(A) Form. Every application for a license issued under this chapter shall be on a form provided by the city. Every application shall state the name of the applicant, the applicant’s age, representations as to the applicant’s character, with references as the Council may require, the type of license applied for, the business in connection with which the proposed license will operate and its location, a description of the premises, whether the applicant is the owner and operator of the business, how long the applicant has been in that business at that place, and other information as the Council may require from time to time. An application for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license shall be in the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety, and shall also contain the information required in this section. The form shall be verified and filed with the city. No person shall make a false statement in an application.
(B) Financial responsibility. Prior to the issuance of any license under this chapter, the applicant shall demonstrate proof of financial responsibility as defined in M.S. § 340A.409, as it may be amended from time to time, with regard to liability under M.S. § 340A.801, as it may be amended from time to time. This proof will be filed with the city and the Commissioner of Public Safety. Any liability insurance policy filed as proof of financial responsibility under this section shall conform to M.S. § 340A.409, as it may be amended from time to time. Operation of a business required to be licensed by this chapter, without having on file with the city at all times effective proof of financial responsibility, is a cause for revocation of the license. The liquor liability certificate must cover the actual license period.
(C) Financial responsibility requirement for applicants for on-sale 3.2% malt liquor licenses. All license applications and renewals for applicants with on-sale 3.2% malt liquor sales of $25,000 or more per year shall provide the city with an insurance certificate of liquor liability coverage in at least the minimum amount required by state statutes. Applicants with on-sale 3.2% malt liquor sales under $25,000 per year may sign an affidavit certifying sales of less than $25,000, and a liquor liability certificate will not be required.
(D) City Council’s discretion in refusing to grant liquor license applications. The City Council may, in its sole discretion and for any reasonable cause, refuse to grant any application for any license. No license shall be granted, or renewed, for operation on any premises, on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the city or of the state are delinquent or unpaid. In the event an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of M.S. Ch. 278, as it may be amended from time to time, questioning the amount or validity or taxes, the Council may, upon request of the licensee, waive strict compliance with this provision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes, or any portion thereof, that remain.
(Ord. 1060, passed 12-5-17)