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Winger's clears council's first hurdle for beer licenses
By Brook Cox
NORTH LOGAN -- Meeting for the first time in the city library, North Logan's City Council voted 3-1 to approve a "letter of consent" for a beer license for Winger's restaurant at 2281 N. Main St. The letter of consent for a beer license must now be sent by Winger's to the state of Utah for approval. If approval from the state is granted, the City Council will vote again concerning the actual issuing of the beer license. Jeff Jorgensen, city administrator, said that the ordinance that changed zoning in order to allow a total of two restaurants in North Logan to serve beer has already been passed. Therefore, it was up to the council to decide if Winger's had followed all the laws within the ordinance. Some of the stipulations the council questioned before they voted was that they wanted to make sure that Winger's would be extra careful in not serving alcohol to minors and that the staff of Winger's would have some training on serving alcohol and knowing when a person shouldn't have any more served to them. "Our liability is such that we can't take chances," said Blake Parker, one of the owners of Winger's, assuring the council that all these precautions will be taken care of. Winger's request for the license asked only to be allowed to serve beer with meals, and did not ask to let people take any of the beer home with them. The ordinance involving the serving of beer at restaurants does state that beer can be taken from a restaurant as long as it is a closed container, but the council wants to strictly hold Winger's to its voluntary policy of not allowing any beer out of their restaurant. Winger's is the first restaurant to ask for a beer license under the new law that says North Logan can have two restaurants that serve beer. The law also states that only one license can be issued in a calendar year, which means that a second license won't be given for at least another year. Winger's will pay North Logan a fee of $200 a year for as long as it keeps the license. In other business, council member Trent Wentz said the library has issued 900 library cards, and only 40 were for Hyde Park residents. He said this is probably because they haven't advertised the library to Hyde Park residents very much. The library has had a huge number of people visit the library, Wentz said. Sue Randleman, library director, has asked the library board to allow the library to open for more hours, but the board in unwilling to change the hours for a while, Wentz said. The North Park police need to start driving by the library a couple of times during the night, Wentz said. He wants to make sure no vandalism or other harmful activities hurt the library. Also in an effort to increase night safety, the city is in the process of installing street lights along the south side of the library. The library has exceeded what they expected in private contributions,
receiving around $20,000. |
Archived Months:
September
1998 |
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