HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo 974 Amending Chapter 6, Article II Regulating 3.2 Percent Malt Liquors and Article III Regulating Intoxicating Liquors
Ordinance 974
AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE II REGULATING 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUORS
AND ARTICLE III REGULATING INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Sec. 6-37. - Hours of sale and consumption.
(a) No 3.2 percent malt liquor shall be sold in the city between 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
on Sundays.
(b) No on-sale licensee shall permit 3.2 percent malt liquor to be consumed on the
licensed premises during the hours when the sale thereof is prohibited by this section;
provided, however, that the licensee shall be allowed a 30-minute period following the
2:00 a.m., closing hour to clear the premises of customers who are on the premises
at 2:00 a.m., and such customers during that time may consume 3.2 percent malt
liquor beverages purchased by them before 2:00 a.m., Minn. Stats § 340A.504, subd.
6.
Sec. 6-116. - Hours of sale.
(a) No sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption on the licensed premises may be made:
(1) Between 2:00 a.m. (if licensee has a 2:00 a.m. license issued by the state
commissioner of public safety) and 8:00 a.m. on the days of Monday through
Sunday (if licensee has a Sunday license approved by the city council).
(b) No sale of intoxicating liquor may be made by an off-sale licensee:
(1) On Sundays;
(2) Before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday;
(3) On Thanksgiving Day;
(4) On Christmas Day, December 25; or
(5) After 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24.
Sec. 6-163. - Sunday sales licenses for on-sale licensees.
The holder of an on-sale liquor license under this division may apply to the council for a
Sunday sales license. The city council may grant an on-sale licensee a Sunday sales
license permitting the licensee to sell intoxicating liquor between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
on Sundays and 2:00 a.m. on Mondays in conjunction with the sale of food, provided
that the licensee is in conformance with the Minnesota Clean Air Act. An application for a
Sunday sales license must be made at the same time and on the same application as
the on-sale licensee uses to apply for an on-sale license or renewal thereof. If the first
application for a Sunday sales license is made before the time for renewing the on-sale
license, the clerk may provide for a special supplementary application for the Sunday
sales license. No Sunday sales license may be issued to an on-sale licensee unless the
licensee operates a restaurant serving meals regularly to the public and having facilities
for serving at least 30 diners at the same time. Under a Sunday sales license, liquor may
be served on Sundays only to people seated at restaurant or dining room tables.
Sec. 6-165. - Investigation of applicant; inspection of premises; council hearing; grant or
denial.
(a) The city clerk must immediately transmit an application for a license submitted under
this division to the police chief for investigation of the applicant. Relevant information
will also be forwarded to the fire marshal for inspection of the premises.
(b) Upon completion of the investigation under subsection (a) of this section, the police
chief or the city clerk shall report the findings to the city council at a meeting for
approval of the application.
(c) The city council must either grant or deny the application for a license under this
division after the council meeting is held under subsection (b) of this section.
Sec. 6-221. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a
different meaning:
On-sale wine licenses means licenses authorizing the sale of wine not exceeding 24
percent alcohol by volume, for consumption on the licensed premises only, and in
conjunction with the sale of food. Holders of an on-sale wine license are permitted to sell
intoxicating malt liquor without an additional license.
Sec. 6-251. - Issuance to nonprofit organizations.
Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, a bona fide nonprofit charitable,
religious or veterans' organization may obtain an on-sale license to sell wine not
exceeding 24 percent alcohol by volume and intoxicating malt liquor for consumption on
the licensed premises only. The fee for such license shall be established by the city
council by resolution from time to time. The city may not issue more than three four-day,
four three-day, six two-day, or 12 one-day temporary licenses, in any combination not to
exceed 12 days per year.
Sec. 6-316. - Sale of wine, 3.2 percent malt liquor and intoxicating liquor.
The city may authorize the holder of an on sale wine, 3.2 percent malt liquor, or
intoxicating liquor license issued by the City of Maplewood or a municipality adjacent to
the City of Maplewood and will allow the licensee to dispense wine not exceeding 24
percent alcohol by volume, 3.2 percent malt liquor, or intoxicating liquor at any
convention, banquet, conference, meeting of social affair conducted on the premises of
the Maplewood Community Center, under operation by the YMCA.
The sale of wine not exceeding 24 percent by volume, 3.2 percent malt liquor, and
intoxicating liquor may be served in the Maplewood Community Center under the
following conditions: