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Thursday, November 4, 2021 |
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Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 7, at 2am, as it's time to fall back. Make sure to set your clocks back one hour and remember to replace all the batteries in your smoke detectors.
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Patee Trail Branch
Trails have long been a great natural feature St. Joseph has to offer its residents. Phase 3 of the Patee Trail Branch is another success story in the expansion of the city’s great trail system. Many of the trails which currently run through the city follow the parkway system. The Patee Trail Branch helps to expand this extensive trail network farther out into the city, past the boundaries of the parkways. This extended connection to the trail system helps link many more single and multi-family homes to a clean, safe way to travel outdoors and enjoy the natural benefits of the city.
The trail addition will be large enough to accommodate both pedestrians and cyclists safely. It will add almost a half mile to the existing system, starting where the last Patee Trail Branch ended at 22nd Street. It will run diagonally through the old railway right-of-way until it reaches Mitchell Avenue and will complete the entire Patee Trail Branch in the trail system. This trail extension is grant-funded and is on track to start construction as early as this upcoming spring.
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2021 Holiday Ornament
In 1921, the city of St. Joseph approved the final plan for the parkway system after acquiring the land known as Corby Grove. The master plan for a ribbon of green, created by landscape architect George Burnap, connected the existing parks throughout the city. To celebrate this centennial anniversary, this year's St. Joseph Parks, Recreation & Civic Facilities featured ornament is the Catch Me If You Can skaters’ statues at Corby Parkway.
The junction of Northeast Parkway and Corby Parkway, located across from Corby Pond, is one of the most traveled portions of the parkway system and these statues are among the most recognizable landmarks. Donated by the Bradley Family Trust, these three statues represent children skating along the system. Periodically, the statues are dressed up with hats and scarves by unknown elves, particularly during the holidays.
To purchase one or more of these ornaments, visit the gift shop at the Remington Nature Center or any one of the following offices: Bode Ice Arena, the City Clerk’s office located at City Hall, or the Parks Administration office, located at 1920 Grand Avenue.
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Opening a Restaurant
Have you ever thought about what it takes to open up a restaurant? It’s not as scary as you might think, but it does require some patience and lots of paperwork to get this accomplished. The first thing is to find your location. Make sure to check with the planning & zoning division to make sure you can have this type of business at a certain location. If you want to have an alcohol license at the restaurant, then you must be 100 feet from any school, church or daycare center.
Once you have zoning approval, you can then precede with a walk-through inspection of the premises. A packet of information is available in the license and permit office at City Hall which will help start the process. The inspection fee is $52.50 and staff will help set up a time to have the building inspector, health inspector, and fire inspector, along with a staff member from Water Protection, for the grease inspection. They inspect the premises for life safety issues and health sanitation. If you do find you need to do any electrical, plumbing or mechanical work on the building, then you must hire licensed contractors and they will need to get a permit. If you are planning major changes or remodeling, then architect stamped plans may be required.
Next, you will need to complete a business application. This application will determine what type of licenses and permits you will need for your establishment. If you plan on serving alcohol, there is a separate liquor application needed. A café restaurant license is based on $1 per seating in the establishment. The health license is based on a rating for what type of food you will serve. The fees start at $100 and go to $300 for a full scale restaurant. A fire permit for a place of assembly is required once the occupancy is at 50 or more. A liquor license for retail by the drink is $450 and Sunday restaurant is $300. Other fees may be required depending on the extent of your business. The license and permit office will determine this with your application.
The State of Missouri and Buchanan County do require a liquor license, along with a merchant license. You will also need a sales tax license for the restaurant which is obtained through the state.
Once the applications are completed along with the final inspections on the new restaurant, then the licenses along with Certificate of Occupancy can be issued to open for business. For more information, contact the license and permit office at 271-4757.
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Thanksgiving Dinner
Tickets are now available for the Thanksgiving dinner at Joyce Raye Patterson 50+ Activity Center. The dinner will take place Thursday, November 18, and Friday, November 19, with two time options of 11-11:45am or 11:45am-12:30pm. Tickets are $6 per person and must be purchased in advance at the front desk at the activity center.
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