(A) No license shall be granted or renewed for operation on any property on which taxes, assessments, or other financial claims of the state, county, school district, or city are due, delinquent, or unpaid. In the event a suit has been commenced under M.S. §§ 278.01 to 278.03, questioning the amount or validity of taxes, the City Council may on application waive strict compliance with this provision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any portion thereof which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after becoming due.
(B) No license shall be granted or renewed if the property does not comply with the city zoning ordinance 151 or does not qualify as a legal nonconforming use for tattooing and/or body piercing establishments.
(C) Premises licensed for alcoholic beverages. No license shall be granted or renewed if the premises is licensed for the furnishing of alcoholic beverages or is an adult establishment pursuant to ordinance 112.
(D) No license shall be granted if the premises is within 300 feet of a church, school, day care center, hospital, on-sale liquor establishment, halfway house, currency exchange operation, theatre, residence, pawnshop, secondhand goods dealer, or massage parlor.
(Ord. 236, passed 6-9-2008)