(A) No license or other fee established by the city shall exceed any limit established by M.S. Ch. 340A, as it may be amended from time to time, for a liquor license.
(B) The Council may establish from time to time, in the ordinance establishing fees and charges, the fee for any of the liquor licenses it is authorized to issue as well as any other provisions of this chapter. The license fee may not exceed the cost of issuing the license and other costs directly related to the enforcement of the liquor laws and this chapter. No liquor license fee shall be increased without providing mailed notice of a hearing on the proposed increase to all affected licensees at least 30 days before the hearing.
(C) The fees for all licenses, except temporary licenses, granted after the commencement of the license year, shall be prorated on a monthly basis, i.e., one-twelfth the annual license fee for each month, or portion thereof, remaining until the license will expire.
(D) All license fees shall be paid in full at the time an application is filed with the city. If an application is denied, the license fee shall be returned to the applicant.
(E) In the event an applicant for an initial or renewal of a license granted under this chapter withdraws the initial or renewal application prior to Council approval of that application, the license fee shall be refunded to the applicant in an amount as set by the City Council.
(F) No license fee shall be refunded, in whole or in part, after Council approval of the license application.
(G) The City Clerk shall, without City Council action, issue a duplicate for any license issued pursuant to this chapter, upon the filing of an affidavit of the licensee, stating that the original license was lost or destroyed, and upon payment of a duplicate license fee of an amount as set by the City Council. The duplicate shall be dearly marked as a duplicate.
(Ord. 1060, passed 12-5-17)