§ 13.15 LOCATIONS INELIGIBLE FOR A LICENSE.

   (a)   No license shall be granted or renewed for operation on any premises on which state, city, county, school district taxes, assessments, or other financial claims are past due, delinquent, or unpaid. The City Council may on application waive strict compliance with this provision if the applicant has commenced a suit under M.S. §§ 278.01 through 278.13, as amended, questioning the amount or validity of taxes. The City Council shall not grant a waiver for taxes which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after becoming due.

   (b)   No license shall be granted or renewed if the property on which the business is to be conducted is owned by a person who is ineligible for a license under § 13.14, except that a property owner who is a minor or who has been convicted of a crime, other than a violation of M.S. §§ 340A.101 through 340A.907, as amended, shall not make the premises ineligible under this subsection (b).

   (c)   No on-sale license under this code shall be granted to a restaurant that does not have a dining area, exclusive to the establishment and open to the general public, with a total minimum floor area of 750 square feet.

   (d)   No license under this code shall be granted to any license holder that has a common entrance or exit between the area in which intoxicating liquor will be sold and any other business or establishment. A public concourse or lobby shall not be construed as a common entrance or exit for purposes of this subsection (d).

   (e)   No off-sale license under this code shall be granted to any location within 300 feet of a school or a place of worship . In the case of a school , the distance shall be measured in a straight line from the proposed licensed premises lot line to the nearest point of the lot on which the school is located. In the case of a place of worship , the distance shall be measured in a straight line from the proposed licensed premises lot line to the nearest point of the place of worship building. For off-sale license holders located in shopping centers, the distance shall be measured from the main entrance of the licensed premises . A location for which a license was granted in 1989, or lawfully granted thereafter, and at which a license holder has been in continuous operation, is not ineligible for a license by reason of proximity to a school or a place of worship .

(Ord. 2020-2, passed 2-24-2020)