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17 <br /> • MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Bill Soth <br /> FROM: Mike Broich <br /> DATE: April 23, 1999 <br /> RE: City of St. Anthony <br /> Liquor Licensing to Restaurants <br /> • Can the City issue intoxicating liquor licenses to private establishments and continue to <br /> operate the City-owned Stonehouse? Is a referendum required for this? <br /> Yes. A city can issue licenses to a hotel, club or restaurant, while keeping its on-sale <br /> municipal liquor store open, but it requires a special election called for that purpose. <br /> Minn. Stat. 340A601, subdivision 5-7. <br /> • If the City decides to close the Stonehouse, can the City immediately issue intoxicating <br /> liquor licenses to private establishments, or is a referendum required for the City to get <br /> out.of the municipal on-sale business, as well as to issue intoxicating liquor licenses? <br /> • <br /> A city can get out of the municipal liquor business (or part of it) with a council vote, but <br /> if it issue licenses while retaining either off-sale or on-sale municipal liquor store open, a <br /> special election must be called. <br /> Minn. Stat. 340A601, subdivision 5-7. <br /> Does the City need a referendum to license Sunday liquor? <br /> Yes. On sale liquor sales (either by the city or licensees) on Sundays require a general or <br /> special election. Off sale liquor stores may not sell on Sundays. Minn. Stat. 340A.504 <br /> subd. 3 and 4. <br /> • Is there a limit on the amount of fees the City can charge for a liquor license? <br /> Yes, see Minn. Stat. 340A.408. <br /> o What is the number of liquor licenses the City can issue? If the City kept the Stonehouse <br /> open, would that count as one license? <br /> See Minn. Stat. 340A.413 attached for the number of liquor licenses a city can issue_. The <br /> Stonehouse is not a licensee, and I found no authority that it would count as one. <br />