(A) No license shall be granted or renewed for operation on any premises on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the city, school district, county or the state are delinquent and/or unpaid.
(B) No place shall be granted more than one kind of license under this chapter. For the purposes of this division, the term PLACE shall be construed to mean the confines for which a license was granted.
(C) No license shall be granted for any place which has a common entrance or exit between any two establishments, except that a public concourse or public lobby shall not be construed as a common entrance or exit.
(D) No license shall be granted for any premises within 300 feet of any property line of a place of worship or any elementary, junior high, or senior high school having a regular course of study accredited by the state, nor for the areas prohibited in M.S. § 340A.412, Subd. 4.
(E) No license shall be granted to any property where the conduct of the business is prohibited by Chapter 152.
(F) No license shall be granted to any property not eligible under M.S. Chapter 340A, as it may be amended from time to time, and the regulations of the Department of Public Safety.
(G) No license shall be granted to any property used in whole or in part as an adult use business as defined by Chapter 120.
(H) No new on-sale license under this chapter shall be granted to an establishment that does not have a dining area, open to the general public, with a total minimum floor area of 750 square feet.
(I) No new on-sale license shall be granted to any on-sale establishment that does not provide separate indoor restroom facilities for males and females, each clearly marked. Adequate restrooms facilities shall minimally have at least one wash basin/sink and at least one toilet and be able to be secured from the inside. Additionally, restrooms shall provide cleansing and drying materials. If more than one toilet and/or urinal is provided, each toilet shall have a separate enclosure with a door that can be secured from the inside. Dividers shall be provided with urinals.
(J) On-sale intoxicating liquor licenses. In addition to the requirements of this chapter, no new on-sale intoxicating liquor license shall be granted to any establishment other than a restaurant, a hotel, a bowling center or a dinner theater.
(K) Existing on-sale establishments as of June 30, 2011, are not subject to the provisions of divisions (H) through (J) of this section and may have their licenses renewed or a new license issued to a new owner for operation as an exclusive liquor store (non- restaurant) unless a substantial change is made to the premises for which the establishment is licensed.
(Ord. 707, passed 6-21-2011; Am. Ord. 710, passed 11-15-2011)