A. No license or permit shall be granted to any person, place, or business made ineligible for such license or permit by Federal or State law or the provisions of this Code.
B. No license shall be granted to a person who is under twenty one (21) years of age or who is not of good moral character and repute, nor to any person who, within five (5) years prior to the application of such license, has been convicted of a felony or of any wilful violation of the laws of the United States, of the State of Minnesota or of any local ordinance with regard to the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale or distribution of liquor, nor to any person whose license under the Liquor Act has been revoked for any wilful violation of any such laws or ordinances.
C. No license shall be issued to any person in connection with the premises of another to whom no license could be issued under the provisions of the Liquor Act; provided that this subsection shall not prevent the granting of a license to a proper lessee by reason of the fact that he/she has leased the premises of a minor or a person who has been convicted of a crime other than a violation of the Liquor Act.
D. No more than one license shall be issued to any person in the City except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Liquor Act.
E. No license shall be granted for any premises which has a common entrance or exit between any two (2) establishments, except that a public concourse or public lobby shall not be construed as a common entrance or exit.
F. No license shall be granted to a corporation which has a manager who would be ineligible to receive a license as an individual pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or under State law.
G. No license shall be granted to an individual who, in the judgment of the Council, is not the real party in interest or beneficial owner of the business operated or to be operated under the license.
H. No applicant for a license or licensee shall apply for or possess a Federal Wholesale Liquor Dealer's Special Tax stamp or a Federal gambling stamp. (Ord. 1276, 1-27-2014)
I. No off-sale intoxicating liquor license may be granted for a facility located on a parcel which lies within five hundred feet (500') of a parcel on which a school or church is located. The distance established herein shall be measured between the nearest property lines of the parcels.
For the purposes of this subsection, "parcel" means the lots on which the subject building exists, plus the adjoining lots used in conjunction with the liquor facility, church or school including any parking areas.
Provided, however, the following exceptions and qualifications to the above stated distance requirement shall apply:
1. Licenses that existed on October 1, 1995, for locations that do not meet the requirements of this subsection may nonetheless be renewed or transferred for such locations.
2. If a school or church in the future expands or is built within five hundred feet (500') of a licensed location that did meet the requirements of this subsection, the license may nonetheless be renewed or transferred for such location.
3. If a government entity acquires a licensed location that was within five hundred feet (500') of a school parcel or church parcel, then the license may be transferred to another location within five hundred feet (500') of the same school parcel or the same church parcel as long as the relocation occurs within forty two (42) months after the acquisition by the government entity.
4. If a government entity acquires a licensed location that was within five hundred feet (500') of a school parcel or church parcel, then the license may be temporarily transferred to another location for a period up to thirty (30) months within five hundred feet (500') of any school parcel or any church parcel as long as the relocation occurs within six (6) months after the acquisition by the government entity; in such instance, the authorization for the temporary relocated site expires after thirty (30) months from the time that the City issued the license for the relocated site; after the thirty (30) month period, the relocated site is no longer eligible for an off-sale intoxicating liquor license.
5. If the off-sale intoxicating liquor facility is on property of one acre or more, and if the property contains multiple buildings or contains multiple leased spaces, and if the off-sale intoxicating liquor facility shares parking with other uses on the property, then the measurement of the five hundred foot (500') distance shall be from the main customer entrance for the off-sale intoxicating liquor facility to the nearest property lines of the church parcel or school parcel. (Ord. 1347, 2-26-2018)
6. The restrictions of this subsection I do not apply to off-sale brew pub malt liquor licenses. (Ord. 1361, 1-28-2019)
J. No license shall be granted or renewed for operation on any premises on which taxes, assessments, utility charges, service charges, or other financial claims of the City or any other government unit or agency are delinquent and unpaid. (Ord. 1276, 1-27-2014)