Sponsor
Aldermen Maack and Helding
Title
Ordinance No. 42-06
To create Sec. 6-59 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Alcoholic beverages - Grant of conditional license.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Section 6-59 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby created to read as follows:
“Sec. 6-59. Grant of conditional license.
(a) Notwithstanding the time limits set forth herein, whenever the proposed licensed premises is a building to be newly constructed or an existing building upon which major alteration, addition, renovation or other similar work is required in order to bring the premises in conformity with the representations made to the common council as part of the application and consideration of the application, the common council, upon recommendation of the Public Safety and Licensing Committee, may grant a license conditional upon the satisfactory completion of such construction, alteration, addition, renovation or other work, or such annexation.
(b) The Common Council, in making such a conditional grant of a license, may direct the city clerk to withhold the issuance of the license for such time, not to exceed nine (9) months, as the common council deems a reasonable period for completion of such work in conformity with all such representations made to the common council, and/or completion of the annexation. Upon request of the applicant, this period may be extended for an additional period not to exceed six (6) months, and the license may be renewed one time with issuance withheld, but no such extension shall be granted unless the applicant has already completed a substantial portion of the construction or renovation of the premises with the original time set by the common council for withholding of the issuance of the license pending completion of the work. The common council may further require the applicant to notify the city clerk upon completion of the w...
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