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Mayville public safety committee takes no action on Cardinal Lane anniversary plan amid liquor and safety concerns
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Summary
The Public Safety Committee discussed a proposed five-year anniversary event at Cardinal Lane that would include outdoor bands and alcohol sales; members cited liquor-license limits, shared parking, alley and emergency-access risks and recommended moving events to a park or pursuing a nonprofit picnic license. The committee voted to take no action.
The City of Mayville Public Safety Committee on April 27 discussed a request from the owner of Cardinal Lane to hold a five-year anniversary celebration with outside bands and alcohol sales but voted to take no action.
Committee members and staff said the business’s existing liquor license is premise-bound and does not authorize sales outside the licensed indoor premises. A staff member explained that a nonprofit could apply for a picnic license or the owner could seek to designate an outdoor dining area when the license is renewed, but any temporary picnic license would require paperwork to be filed in advance.
Members raised several safety and access concerns if the event were held in the Cardinal Lane parking lot: the lot is shared with other businesses, the site is adjacent to a busy state highway/Main Street intersection, an alley providing emergency egress runs through the area and blocking it could impede first-responder access. One committee member suggested alternative locations such as Allen Street Park, Foster Park or the city pavilion as safer, more appropriate venues.
A second practical consideration was customer parking. Members noted that using the business’s parking for an event could remove spaces for regular customers and displace parking onto nearby streets.
After discussion, a motion to take no action on the request carried by voice vote. Committee members said staff should advise the applicant of options — applying as a nonprofit picnic license holder, pursuing an outdoor-dining designation on a future liquor-license renewal, or relocating the event to a public park better equipped for crowds and emergency access.
The committee’s discussion was procedural and advisory; any change to state licensing rules or a formal temporary picnic license would require the applicant to complete the appropriate filings and, where applicable, seek council approval or meet state statutory timelines.
