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parents and children to determine an appropriate penalty for minors in the <br />city. This administrative fine or other penalty may also be established <br />from time to time by the Ordinance Establishing Fees and Charges, as it <br />may be amended from time to time. <br />(3) Statutory penalties, If the administrative penalties authorized to be <br />imposed by M.S.§ 461.12, as it may be amended from time to time, differ <br />from those established in this section, then the statutory penalties shall <br />prevail. <br />Additional Issues <br />When the council is determining the appropriate size limitations for a general sales and display <br />license, if any, it should be conscious of the existing general sales and display licenses. It is also <br />for this reason that the ordinance should not be amended to prohibit signage on the back door <br />because it would impact every existing license holder from having signage (i.e. a gas station). <br />Given the information available to the city, this proposal does not tit nicely within either the <br />tobacco store license or the general sales and display license because it has characteristics of <br />both. Rather than attempt to amend the ordinance, the Council could consider denying a license <br />application or imposing conditions on the license application (i.e. prohibiting signage on a back <br />entrance door). <br />One final note, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 461.19, "[a] governing body shall give notice of its <br />intention to consider ... substantial amendment" of its local tobacco ordinance required. <br />Specifically, the governing body "shall take reasonable steps to send notice by mail at least 30 <br />days prior to the meeting to the last known address of each licensee or person required to hold a <br />license" Id. The notice shall state the time, place, and date of the meeting and the subject matter <br />of the proposed ordinance. <br />8 <br />