A. Hearing Requirement:
1. Initial Application: Within twenty (20) days after the receipt of a completed application for a liquor license or permit other than a temporary license or permit, all required supporting documentation and the written recommendation by the police department, the city clerk shall cause to be published in the official newspaper, ten (10) days in advance, a notice of a public hearing to be held by the council, setting forth the day, time and place when the hearing will be held, the name of the applicant, the premises where the business is to be conducted, the nature of the business and such other information as the council may direct. At the hearing, opportunity shall be given to any person to be heard for or against the granting of the license. After such investigation and hearing, the council shall grant or deny the application in its discretion. The council may impose reasonable conditions on any license issued or renewed in order to promote the public health, safety, and welfare.
2. Renewal Application: The council shall hold a public hearing regarding renewal applications on the fourth Monday in November. Notice of the time and place of said hearing and the fact that renewal applications will be considered shall be published in the official newspaper ten (10) days in advance of the hearing. Opportunity shall be given to any person to be heard for or against the granting of a renewal license. The council shall grant or deny the application in its discretion.
3. Temporary License Applications And Permits: The council shall hold a hearing regarding applications for temporary liquor licenses and permits.
B. Vote Required: A four-fifths (4/5) vote shall be required for the granting of any new or renewal license or permit.
C. Conditions Of Issuance; Nontransferability: Each license shall be issued to the applicant only. Each license shall be issued only for the premises described in the application. No license may be transferred to another person or to another place without the prior approval of the council and without the filing of an application for a new license. Any transfer of stock of a corporate licensee, partnership interest in a partnership, or membership interest in a limited liability company shall be deemed to be a transfer of the license, and such transfer without prior council approval is grounds for revocation of the license.
D. Report To State: The clerk shall, within ten (10) days after the issuance of any license under this chapter, submit to the Minnesota department of public safety the full name and address of each person granted a license, the trade name, the effective license date and the date of expiration of the license. He/she shall also submit to the Minnesota department of public safety any change of address, transfer, cancellation or revocation of any license by the council during the license period.
E. Premises Under Construction: If, at the time of granting the license, actual use of said license cannot be made until a future date because the subject premises are under construction, remodeling or improvement or are otherwise not ready for occupancy, then the council shall set a date by which actual use of the license must be made. If actual use is not made by the council's specified date, then said license shall be null and void. In no event shall the city clerk issue the license until notified by the building official that the building is ready for occupancy.
F. Approval Of Minnesota Department Of Public Safety: Licenses approved by the council shall not be effective until approved, together with the bond, by the Minnesota department of public safety, if required by state statute. (Ord. 1276, 1-27-2014)