For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
3.2% MALT LIQUOR. Malt liquor containing not less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, nor more than 3.2% alcohol by weight.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. Any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
BREWER. A person who manufactures malt liquor for sale.
CABARET. A restaurant, night club or other place of amusement where dancing is permitted incidentally, but is not operated primarily as a business to provide dancing facilities for a charge.
COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the state’s Department of Public Safety, except as otherwise provided.
CLUB. An incorporated organization organized under the laws of the state for civic, fraternal, social or business purposes, for intellectual improvement or for the promotion of sports, or a congressionally chartered veterans’ organization, which:
(1) Has more than 30 members;
(2) Has owned or rented a building or space in a building for more than one year that is suitable and adequate for the accommodation of its members; and
(3) Is directed by a board of directors, executive committee or other similar body chosen by the members at a meeting held for that purpose. No member, officer, agent or employee shall receive any profit from the distribution or sale of beverages to the members of the club, or their guests, beyond a reasonable salary or wages fixed and voted each year by the governing body.
COCKTAIL ROOM. A microdistillery licensed by the state’s Department of Public Safety; and is licensed by the city for on-sale and/or off-sale of distilled liquor produced by the distiller for consumption on the premises of or adjacent to one distillery location owned by the distiller. A COCKTAIL ROOM may include a restaurant at the microdistillery.
DISTILLED SPIRITS. Ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, spirits of wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, gin and other distilled spirits, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof, for non-industrial use.
EXCLUSIVE LIQUOR STORE. An establishment used exclusively for the sale of: alcoholic beverages; tobacco products; ice; beverages (liquid or powder) specifically designed for mixing with intoxicating liquor; soft drinks; liqueur-filled candies; food products that contain more than 0.5% alcohol by volume; cork extraction devices; books and videos on the use of alcoholic beverages; magazines and other publications published primarily for information and education on alcoholic beverages; multiple-use bags designed to carry purchased items; devices designed to ensure safe storage and monitoring of alcohol in the home to prevent access by underage drinkers’ and home brewing equipment.
GAMBLING DEVICE. A contrivance the purpose of which is that for a consideration a player is afforded an opportunity to obtain something of value, other than free plays, automatically from the machine or otherwise, the award of which is determined principally by chance, whether or not the contrivance is actually played. A GAMBLING DEVICE includes a video game of chance as defined by M.S. § 609.75, subd. 8, as it may be amended from time to time.
GROWLER. A container used in the package and sale of malt liquor, 64 ounces in size (or one-half gallon).
HOTEL. An establishment where food and lodging are regularly furnished to transients and which has:
(1) A dining room serving the general public at tables and having facilities for seating at least 30 guests at one time; and
(2) A minimum of ten guest rooms.
INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Ethyl alcohol, distilled, fermented, spirituous, vinous and malt beverages containing more than 3.2% of alcohol by weight.
LICENSED PREMISES. The premises described in the approved license application, subject to the space limitations set forth in M.S. § 340A.410, subd. 7, as it may be amended from time to time. In the case of a restaurant, club or exclusive liquor store licensed for on-sales of alcoholic beverages and located on a golf course, LICENSED PREMISES means the entire golf course, except for areas where motor vehicles are regularly parked or operated.
MALT LIQUOR. Any beer, ale or other beverage made from malt by fermentation and containing not less than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
MANUFACTURER. A person who, by a process of manufacture, fermenting, brewing, distilling, refining, rectifying, blending or by the combination of different materials, prepares or produces intoxicating liquor for sale.
MICROBREWERY. A facility operated by a person licensed by the state’s Department of Public Safety as a “Minnesota microbrewer”, small Minnesota brewer or Minnesota brewer producing not more than 250,000 barrels of malt liquor annually.
MICRODISTILLERY. A distillery operated within the state producing premium distilled spirits in total quality not to exceed 40,000 proof gallons in a calendar year.
PREMISES. All buildings and structures, as well as all parking lots, driveways, landscaped areas, steps, passageways and vestibules, located outside of the building or structure.
TAPROOM. A microbrewery licensed by the state’s Department of Public Safety; and is licensed by the city for on-sale and/or all-sale of malt liquor produced by the brewer for consumption on the premises of or adjacent to one brewery location owned by the brewer. A TAPROOM may include a restaurant at a microbrewery.
WHOLESALER. A person who sells alcoholic beverages to persons to whom sale is permitted under M.S. § 340A.310, as it may be amended from time to time, from a stock maintained in a warehouse in the state.
WINE. The product made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of grapes, including still wine, sparkling and carbonated wine, wine made from condensed grape must, wine made from other agricultural products than sound, ripe grapes, imitation wine, compounds sold as wine, vermouth, cider, perry and sake, in each instance containing not less than 0.5%, nor more than 24%, alcohol by volume for non-industrial use. WINE does not include distilled spirits.
(Prior Code, § 502.01) (Ord. 843, passed 05-20-2010; Ord. 925, passed 08-22-2016)