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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-08-31 Correspondence2c 2 ~,-',,,__-r„®~ C1TY OF IOWA CITY ~~~~~~ ~. ,~W,~-~~ E 1VI a R~-11~ D U Ni M Date: August 11, 2010 To: Stadium Club Jeff Clark Tracy Barkalow , From: Douglas Boothroy, Direc r of oust and Re: Liquor License and Tem rary Use Pemmi Place ~Op~ pection Services and Building Official 817 Melrose Avenue and 5 Triangle Background The Stadium Club proposes to hold tailgating events at 817 Melrose Avenue (located across the street from Kinnick Stadium) and 5 Triangle Place during Iowa football home games. The events would include live music, televisions throughout the premises for watching the game, and tap beer after payment of an entry fee. Current zoning for the two properties is RS-5 (low-density single family residential). This type of commercial activity is not permitted by right in residential zones. Therefore, the Stadium Club has applied for liquor license and temporary use permit which need to be approved before the Stadium Club tailgating events can occur. Liquor License The Stadium Club needs approval of a liquor license in order to hold their proposed tailgating events. As the Building Official I am recommending that the liquor license be denied. The property has an outstanding zoning violation, of which you have een notified. The property owner has completely paved the rear yard area and offered leased parking to the public. The business of providing commercial parking in a residential zone is prohibited. The City Code does not allow liquor licenses to be approved for a premise which does not conform to all applicable laws and provisions of the City Code. Temporary Use Permit The purpose of the temporary use permit regulations is to allow short-term and minor deviations from the requirements of the Iowa City Code which are truly temporary in nature (i.e., can be terminated and removed with no permanent improvements to the site) and will not adversely impact the surrounding area and land uses. Based on review of the information and documentation submitted by the Stadium Club and comments from the Iowa City Police Department, I have reached the following conclusions: The owners of the property on which the Stadium Club proposes to operate have installed permanent improvements (paving the entire rear yard area with fencing). Under the temporary use provisions, temporary. uses are truly temporary in nature and permanent improvements to the site are clearly prohibited. 2. The Stadium Club is a commercial venture with live music and alcohol after payment of an entry fee. This use is not compatible with the residential use on the site. For example, under the City Code, an outdoor service area liquor license, is not allowed within 100 feet of a residential use. In addition, permanent improvements have been installed on August 11, 2010 Page 2 the premises to support the commercial use and are not compatible with neighboring residential uses or the residential character of the area. 3. The Iowa City Police Department has determined adequate emergency access is not available. Therefore, the site does not provide adequate emergency access to the Stadium Club venue. 4. The property is currently in violation of the Iowa City Zoning Code. The property owners created, marketed, and leased approximately 23 parking spaces in slow-density single family residential zone, and this is a violation of the Iowa City Zoning Code. Therefore, based on the above conclusions, the Stadium Club's temporary use permit is denied. cc: City Council Marian Karr, City Clerk Dale Helling, Interim City Manager Eleanor Dilkes, City Attorney hisadm/mem/stadiumclub81010.doc r 2f 1 ~~_,;.®~~ CITY OF IOWA. CITY ~~~_ ~uM M O RA N N[ E Date: August 16, 2010 To: City Clerk and City Council From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for August 31St, 2010 City Council meeting; Installation of (1) YIELD sign at the north corner of the intersection of Kennedy Parkway and Crabapple Court, and installation of (1) YIELD sign at the south corner of the intersection of Kennedy Parkway and Rosebud Place. As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action: Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (5), install (1) YIELD sign at the north corner of the intersection of Kennedy Parkway and Crabapple Court and (1) YIELD sign at the south corner of the intersection of Kennedy Parkway and Rosebud Place. Comment: This action is being taken to assign the right of way at the intersection of Kennedy Parkway and Crabapple Court/Rosebud Place. FLED l J ; (3 4 , ,,,,~ AUG 16 2010 Citv Clerk Tc~ti•a Citt•, Iowa 2f 2 ~ ~_, ~~~ .r.