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Home My WebLink About1978 09-13 Off sale liquor ordinance not acted upon in M"wood THE REVIEW Off sale liquor ordinance not acted upon in M'wood s§6/. iqT$ , Four ordinances were passed on a council had heard from on the ordinance, second reading, and one wa§ not acted five were for the ordinance and three upon at the Sept. 7 Maplewood City were against it. Council meeting. Gordon Barris, owner of Maplewood The off sale liquor ordinance which Liquors,also spoke against the ordinance, would extend the hours that liquor could saying that since St. Paul had turned be sold until 10 p.m. Fridays, was not down this ordinance, Maplewood might acted upon.Tom DoFore,manager of Red have more problems with people from St. Wagon Liquors,told the council he did not Paul coming to Maplewood for liquor. want to pay the overhead for another two hours of being open. Mike Alexander, owner of House of Councilman Roger Fontaine mentioned Liquor,also spoke against the ordinance. that from the eight liquor stores that the "I think we would be more susceptible to being held up," he said. Ordinances that were passed were the street addresses and numbering or- dinance which would allow the city to I establish addresses; second hand store i and pawn shop ordinance which would require records of goods in these stores; • the over night street parking ordinance which allows the director of public safety to grant up to two-week permits for overnight parking; and the on sale wine license ordinance which allows the sale of wine. The council established a workshop for 5 p.m.Sept. 11 to discuss the adequacy of the existing special assessment rates. In other action, the Maplewood City Council: —tabled a lot width variance at 1883 White Bear Ave. until Sept. 21; —denied a side yard setback variance at 117 Kingston Ave.; —revoked a pinball license at the Little General Store; —approved a lot division at 824 S. McKnight Road; —awarded a bid for the McKnight Road sanitary sewer and watermain to Orfei and Sons; —approved a change order for the 1978 diseased shade tree removal program; —approved a building and site plan review on Stillwater Road, west of Cen- tury Ave.