(A) Every application for an on-sale license to sell intoxicating liquor shall be verified and filed with the City Clerk. ('69 Code, § 4.40, Subd. 3)
(B) In addition to the information which may be required by the State Commissioner of Public Safety, the application shall contain the following:
(1) Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation, partnership or other form of organization.
(2) If the applicant is a natural person, the following information:
(a) True name, place and date of birth, and street residence address of applicant.
(b) Whether applicant has ever used or been known by a name other than his true name, and, if so, what was such name, of names and information concerning dates and places where used.
(c) The name of the business if it is to be conducted under a designation, name or style other than the full individual name of the applicant; in such case a copy of the certification, as required by M.S. Chapter 333, certified by the District Court Administrator, shall be attached to the application.
(d) Whether applicant is married or single. If married, true name, place and date of birth and street residence address of applicant's present spouse.
(e) Whether applicant and present spouse are registered voters and if so, where.
(f) Street addresses at which applicant and present spouse have lived during the preceding ten years.
(g) Kind, name and location of every business or occupation applicant and present spouse have been engaged in during the preceding ten years.
(h) Names and addresses of applicant's and spouse's employers and partners, if any, for the preceding ten years.
(i) Whether applicant has ever been in military service. If so, applicant shall, upon request, exhibit all discharges.
(3) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of all partners and all information concerning each partner as is required of a single application. A managing partner, or partners, shall be designated. The interest of each partner in the business shall be disclosed. A true copy of the partnership agreement shall be submitted with the application, and if the partnership is required to file a certificate, as to a trade name under the provisions of M.S. Chapter 333, a copy of such certificate certified by the District Court Administrator shall be attached to the application.
(4) If the applicant is a corporation or other organization and is applying for an off-sale license, the following:
(a) Name, and if incorporated, the state of incorporation.
(b) A true copy of certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation or association, agreement and by-laws and, if a foreign corporation, a certificate of authority as described in M.S. Chapter 303.
(c) The name of the manager or proprietor or other agent in charge of the premises to be licensed, giving all the information about said person as is required of a single applicant.
(5) The exact legal description of the premises to be licensed together with a plot plan of the area showing dimensions, location of buildings, street access, parking facilities and the locations of and distances to the nearest church building and school grounds.
(6) The floor number and street number where the sale of intoxicating liquors is to be conducted and the rooms where liquor is to be sold or consumed. An applicant for an on-sale license shall submit a floor plan of the dining room, or dining rooms, which shall be open to the public, shall show dimensions and shall indicate the number of persons intended to be served in each of said rooms.
(7) If a permit from the Federal Government is required by the laws of the United States, whether or not such permit has been issued, and if so required, in what name issued and the nature of the permit.
(8) The amount of the investment that the applicant has in the business, building, premises, fixtures, furniture, stock in trade,, etc., and proof of the source of such money.
(9) The names and addresses of all persons, other than the applicant, who have any financial interest in the business, building, premises fixtures, furniture, stock in trade, the nature of such, interest, amount thereof, terms for payment or other reimbursement. This shall include, but not be limited to, any lessees, lessors, mortgagees, mortgagors, lenders, lien holders, trustees, trustors and persons who have co-signed notes or otherwise loaned, pledged, or extended security for any indebtedness of the applicant.
(10) Whether or not all real estate and personal property taxes for the premises to be licensed have been paid, and if not paid, the years for which delinquent.
(11) Whenever the application for an on-sale license to sell intoxicating liquor, or for a transfer thereof, is for premises either planned or under construction or undergoing substantial alteration, the application shall be accompanied by a set of preliminary plans showing the design of the proposed premises to be licensed. If the plans or design are on file with the Building Inspector, no plans need be filed with the City Clerk.
(12) Such other information as the Council shall require.
(13) A release authorizing the city to obtain all financial information that may be appropriate.
('69 Code, § 4.40, Subd. 4)
(C) If the application is by a natural person, it shall be signed and sworn to by such person; if by a corporation, by an officer thereof; if by a partnership, by one of the partners, if by an unincorporated association, by the manager or managing officer thereof. If the applicant is a partnership, the application, license and bond and insurance policy shall be made and issued in the name of all partners.
('69 Code, § 4.40, Subd. 6)
(Ord. 1074, passed 10-28-13) Penalty, see § 10.99