A. Liquor In Unlicensed Places: No person shall mix or prepare liquor for consumption in any public place or place of business unless it has a license to sell liquor on-sale or a permit from the commissioner of public safety under Minnesota statutes section 340A.414, and no person shall consume liquor in any such place.
B. Open Containers In Vehicles 1 : No person shall have on his person while in a private motor vehicle upon a public highway, any bottle or receptacle containing liquor which has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed. The owner of a private motor vehicle or the driver, if the owner is not present, shall not keep or allow to be kept in a motor vehicle upon a public highway any other bottle or receptacle containing liquor unless it is kept in the trunk of the motor vehicle, or if the vehicle has no trunk, in some other area of the motor vehicle not normally occupied by the driver or passengers.
C. Restricted Hours Of Operation: No person, other than a licensee's bona fide employees actually engaged in performance of their duties, shall be in the licensed premises more than thirty five (35) minutes after the time when a sale can legally occur. The licensee's employees shall not be in the licensed premises more than seventy five (75) minutes after the time when a sale can legally occur. No person shall be in the licensed premises until four o'clock (4:00) A.M. next following the closing. This subsection shall not apply to any separate part of the premises which is open to the general public for business purposes unrelated to the sale of intoxicating liquor, wine or 3.2 percent liquor.
D. Violations: Anyone, including the licensee, patrons of the licensee, or employees of the licensee, who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any licensee in whose establishment a violation of this section occurs is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any employee who allows a patron to remain on the licensed premises in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2005 Code)
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| 1 | 1. See also section 5-1-8 of this code. |