~ L.e.L:° t2.' ~5 ('~+rvm . Dear Mayor Hayek, and City Council, A U G 13 2 010 08\10\10 We the members of the Transit Advisory Group(TAG), ~uc;~fil~e,to submit this letter to the Council concerning "Sunday transit service". We are a group of drivers, mechanics and maintenance personnel that were formed, at the suggestion of Chris O'Brien, to work together with management, to discuss transit issues and policies. Our TAG members range from almost 30 years service down to 3 years service. We represent over 50 transit employees. We would like to state that we are not opposed to, "Sunday service", or any other expansion of service per se. However, Iowa City Transit currently has a number of routes that are in dire need of attention. These routes are extremely difficult to keep on time in the best of situations. And during peak times and bad weather they are impossible to keep on time. During a moderate snow event, the whole system routinely collapses. And we will have passengers during peak times standing 9&10 deep at the Hospital and the Downtown interchange, waiting for buses that are 20 to 30 minutes late. Transit is in the process of installing technology that will allow people to access a web site that will tell them where any bus is at any given moment. That will be great for letting people know what the status is of the bus they are waiting for. It does nothing to help that bus run on time. We on the TAG believe that if the routes were designed to run on time, when the public wants to know where a bus is, they could simply look at a route schedule. This is not to suggest that as a group, we are opposed to the new technology. We understand the benefit to the public. And the potential for data collection on route usage and stop usage. We also understand that Iowa City Transit will be the first system in the Midwest to be using this technology, and how that effects our public image. We feel that at this particular point in time, when resources are not unlimited, that Sunday service would not be the best use of resources. We feel that, in the future, Sunday service would be a great addition to our service. We believe that providing Clean, Safe, and On Time service is, and should be, Iowa City Transit's mission statement. And "On Time" service is the foundation that the whole system is built on. We believe that for the past ten years there have been a number of factors that have conspired to chip away at that foundation. Factors like, City growth, population growth, increased traffic, route consolidation, tremendous growth of University Hospital and Clinics and increased ridership. Many of our routes are basically the same routes that we have been running for 30 to 35 years. They have been stretched and tweaked to the point where they are no longer feasible. We are recommending that before any more resources are spent on expansion of service, the City needs to address the inadequacy of the current service. Steve Miller and Paul Show made this same recommendation to Councilor O'Donnell a few years back when the West Side Hospital, Melrose Express, East Side Express service expansion was implemented. Paul and Steve had made these request to Ron Logsden and Joe Fowler years before that. And when Chris O'Brien became Transportation Department Head, over two years ago, we expressed to Chris our concerns about routes. This work is long overdue. And if Customer Service is really a priority to the City and to Iowa City Transit, then this work has to be done very soon. Before the Council entertains expanding service to Sunday or any other day, we(TAG) recommend that the City address the problems we have with the current service. ~ ~R/I Dave Danner- Kat Collins- Cazly Hey-MTO Respectfully, - `~(~' Steve Miller MTO ~~~ Kim Hoehstetler-MT Jacob Butler- Bill Quinlan-Mecha uc ~ ~ ~L~ Angie McGee-Maintenance ~ ~ ~ l ` ~ ~ ~~`~_ cc: Dale Helling, Chris O'B 2f 3 Marian Karr From: Jermaine Ramsey [jermaine_52776@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 4:05 AM To: Council Subject: Melrose on game days My name is Jermaine Ramsey and I grew up in Iowa City. For as long as I can remember, Iowa Hawkeye games and tailgating has been a tradition in Iowa City. I am at every game. There is security that shuts down Melrose Ave. and Hawkins Dr. around the stadium from about halftime to the end of the game. The law that says tailgating must end 1 to 2 hrs after the game is kind of silly. Every game, tailgating does end within that time frame because people want to get home, or sober up to drive home. So you enacted a law to enforce what already occurs naturally. As to people not carrying open containers on the sidewalk and in the streets, why not just close down the streets all day and allow taxi services to wait outside the perimeter. Nothing changes, and it allows the law enforcement to concentrate on something that is within their control. I would really hate to see the Iowa City Police Department in riot gear for the first time at a Hawkeye game I do not agree with the Stadium Club. They pushed the Magic Bus out just to be greedy. They in turn got denied their permit, which is righteous. But they ruined tailgating as we know it by slinging mud at the Magic Bus, thus making tailgating evil per se. Also, I think the council needs to think long term as far as the 100,000 people who flood into Iowa City, Coralville and surrounding areas. The football season is a tourist attraction that drives not only the hotel/motel industries, but also feeds money to restaurants and other businesses as well. Seven days a year brings 1,000,000 people to The Iowa City area. There is an old saying, "Don't sh*t where you eat." Concerned about the local economy, Jermaine Ramsey 8/20/2010