(A) Application. All applications shall be made at the office of the City Administrator upon forms if prescribed by the proper Department of State of Minnesota, together with such additional information as the Council may desire. If state forms are not prescribed, then applications shall be made upon forms furnished by the city. Information required may vary with the type of business organization making application. All questions asked or information required by the application forms shall be answered fully and completely by the applicant.
(B) False statements. It is unlawful for any applicant to intentionally make a false statement or omission upon any application form. Any false statement in such application or any willful omission to state any information called for on such application form shall, upon discovery of such falsehood, work an automatic refusal of license or, if already issued, shall render any license issued pursuant thereto void and of no effect to protect the applicant from prosecution for violation of this subchapter or any part thereof.
(C) Application and investigation fees. At the time of the initial application, applicants for on-sale liquor licenses, beer licenses and on-sale wine licenses shall pay a fee to the city which shall be considered an application and investigation fee, not refundable to applicant, to cover the costs of the city in processing the application and the investigation thereof.
(D) Applications for renewal. Applications for renewal of all licenses under this subchapter shall be made at least 60 days prior to the date of expiration of the license and shall contain such information as is required by the city. This time requirement may be waived by the Council for good and sufficient cause.
(E) Corporate applicants and licensees. A corporate applicant, at the time of application, shall furnish the city with a list of all persons that have an interest in such corporation and the extent of such interest. The list shall name all shareholders holding more than 5% of all issued and outstanding stock of the corporation and show the number of shares held by each, either individually or beneficially for others. It is the duty of each corporate licensee to notify the City Administrator in writing of any change in legal ownership or beneficial interest in such corporation or in such shares. The notice of such change must be given within ten days of its occurrence. Any change in the ownership or beneficial interest in the shares entitled to be voted at a meeting of the shareholders of a corporate licensee, which results in the change of voting control of the corporation by the persons owning the shares therein, shall be deemed equivalent to a transfer of the license issued to the corporation. The Council or any officer of the city designated by it may at any reasonable time examine the stock transfer records and minute books of any corporate licensee in order to verify and identify the shareholders, and the Council or its designated officer may examine the business records of any other licensee to the extent necessary to disclose the interest which persons other than the licensee have in the licensed business.
(F) Copy of summons. Every application for the issuance or renewal of a license for the sale of intoxicating or non-intoxicating liquor must include a copy of each summons received by the applicant under M.S. § 340A.802, as it may be amended from time to time, during the preceding year.
(2002 Code, § 11.02)