ORDINANCE NO. 260612
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Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls
Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, "Alcoholic Beverages," by repealing and replacing Section 10-214 for the purpose of requiring neighborhood notification where any licensed premises changes the type of alcohol served.
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WHEREAS, Section 10-214 requires the City to notify eligible neighbors of various matters concerning licenses for alcoholic beverages and to allow such eligible neighbors to submit a response indicating whether they support or oppose such license or permit; and
WHEREAS, requests made by licensees to modify an existing liquor license to change the type of alcohol sold that was not previously approved by the director were not expressly included among the applications requiring notification under Section 10-214; and
WHEREAS, the City has an interest in promoting consistency and ensuring that neighbors can submit the response form indicating whether they support or oppose the issuance of the license, along with their reason for supporting or opposing the license for licensees seeking a change of alcohol type that was not originally approved by the director; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, "Alcoholic Beverages," is amended by repealing Section 10-214 and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:
Sec. 10-214. - Eligible neighbor and neighborhood organization notification.
(a) For purposes of this section, eligible neighbors shall include the owners of a minimum of 15 eligible property parcels as defined by geographic information systems maps based on the North American Datum 1983 Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System, maintained by the public works department of the city, wholly within or intersected by a radius of 250 feet from the proposed premises, as measured from the center of the door for th...
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