(1) Purpose. The purpose and intent of this section is to establish regulations that will allow law enforcement access to Minnesota's computerized criminal history information for specified non-criminal purposes of licensing background checks.
(2) Criminal history license background investigations. The Lino Lakes Police Department is hereby required, as the exclusive entity within the city, to do a criminal history background investigation on the applicants for the following licenses within the city:
(a) Liquor;
(b) Tobacco;
(c) Cabaret;
(d) Lawful gambling;
(e) Special event;
(f) Peddler, solicitor, transient merchant;
(g) Taxicab;
(h) Pawnbroker, precious metal dealers, secondhand good dealers;
(i) Adult uses (sexually-oriented businesses);
(j) Massage therapists and therapeutic massage businesses; and
(k) Edible cannabinoid products.
(3) Criteria for rejection. Except for the positions set forth in M.S. § 364.09, as it may be amended from time to time, the city will not reject an applicant for a license on the basis of the applicant’s prior conviction unless the crime is directly related to the license sought and the conviction is for a felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor with a jail sentence. If the city rejects the applicant’s request on this basis, the city shall notify the applicant in writing of the following:
(a) The grounds and reasons for the denial;
(b) The applicant complaint and grievance procedure set forth in M.S. § 364.06, as it may be amended from time to time;
(c) The earliest date the applicant may reapply for the license; and
(d) That all competent evidence of rehabilitation will be considered upon reapplication.
(Ord. 12-08, passed 9-8-2008; Am. Ord. 03-16, passed 6-13-2016; Am. Ord. 06-17, passed 12-11-2017; Am. Ord. 03-22, passed 10-24-2022)