2014/09/23 City Council Resolution 2014-111RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -111
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
MAKING A DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR
A MARKET AND DELICATESSEN TO SELL BEER AND WINE LOCATED AT 1460
EAST COTATI AVENUE NO. B (APN 143- 350 -023)
WHEREAS, a business located at 1460 East Cotati Avenue No. B is changing from a
convenience store that sells hard liquor under a Type 21 Liquor License to a small market selling
beer and wine under a Type 20 license; and
WHEREAS, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) , which is
responsible for issuing alcoholic beverage licenses, has placed a moratorium on the approval of
applications for off -sale beer and wine licenses because the ratio of such licenses exceeds one for
every 2,500 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 23817.7, ABC may
approve an off -sale wine license in moratorium areas if the City Council determines that public
convenience and necessity would be served by the issuance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered this issue at a duly noticed regular meeting on
September 23, 2014.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park, California, hereby finds, based upon the evidence presented at the meeting, that granting of
a Type 20 alcoholic beverage license to market /delicatessen at 1460 East Cotati Avenue No. B
(APN 143 - 350 -023) serves a public convenience and necessity, for the following reason:
1. The sales would account for a small portion of the gross sales.
2. There would be no signs on the exterior of the business indicating the sale of beer
and wine.
3. There is only one other business in the immediate area selling beer and wine.
4. The business is not located in a crime reporting district that has a 20% greater
number of reported crimes than other reporting districts within that particular law
enforcement jurisdiction.
5. The business is not located in an area that would result in an undue concentration
of licenses.
6. The Council's finding of public convenience and necessity is exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
Section 15301 (Existing Facilities).
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City's finding granting the alcoholic beverage
license shall be subject to the following condition:
1. The applicant shall apply to the Department of Public Safety for an alcoholic
sales use permit in accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 8.34 and
maintain a yearly permit at all times alcohol will be sold.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 23`d day of September 2014.
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