The City Council is hereby authorized to issue the following liquor licenses:
(A) 3.2% malt liquor on-sale licenses, which may be issued only to golf courses, restaurants, hotels, clubs, bowling centers, and establishments used exclusively for the sale of 3.2% malt liquor with the incidental sale of tobacco and soft drinks.
(B) 3.2% malt liquor off-sale license.
(C) Temporary 3.2% malt liquor licenses which may be issued only to a club, charitable, religious, or non-profit organization.
(D) Seasonal 3.2% malt liquor license which may not exceed a consecutive five month period.
(E) On-sale intoxicating liquor licenses, which may be issued to the following establishments as defined by M.S. § 340A.101, as it may be amended from time to time, and this chapter: hotels, clubs and restaurants. Club licenses may be issued only with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety. The fee for club licenses established by the Council under § 113.28 shall not exceed the amounts provided for in M.S. § 340A.408, Subd. 2(b), as it may be amended from time to time. The Council may, in its sound discretion, authorize a retail on-sale licensee to dispense intoxicating liquor off the licensed premises at a community festival held within the City under the provisions of M.S. § 340A.404, Subd. 4, as it may be amended from time to time. The Council may, in its sound discretion, authorize a retail on-sale licensee to dispense intoxicating liquor off the licensed premises at any convention, banquet, conference, meeting, or social affair conducted on the premises of a sports, convention, or cultural facility owned by the City, under the provisions of M.S. § 340A.404, Subd. 4(a), as it may be amended from time to time; however, the licensee is prohibited from dispensing intoxicating liquor to any person attending or participating in an amateur athletic event being held on the premises.
(F) Sunday on-sale liquor licenses in accordance with authorization approved by voters at the general election held on November 7, 2000 pursuant to M.S. § 340A.504, Subd. 3, as it may be amended from time to time. Sunday on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses may be issued only to a restaurant as defined in § 113.22, club, bowling center, or hotel which has a seating capacity of at least 30 persons, which holds an on-sale intoxicating liquor license, and which serves liquor only in conjunction with the service of food. A licensee holding a brew pub on-sale or brewer taproom license may apply for a Sunday license authorizing the sale of malt liquor between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on Mondays. The maximum fee for this license, which shall be established by the Council under the provisions of § 113.28, shall not exceed $200, or the maximum amount provided by M.S. § 340A.504, Subd. 3(c), as it may be amended from time to time.
(G) Temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety, which may be issued only in connection with a social event sponsored by a club, charitable, religious, or other non-profit corporation that has existed for at least three years. No license shall be for longer than four consecutive days, and the city shall issue no more than 12 days worth of temporary licenses to any one organization in one calendar year.
(H) On-sale wine licenses, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety to: theaters, restaurants that have facilities for seating at least 25 guests at one time and meet the criteria of M.S. § 340A.404, Subd. 5, as it may be amended from time to time, and which meet the definition of restaurant in § 113.22; to licensed bed and breakfast facilities which meet the criteria in M.S. § 340A.401, Subd. 1, as it may be amended from time to time and to theaters that meet the criteria of M.S. § 340A.404(b), as it may be amended from time to time The fee for an on-sale wine license established by the Council under the provisions of § 113.28, shall not exceed one-half of the license fee charged for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license. The holder of an on-sale wine license who also holds an on-sale 3.2% malt liquor license is authorized to sell malt liquor with a content over 3.2% (strong beer) without an additional license.
(I) One day consumption and display permits with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety to a non-profit organization in conjunction with a social activity in the city sponsored by the organization.
(J) Approval of the issuance of a consumption and display permit by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The maximum amount of the additional fee which may be imposed by the Council on a person who has been issued a consumption and display permit under the provisions of § 113.29 shall not exceed $300, or the maximum amount permitted by M.S. § 340A.14, Subd. 6, as it may be amended from time to time. Consumption and display permits shall expire on March 31 of each year.
(K) Culinary class limited on-sale licenses may be issued to a business establishment not otherwise eligible for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license that, as part of its business, conducts culinary or cooking classes for which payment is made by each participant or advance reservation required. The license authorizes the licensee to furnish to each participant in each class, at no additional cost to the participant, up to a maximum of six ounces of wine or 12 ounces of intoxicating malt liquor, during and as part of the class, for consumption on the licensed premises only.
(L) Brew pub on-sale intoxicating liquor or on-sale 3.2% malt liquor licenses, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety, may be issued to brewers who operate a restaurant in their place of manufacture and who meet the criteria established in M.S. § 340A.301.
(M) Brewer temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses may be issued, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety, to brewers who manufacture fewer than 3,500 barrels of malt liquor in a year for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a social event within the municipality sponsored by the brewer.
(N) Brew pub off-sale malt liquor licenses, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety, may be issued to a brewer that has been issued an intoxicating liquor license that meets the criteria established at M.S. § 340A.301, as it may be amended from time to time. Brew pub off-sale malt liquor license holders are allowed Sunday off-sale of growlers of malt liquor produced and packaged by the brewer on the licensed premises. No Sunday sales are allowed before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. For all other days, the hours of the sales are the same as intoxicating liquor off-sales pursuant to provisions of M.S. § 340A.504, Subd. 4, as it may be amended from time to time. All malt liquor sold under this license shall be packaged in the manner required by M.S. § 340A.285, as it may be amended from time to time.
(O) Brewer Taproom licenses may be issued only to a brewer licensed under M.S. § 340A.301, as it may be amended from time to time, for any on 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 brewer may hold only one brewer taproom license, and may not have an ownership of another brewery. The on-sale of malt liquor may only be sold Monday through Saturday, unless a Sunday sales license is attained, and during the hours that “on-sale” of liquor may be made. A brewer must demonstrate compliance with all zoning ordinance standards pertaining to production breweries. Nothing in this section shall preclude the holder of a brewer taproom license from also holding a license to operate a restaurant at the taproom location.
(P) Brewer taproom off-sale malt liquor licenses may be issued only to individuals, entities and other organizations holding a valid brewer’s license pursuant to M.S. § 340A.301, as it may be amended from time to time, and an on-sale brewer taproom license issued by the city. Brewer taproom off-sale malt liquor license holders are allowed Sunday off-sale of growlers of malt liquor produced and packaged by the brewer on the licensed premises. No Sunday sales are allowed before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. For all other days, the hours of the sales are the same as intoxicating liquor off-sales pursuant to provisions of M.S. § 340A.504, Subd. 4., as it may be amended from time to time. All malt liquor sold under this license shall be packaged in the manner required by M.S. § 340A.285, as it may be amended from time to time. A brewer may have only one license under this provision of the City Code. The licensee shall comply with all requirements of M.S. Ch. 340A, as it may be amended from time to time.
(Q) Small brewer off-sale licenses may also be issued, with the approval of the Commissioner, to a holder of a brewer's license under M.S. § 340A.301, Subd. 6(c), (i) or (j) and meeting the criteria established by M.S. § 340A.29 as may be amended from time to time. The amount of malt liquor sold at off-sale under this license may not exceed 128 ounces per customer per day. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to the legal hours for off-sale at exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the brewer is located, and the malt liquor sold off-sale must be removed from the premises before the applicable off-sale closing time at exclusive liquor stores. Packaging of malt liquor for off-sale under this license must comply with the provision of Minn. Rules, parts 7515.1080 to 7515.1120.
(Ord. 253, passed 3-12-07; Am. Ord. 337, passed 5-14-12; Am. Ord. 359, passed 6-9-14; Am. Ord. 372, passed 3-25-15; Am. Ord. 382, passed 1-11-16; Am. Ord. 425, passed 8-31-22)