Riverchase(2)-CS 881115 MEMORANDUM
November 15, 1988
TO: Larry Jackson, City Attorney
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FROM: Alan D. Ratliff, City Manager ~-~. -- --..
SUBJECT: Legal Opinion Riverchase Golf Clubhouse Exemption
REF: Memorandum 11-14-88 Morton/Ratliff
I have received a memorandum requesting clarification as to
the opinion you provided to the City Council and to the
Planning and Zoning Commission. A copy of the referenced
memorandum is attached and we would request that you provide
the clarification of the subject.
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xc: Tom Morton, Councilman
Mayor and City Council
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interpretation of the exemption that the City Attorney gave to
the P&Z and the City Council. According to a letter sent to
each of the members of the City Council, the Chairman of the
P&Z Commission states the following:
"(2) City Attorney Larry Jackson also appeared before the
P&Z and stated that his opinion was that the
ordinance, as written, had granted Riverchase an
exception to the ordinance. They could, therefore,
serve alcohol at the club without complying with the
provisions required for a "restaurant with private
club". Much discussion followed on the point, but the
consensus was that Riverchase could be allowed to
operate and would be controlled only by the less
restrictive state statute , not the Coppell
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ordinance.
The above stated interpretation was not the understanding I
developed after the presentation by the City Attorney on this
subject at the October 25, 1988, meeting of the City Council.
I would appreciate some clarification of the seeming confusion
of the interpretation.
Thanks for the help.