From
Chris Hartmann
Title
TA180501 - Text Amendment - Article 11 and Article 30. Amendment to the Unified Development Code, Article 11, "Performance Standards", and Article 30 "Definitions" to revise regulations restricting alcohol sales in restaurants. The applicant is the City of Grand Prairie. (On May 7, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 9-0).
Presenter
David Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
TA180501 - Text Amendment - Amendment to the Unified Development Code, Article 11, "Performance Standards" to revise regulations restricting alcohol sales in restaurants.
OVERVIEW:
In an effort to streamline auditing procedures and align Grand Prairie more closely with our larger market, staff requests that Council approve changes to existing alcohol percentage limitations for restaurant/food service establishments. Key components of the proposed ordinance are outlined below:
Remove requirement of maximum 30 percent alcohol sales for restaurants and adopt state maximum of 60 percent (Sec 69.16 TABC).
Any restaurant serving alcohol must have a permanent commercial kitchen.
Retain requirement that maximum 20% of floor area may be bar/holding area.
City reserves right to require evidence of compliance or facilitate TABC audit.
The relevant state code is Section 69.16 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, which reads:
Sec. 69.16. FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE. (a) In this section, "location" means the designated physical address of the retail dealer's on-premise license and includes all areas at the address where the license holder may sell or deliver alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption regardless of whether some of those areas are occupied by other businesses.
(a-1) A holder of a retail dealer's on-premise license may be issued a food and beverage certificate by the commission if the commission finds that the receipts from ...
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