Subd. 1. License Authorized. Notwithstanding any provision of the City Code to the contrary, the Council may issue a license for the temporary on-sale of liquor in connection with a social event sponsored by the licensee. The license may provide that the licensee may contract with the holder of a full-year on-sale license, issued by the city, for liquor catering services.
Subd. 2. Applicant. The applicant for a license under this section must be a club or charitable, religious or other non-profit organization in existence for at least three years.
Subd. 3. Terms and Conditions of License.
A. No license is valid until approved by the Commissioner.
B. No license shall be issued for more than four consecutive days, except as provided for county fairs in Subd. 4 of this section.
C. Notwithstanding the exceptions found in division D of this subdivision, if a social event is to be held on premises owned by the city, no (temporary) license shall issue until the city is furnished with written proof that the licensee has dram shop coverage in the amount provided for in this chapter and that the coverage is in force on the premises where liquor is to be served.
D. All licenses issued under this section and licensees are subject to all provisions of statutes and the City Code relating to liquor sale and licensing except those relating to financial responsibility and insurance, and except those which by their nature are not applicable.
E. Licenses may authorize sales on premises other than those owned or permanently occupied by the licensee.
Subd. 4. County Fair. In addition to the temporary licenses authorized in Subd. 1 through 3 of this section, pursuant to M.S. § 340A.410, subd. 10 as amended from time to time, a municipality may issue one seven-day temporary license per year to a country agricultural society established under M.S. § 38.01, for alcoholic beverage sales at a county fair.
(Ord. 28, Fourth Series, passed 10-16-2012; Ord. 81, Fourth Series, passed 9-6-2022)