A. License To Applicant And Premises Only: Each license shall be issued to the applicant only and shall be issued for the premises described in the license application.
B. Transfer Of License: No license may be transferred to another person or to another place without the approval of the council.
C. Location Restrictions: In all events, the sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor is forbidden at the following places:
1. Within the residential or multiple dwelling districts of the city.
2. At such places as are forbidden by state statute.
3. Within three hundred feet (300') of the property line of any state or private college that is located within the institutional district and measured as follows:
At Minnesota State University - Moorhead the distance is measured from any point along the campus property lines:
Area A: East of 11th Street South and identified as parcel identification numbers 58.514.0010, 58.514.0020, 58.514.0030; and
Area B: Between 6th and 9th Avenues South, East of 10th Street, and identified as parcel identification numbers 58.296.0700, 58.296.0710, 58.296.0720, 58.296.0730, 58.296.0740, 58.296.0750, 58.296.0760, 58.296.0770, 58.296.0780, 58.296.0790, 58.296.0800, 58.296.0810, 58.296.0820, 58.296.0830, 58.296.0840, 58.296.0850, 58.296.0860, 58.296.1170, 58.296.1180, 58.296.1190, 58.296.1200, 58.296.1210, 58.296.1220, 58.296.1230, 58.296.1240, 58.296.1250, 58.296.1260, 58.296.1270, 58.296.1280, 58.296.1290, 58.296.1300, 58.296.1310, 58.296.1320, 58.296.1330, 58.296.1335, 58.296.1340, 58.296.1350, 58.296.1360, 58.296.1370, 58.296.1380, 58.296.1390, 58.296.1400, 58.296.1410, 58.726.0010, 58.726.0020, 58.726.0030, 58.726.0040, 58.726.0050, 58.726.0060, and 58.726.0070.
At Concordia College the distance is measured from any point along the primary campus property lines, also identified as parcel identification numbers 58.153.0010, 58.754.0720 and 58.900.1560.
At Minnesota State Community College the distance from any point along the primary campus property line, also identified as parcel identification number 58.500.0010.
Measurements should commence from the property line of said college to the closest wall of the structure on the premises within which liquor is to be sold. If the distance between the property line of the college and the closest wall of the establishment is more than three hundred feet (300'), the establishment may apply for a liquor license and will not be denied based on the above described buffer.
Except that:
a. A license, authorized by resolution of the Moorhead city council in accordance with section 340A.404 of the Minnesota liquor laws, may be issued to a location on the grounds of a state university or private college for an event sponsored by the state university or private college and approved by the university and/or college president.
b. Restaurants, where the preparation, service, and sale of food or meals is the principal business from which the majority of the business income is derived, with an on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license and an on-sale wine license, are permitted to sell intoxicating malt liquor, 3.2 percent malt liquor, and wine within three hundred feet (300') of any state university or private college.
4. For any premises on which taxes, assessments or any other financial claims of the city are delinquent and unpaid.
D. Server Training Required: All on-sale intoxicating and 3.2 percent malt liquor licenses issued under the provisions of this title, are required to send all managers and employees involved in the sales of alcoholic beverages at said licensed establishment to a server training course, as approved by the Moorhead police department.
1. Persons successfully completing the approved class will receive a "server training certificate card", which shall remain with said individual wherever employed. The "server training certificate card" is not required to be in said person's possession during hours of employment at a licensed establishment, provided the card can be produced within twenty four (24) hours.
2. The "server training certificate card" must be renewed every three (3) years.
3. All new establishments are required, within ninety (90) days of opening, to provide the Moorhead police department with a roster of managers and employees depicting the expiration date of their "server training certificate card".
4. Recently hired managers and employees not having in their possession a current "server training certificate card" must, within ninety (90) days of the employment start date, successfully complete an approved server training class.
5. All on-sale liquor establishments are required to submit along with the license renewal applications, a complete roster of managers and employees involved in serving alcoholic beverages to the Moorhead police department. Said roster is to include the expiration date of the respective individuals' "server training certificate card".
Failure to comply with the above referenced requirements will result in the delay of the liquor license renewal and/or suspension of said license until date of compliance. (Ord. 2004-29, 10-25-2004; amd. Ord. 2008-20, 9-22-2008; Ord. 2013-20, 11-25-2013; Ord. 2019-11, 12-9-2019)