(A) Conduct. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of the licensee’s place of business and shall maintain conditions of sobriety and order.
(B) Age. No wine or liquor shall be sold to any person under the state established legal drinking age, or to an intoxicated person, directly or indirectly.
(C) Underage workers. No person under the age of 18 shall serve or sell liquor or wine.
(D) Gambling and prostitution. No licensee shall keep, possess, or operate, or permit the keeping, possession, or operation on the licensed premises, or in any room adjoining the licensed premises controlled by the licensee, any slot machines, dice, or other gambling equipment as defined in M.S. § 349.30, as it may be amended from time to time, nor permit any gambling therein, nor permit the licensed premises or any room in the same or in any adjoining building, directly or indirectly under licensee’s control, to be used as a resort for prostitutes or other disorderly persons; provided, however, that lawful gambling may be carried on if allowed by this code and where allowed by a license issued pursuant to M.S. Chapter 349, as it may be amended from time to time, or this code.
(E) Manufacturer or distiller of malt liquor. No equipment or fixture in any licensed place shall be owned in whole or in part by any manufacturer or brewer, as defined in M.S. § 340A.101, as it may be amended from time to time, of wine or liquor.
(F) Open to inspection. All licensed premises shall be open to inspection by any police officer or other designated officer or employee of the city at any time there are persons within the licensed premises.
(G) Hours of sale. The hours and days of sale shall be as set forth in M.S. § 340A.504, as it may be amended from time to time, except that:
(1) Establishments holding a wine license or an on-sale intoxicating liquor license under this subchapter may not sell liquor or wine between 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the days of Monday through Saturday and after 1:00 a.m. on Sundays, except as provided by division (G)(2) below; and
(2) Establishments holding a wine license under this subchapter or establishments holding both an on-sale intoxicating liquor license and a Sunday on-sale license under this subchapter may sell intoxicating liquor or wine in conjunction with the sale of food between the hours of 8:00 a.m. Sundays and 1:00 a.m. on Mondays, provided that the licensee is in conformance with the state’s Clean Air Act, being M.S. §§ 144.411 et seq., as they may be amended from time to time.
(H) Hours of consumption. No liquor or wine shall be consumed by any person on, in, or about a licensed premises more than 30 minutes following the time established by this section for cessation of the sale of wine or liquor.
(I) No liquor or wine in non-licensed food establishments. Except as permitted by a license issued pursuant to this subchapter, no person shall take or carry any wine or liquor into any food establishment.
(J) Mixing or sale for mixing prohibited. Except as permitted by a license issued pursuant to this subchapter, no person shall mix with liquor or wine, or sell for the purpose of mixing with liquor or wine, any soft drink, other liquor, or beverage in any food establishment.
(K) Illegal to permit mixing. Except as permitted by a license issued pursuant to this subchapter, no person shall consume, or permit the consumption, mixing, or spiking of any beverage by adding to the same any liquor, in any building or place operated as a food establishment. The fact that any person in any food establishment, sold any liquid or beverage to a person who thereupon and therein added to the liquid or beverage any liquor or wine shall be prima facie evidence that the liquid or beverage was sold by the person for the purpose of adding liquor or wine and shall be prima facie evidence that the person and the person’s employer permitted the mixing or spiking of the liquid by adding wine or liquor.
(L) Bottle clubs prohibited. Except as permitted by a license issued pursuant to this subchapter, establishments or clubs that directly or indirectly allow the consumption or display of wine or liquor, or knowingly serve any liquid for the purpose of mixing with liquor or wine, shall be prohibited. Permits for bottle clubs issued by the Department of Public Safety under M.S. § 340A.414, as it may be amended from time to time, shall not be approved by the City Council.
(M) Posting of license. A license issued under this subchapter shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the licensed premises.
(N) Compact and contiguous premises. A license issued under this subchapter is only effective for the compact and contiguous space specified in the approved license application. No sales or consumption of wine or liquor shall be permitted beyond the licensed premises. The licensed premises shall not be increased in size or seating capacity during the then license period.
(O) Sobriety and order. A licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of business being operated and shall maintain conditions of sobriety and order.
(P) Adult entertainment prohibited. The findings, purpose, and objectives of Chapter 110 are hereby incorporated by reference. No licensee shall permit any specified sexual activities, the presentation or display of any specified anatomical areas or the conduct of a sexually-oriented business all as defined by Chapter 154 on the licensed premises or in areas adjoining the licensed premises where the activities or the conduct of such a business can be seen by patrons of the licensed premises.
(Q) State law. All applicable provisions of state law shall be complied with in connection with the sale of wine and liquor.
(Prior Code, § 112.10) (Ord. 2016-03, passed 5-24-2016) Penalty, see § 10.99