14. 2004 at 10 30am The primary reason for this meeting is to liave a joint understanding about your application, and for City staff to advise you on that application. The followng is a list of issues that you must be aware of when applying for a conditional use permit to operate a restaurant with or without liquor: • In order to continue the process of obtaining a conditional use permit to operate a restaurant you must decide whether you are applying for a restaurant with liquor (Class II) or a restaurant without liquor (Class I). The effects of a Class 11 verses Class I restaurant differ and City staff. Planning Commission, and City Council need to be aware of this when reviewing the site plan • The City Council, at its March 22, 2004 meeting, was clear that it will not support liquor of any kind with a proposed restaurant. I’ve attached those meeting minutes for your review. If you propose a restaurant with liquor (Class II), City staff very firmly believes the application w ould be denied. • If you propose a restaurant without liquor (Class I) it cannot be attached to the bowling alley while the bowling alley/The Crib has a liquor license (3.2% or setup) m effect. OUicrwisc, the only access to the restaurant can be through an exterior door. This issue is not negotiable due to the City's inability to control liquor moving between the bowling alley/The Crib and a restaurant that has an interior connection. • The following are all additional components that need to be apptoved in conjunction with approval of a conditional use permit to operate a restaurant: o Approval of a Commercial Site Plan Review o Approval of a Hardcover Variance o Approval of a Structural Coverage Variance o Approval of Parking Variances (to « of stalls and possibly setbacks to properly lines) • The property is currently far out of compliance with zoning requirements. Based on the Council’s concerns regarding the impacts on the residenual neigh’oorhood of expanding the intensity of the use on the site, the Planning Commission and Council may find that the site is already at or beyond its full capacity. Planning Department staff will work through the application to assist in a plan that gets as close as it can to compliance with the Zoning Ordinance, which ultimately determines whether approval for the restaurant use will be granted If you have any questions regarding Uiis information, please bring them to the meeting scheduled for April 14, 2004 at 10:30am. The City’s goal for this meeting is for all parties involved to be clear on the application that is proposed and to provide you with realistic expectations for the outcome. We look forward to meeting with you.