(A) (1) The City Council may authorize a temporary 3.2 percent malt liquor license or intoxicating liquor license to:
(a) A club or charitable, religious, or other nonprofit organization in existence for at least three years,
(b) A political committee registered under M.S. §10A.14, or
(c) A state university, a temporary license for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a social event within the municipality sponsored by the licensee.
(2) The license may authorize the on-sale of intoxicating liquor for not more than four consecutive days, and may authorize on-sales on premises other than premises the licensee owns or permanently occupies. The license may provide that the licensee may contract for intoxicating liquor catering services with the holder of a full-year on-sale intoxicating liquor license issued by the city. The licenses are subject to the terms, including a license fee, imposed by the city. Licenses issued under this subdivision are subject to all laws and ordinances governing the sale of intoxicating liquor except M.S. §§ 340A.409 and 340A.504, Subd. 3, paragraph (d), and those laws and ordinances which by their nature are not applicable. Licenses under this subdivision are not valid unless first approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
(B) The City Council may issue to a brewer who manufactures fewer than 3,500 barrels of malt liquor in a year a temporary license for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a social event within the municipality sponsored by the brewer. The terms and conditions specified for temporary licenses under division (A) shall apply to a license issued under this division, except that the requirements of M.S. § 340A.409, Subd. 1 to 3a, shall apply to the license.
(C) The City Council may issue to a microdistillery a temporary license for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a social event within the municipality sponsored by the microdistillery. The terms and conditions specified for temporary licenses under division (A) shall apply to a license issued under this division, except that the requirements of M.S. § 340A.409, Subd. 1 to 3a, shall apply to the license.
(Ord. 2012-1140, passed 4-16-12; Am. Ord. 2015-1196, passed 9-14-15)