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MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Mayor and Members of the City.Council <br /> Michael Mornson, City Manager <br /> FROM: Jerome P. Gilligan <br /> DATE: January 22, 2003 <br /> RE: Liquor Ordinance <br /> Attached are two versions of the Liquor Ordinance,both of which have been marked to <br /> indicate the changes from the Liquor Ordinance given first reading by the City Council at its <br /> meeting on January 10 <br /> Version 1 contains minor revisions as follows: <br /> 1. Language has been added to Section 1000.03 to specifically provide that sales at the <br /> City's on-sale and off-sale municipal operations do not require a license. <br /> 2. Section 1000.04 has been amended to eliminate language that provided that strong <br /> beer could be sold at a premises holding a wine license and 3.2 percent malt liquor on-sale <br /> license. <br /> 3. Subdivision 1 of Section 1000.14 has been amended to change the references to <br /> "young adults" and"minors"to "persons". <br /> Version 2 contains the same changes as in Version 1 as well as the following changes <br /> which were discussed but not approved by the Council on January 14`h: <br /> 1. Removes the $500 reduction in a license renewal fee in Subd. 2 of Section 1000.07 for <br /> a business that passes the annual compliance checks with no penalties of$500 or greater. <br /> 2. The penalty matrix in Subd. 4 of Section 1000.14 has been amended to provide that <br /> the third violation for underage sales within the applicable time period under Subd. 8 of this <br /> Section results in a revocation of the license. <br /> 3. A new Section 1000.15 has been added which limits to three the number of on-sale <br /> intoxicating liquor licenses which may be issued by the City at any one time. <br /> Minnesota Statutes, Section 340A.504, subdivision 3,provides that the hours of Sunday <br /> sales of intoxicating liquor is between 12:00 noon on Sundays and 1:00 A.M. on Mondays,but <br /> that a City after one public hearing may increase the hours of Sunday sales to between 10:00 <br /> A.M. on Sundays and 1:00 A.M. on Mondays. Subdivision 7 of Section 1000.10 of the Liquor <br /> Ordinance authorizes such increased hours for Sunday sales. In order to provide for such <br /> increased hours a public hearing will need to be held by the City Council and it is recommended <br /> DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP <br />