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DORSEY & WHITNEY • Mayor Sundland and Members of the City Council October 16, 1987 Page 3 As mentioned above, Minn. Rules § 7860. 004.0, s,ubp . 6 requires a separate license. for each premises where gambling is . to be conducted. By exercising its veto power under Minn. Stat. . § 349 . 213 , subd. 2, the City. can prevent any such license from being issued or- renewed. Minn. Stat. § 349. 18, already restricts gambling to premises owned or leased by the organization - conducting the gambling, with certain limited exceptions. The authority granted by § 349 . 213, subd. 1 appears broad enough to permit the City to . impose other locational restrictions . 3 . . Can the City charge rent to organizations operating gambling equipment on premises owned by the City? Minn. Stat. § 349. 18 clearly permits lawful gambling to be conducted on premises leases by the licensed organization. Minn. Rules § 7860. 0010, subp . 1.7 defines "leased premises" as* "a building or place of- business, or a portion of _a building or place of business not. owned by a gambling organization, that is leased in its entirety by a gambling organization for use by the organization and its members, which_ use may include lawful gambling" (emphasis added) .. Under Minn. .Stat. § 412 . 2.11, a statutory city may lease its property "as its interests. require. " It therefore appears that the City could lease space in its liquor stores or on-sale establishments to gambling organization.s. Each lea-se must be for a period of one year or longer, however, and the rental payments cannot be based on a percentage of gambling receipts or profits. . Minn. Stat . § 349. 18 , .subd. 1. The statutes and regulations do not limit the amount of rent that can be charged. 4 . What is the age limit for lawful gambling? Minn.. Rule § 7860. 0290 states : "No ,person under the age of 18 may conduct or participate in playing the games of pull-tabs, ti.pboards or paddlewheels . " Neither the . statutes nor the regulations impose an age limit on the other forms of lawful gambling, i .e . , bingo and raffles . Presumably, the City would be free to limit all lawful gambling to persons 21 and over , if it wished to do so, pursuant to its authority under Minn. Stat. § 349 . 213 , subd. 1. 5 . Can the City take a percentage of the receipts or profits from lawful gambling? • This would appear to be contrary to the language of Minn. Stat . § 349 . 212, subds . 1 and 4 , which provide that the