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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Kim Hoehstetler-MT
Jacob Butler-
Bill Quinlan-Mecha uc ~ ~ ~L~ Angie McGee-Maintenance ~ ~ ~ l ` ~ ~ ~~`~_
cc: Dale Helling, Chris O'B
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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