(A) Application. All applications shall be made at the office of the City Administrator upon forms prescribed by the city, or if by the Commissioner, then together with additional information as the Council may desire. 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. Every application for the issuance or renewal of an alcoholic beverage license must include a copy of each summons received by the applicant during the preceding year under M.S. § 340A.802, as it may be amended from time to time. Upon the request of the City Administrator, the applicant shall make the books and records of the business available for inspection at any time either before the license is issued or during the period of time the license is in full force and effect.
(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 an application, or any willful omission to state any information called for on the application form shall, upon discovery of that 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 chapter, or any part thereof.
(C) Application and investigation fees. At the time the initial application is made, an applicant for a license under this chapter shall accompany the application with payment of a fee to be considered an application and investigation fee, not refundable to the applicant, to cover the cost of the city in processing the application and the investigation of the applicant. No application fee shall be required of an applicant for a temporary 3.2% malt liquor license.
(2004 Code, § 112.015) (Ord. 93-76, passed 3-23-1993; Ord. 20-814, passed 6-9-2020) Penalty, see § 10.99