HomeMy WebLinkAbout07(A) - Public Hearing for New On Sale Intoxicating Liquor License Application- Chula's Mexican-Latin Restaurant Report
ITEM: 7A
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: March 10, 2026
PREPARED BY: Heidi Simon, City Clerk
PRESENTED BY: Jason Wedel, City Manager
AGENDA ITEM: Public Hearing for New On Sale Intoxicating Liquor License
Application - Chula's Mexican-Latin Restaurant
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approval of a resolution approving an On Sale Intoxicating Liquor License for Chula’s Mexican-
Latin Restaurant.
BACKGROUND:
Chula’s Mexican-Latin Restuarant is a new establishment opening in 2026 at 4636 Colorado
Street SE, which is the location of the former Tee Shirts & More building. This establishment is a
brand new facility opening as an upscale mexican-latin restaurant. As part of the new restaurant,
they are applying for an On Sale Intoxicating Liquor License.
All property taxes and monies owed to the City for 4636 Colorado Street SE are current and there
does not appear to be any other reasons set forth in Minnesota Statutes 340A or in the Prior Lake
City Code which would preclude issuance of a license.
It has been the City’s practice to conduct a public hearing for initial license issuance, but not for
renewals. Therefore, the City Council should conduct a public hearing to determine if
substantive information is offered which would be germane to this topic. Once the hearing is
conducted, the City Council can act as it deems appropriate.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Conduct the public hearing and if no new information is offered, approve the resolution
issuing an On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License for the period of March 16, 2026 to June
30, 2027 as proposed or with conditions.
2. Take no action and direct the staff to obtain additional information related to the license
issuance or denial.
3. Direct the staff to prepare a resolution with findings of facts denying the license request.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution
City of Prior Lake | 4646 Dakota Street SE | Prior Lake MN 55372
4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 26-
A RESOLUTION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ON SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE FOR
CHULA’S MEXICAN-LATIN RESTAURANT
Motion By: Second By:
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 340A authorizes the City to issue on and off sale
liquor and 3.2 malt liquor licenses, on sale wine licenses, Sunday licenses,
and club licenses; and
WHEREAS, Prior Lake City Code sets forth the application process for such licenses; and
WHEREAS, Chula’s Mexican-Latin Restaurant has submitted an On Sale Intoxicating
liquor license application; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Prior Lake City Code section 301.600, “no license shall be
granted for operation on any premises on which taxes, assessments or other
financial claims of the City are delinquent or unpaid.”
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
MINNESOTA as follows:
1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2. All property taxes for the premises of the 4636 Colorado Street SE are paid and current in
compliance with Prior Lake City Code 301.600.
3. The liquor license for the premises of Chula’s Mexican-Latin Restaurant, 4636 Colorado
Street SE, Prior Lake, MN is approved for the period March 16, 2026 to June 30, 2026.
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Passed and adopted by the Prior Lake City Council this 10 day of March 2026.
VOTE Briggs Braid Churchill Lake Hellier
Aye
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Nay
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Abstain
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Absent
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Jason Wedel, City Manager