Madison, WI Header
File #: 15937    Version: 1 Name: Alcohol Beverage License Density Plan
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/8/2009 In control: ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE
On agenda: 12/8/2009 Final action: 12/15/2009
Enactment date: 12/31/2009 Enactment #: ORD-09-00165
Title: Amending Section 38.05(9)(o)4.c.i. of the Madison General Ordinances to modify the Alcohol Beverage License Density Plan.
Sponsors: Michael E. Verveer, Michael Schumacher
Fiscal Note
There would be a minimal increase in General Fund revenues if an additional license were granted.
Title
Amending Section 38.05(9)(o)4.c.i. of the Madison General Ordinances to modify the Alcohol Beverage License Density Plan.  
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS:  This proposal modifies the Alcohol Beverage License Density Plan in two ways.  It provides that a drug store is not an exceptional circumstance.  It also provides that a bowling center with more than six lanes and generates no more than thirty-three percent of its annual gross revenues from the sale of alcohol may be considered an exceptional circumstance relating to changes in the Alcohol Beverage License Density Plan.    
***********************************************************************************
The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
      Subsubparagraph i. of Subparagraph c. entitled "Exceptional Circumstance" of Paragraph 4. entitled "Definitions" of Subdivision (o) entitled "Alcohol Beverage License Density Plan" of Subsection (9) entitled "Limitation Upon Issuance of Licenses" of Section 38.05 entitled " General Licensing Requirements" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"i.      An establishment may be considered an exceptional circumstance if it is not a tavern, restaurant, liquor store, convenience store, full-service grocery store, drug store, or hotel and it generated no more than twenty-five (25) percent of its annual gross revenues from the  sale of alcohol.  A bowling center, having more than six (6) bowling lanes, and generating no       more than thirty-three (33) percent of its annual gross revenues from the sale of alcohol, may be considered an exceptional circumstance."