Week In Review: City Creates Taxi Zone, The Vine Applies for Music Permit and More

Too busy last week to stay up to date on all the news happening in St. Charles? Not to worry. Patch has your back.

In case you missed them, here were some of the top headlines from the St. Charles Patch from the last few days.

St. Charles Issues 298 Parking Tickets in January

• St. Charles Municipal Court collected $99,198.41 in fines, fees, bond forfeitures, parking tickets in January 2013. Court costs accounted for $6,828 of the money collected. About $4,057 went toward the Crime Victims Fund. About $4,065 came from parking tickets.

Four Charged in St. Charles West High School Fight

• Four people were charged with misdemeanor trespassing and peace disturbance following the Feb. 8 fight at St. Charles West High School. Trevon Dyer, 17, of St. Charles, James Tillman, Sheila Holman and Chevayon Applewite, all 17 and from St. Louis County, were charged, according to a press release from the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney's office. 

• A St. Charles man is accused of receiving stolen property, including a rosary, three fleece blankets and gift and store merchandise cards. Steven D. Mahler, 21, of the 3000 block of St. Camella in St. Charles County, was charged Feb. 13 with receiving stolen property. St. Charles Police said Mahler’s mother contacted a burglary victim after finding a credit card in her front yard Feb. 9. 

The Vine Applies for First Live Music Permit on South Main

• The owners of The Vine, a restaurant on South Main Street, are the first to apply for a permit to have live music in the area since the city council lifted a ban last fall. Live music was previously banned on part of South Main Street for restaurants and bars that served alcohol. Now, establishments that serve alcohol can apply for a conditional use permit which will allow them to have unamplified live music. The law requires the music to end by 8 p.m. if outdoors and 9 p.m. if indoors. 

City Hopes Taxi Zone on Main Street Will Ease Late-Night Problems

• Late-night partiers in historic St. Charles may soon have an easier time catching a cab home. The city council recently approved the creation of a taxi loading zone on the north side of Monroe Street between Main Street and Riverfront Drive. The zone will allow taxi drivers to line up between 10 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. which will help get the mass numbers of people out of the area after the bars close.