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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 882 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LITTLE CANADA CITY CODE CHAPTER 802, TOBACCO TO ALLOW A GENERAL SALES & DISPLAY TOBACCO LICENSE TO BE ISSUED TO A NEW OWNER OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS The City Council of the City of Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota does hereby ordain: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby amends Chapter 802.025 of the Little Canada Municipal Code by deleting and adding the following language: CHAPTER 802 TOBACCO 802.025. RESTRICTIONS ON NUMBER OF LICENSES AND SUNSETTING OF LICENSES. (a) License number restriction. The number of Tobacco Store Licenses within the City shall not exceed two (2). The number of General Sales and Display Licenses shall not exceed five (5). (b) Sunset on Tobacco Store Retail Licenses. The city will not issue any new Tobacco Store licenses for the sale of licensed products after May 25, 2022. The city will only renew existing Tobacco Store licenses that were issued by May 25, 2022. Licenses may be renewed subject to the provisions of this chapter, provided that: 1. A license is only eligible for renewal by the same natural person who holds the license on May 25, 2022 for the premises set forth in the approved application. Eligible parties will lose the existing license if they fail to renew it by June 30 each year, or if the license is revoked for any reason. 2. A license held by a person as defined by this ordinance that is not a natural person, including LLC, Partnership, or Corporation, or other business organization, is only eligible for renewal provided there has not been a change of 50% or more of the owners, shareholders or partners in place as of May 25, 2022. (c) Sunset on General Sales & Display Tobacco Licenses. The city will only issue new General Sales & Display Tobacco Licenses to a new owner of a business that was holding a General Sales & Display Tobacco License on May 25, 2022 for the same premises set forth in the approved application. Eligible parties will lose the existing license if they fail to renew it by June 30 each year, or if the license is revoked for any reason.