(A) (1) Form. Each application for a license required by this chapter shall be made upon a form provided by the city’s Clerk-Treasurer, with additional information as the City Council may require, and shall be verified by the applicant.
(2) Payment required. Each application for a license required by this chapter shall be accompanied by a receipt from the city’s Clerk-Treasurer for payment in full of the license fee. If an application for a license is refused, the amount paid as a license fee shall be refunded.
(3) Liability/insurance required. In accordance with M.S. § 340A.409, as it may be amended from time to time, each applicant for, or holder of, a license as required by this chapter shall file with the city’s Clerk-Treasurer, and shall maintain for the effective period of the license, evidence of a liability insurance policy. The policy shall provide at least $50,000 of coverage for bodily injury to any one person in any one occurrence, $100,000 for bodily injury to two or more persons in any one occurrence. The policy shall also contain $10,000 for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one occurrence. In addition, it shall contain $50,000 for loss of means of support of any one person in any one occurrence and $100,000 for loss of means of support of two or more persons in any one occurrence. The policy shall provide that it may not be cancelled for any cause by either the insured or the insurer unless written notice of the cancellation has been given to the city’s Clerk-Treasurer at least ten days before the cancellation.
(2001 Code, § 5.03)
(B) (1) Issuance. If an application for a license required by this chapter is approved by the City Council, the city’s Clerk-Treasurer shall issue the license, upon payment of the license fee.
(2) Term of license. Each license, except a temporary license, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall expire on December 31 in the year of issuance. License duration shall be in accordance with the provisions of M.S. Ch. 340A, as it may be amended from time to time. Each temporary license shall be issued for a specific event or incident named and described in the application for the license, which event shall be stated on the license and shall not exceed three consecutive days in duration.
(3) Refusal. The City Council may, at the sole discretion of the Council and for any reasonable cause, refuse to grant any application for any license.
(a) No license shall be issued to any person ineligible for such a license under M.S. § 340A.402, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other applicable section of M.S. Ch. 340A, as it may be amended from time to time.
(b) No license shall be issued for operation on any premises upon which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the city are delinquent and unpaid.
(4) Refunds. No refund of any fee shall be made, except as authorized by state statute.
(2001 Code, § 5.04)
Penalty, see § 10.99