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7.51.06 Number of Licenses Which May be Issued As a third class City defined in M.S.S41O.01, the City may issue a maximum of 12 on- sale intoxicating liquor licenses and there is no statutory limit on the number of off-sale intoxicating liquor licenses the City may issue. State law leaves the maximum number of off- sale liquor licenses in the sound discretion of the City Council. 7.51.07 Term and Expiration of Licenses Each license shall be issued for a maximum period of one year. All licenses, except temporary licenses, shall expire on June 30 of each year unless another date is provided by ordinance. All licenses shall expire on the same date. Temporary licenses expire according to their terms. Consumption and display permits issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety, and the accompanying city consent to the permit, shall expire on March 31 of each year. 7.51.08 Kinds of Liquor Licenses Subdivision 1. The Council is authorized to issue the following licenses and permits, up to the number specified in Subsection 7.51.06 of this ordinance. a. 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR ON-SALE LICENSES, which may be issued only to restaurants, hotels, clubs, bowling centers and establishments used exclusively for the sale of3.2 percent malt liquor with the incidental sale of tobacco and soft drinks. b. 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR OFF-SALE LICENSE. c. TEMPORARY 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR LICENSES which may be issued only to a club, charitable, religious or nonprofit organization. d. OFF-SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES, which may be issued only to exclusive liquor stores. The fee for an-off sale intoxicating liquor license established by the Council under Subsection 7.51.09 shall not exceed $200 or a greater amount which may be permitted by M. S. S 340A.408, subd. 3, as it may be amended from time to time. e. ON-SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES, which may be issued to the following establishments as defined by M. S. S 340A.101, as it may be amended from time to time, and this ordinance: hotels, restaurants, bowling centers, clubs or congressionally chartered veterans organizations, and exclusive liquor stores. Club licenses may be issued only with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety. The fee for club licenses established by the Council under Subsection 7.51.09 of this ordinance shall not exceed the amounts provided for in M. S. S 340AA08, subd. 2(b), as it may be amended from time to time. The Council may in its sound discretion authorize a retail on-sale licensee to dispense intoxicating liquor off the licensed premises at a community festival held within the city under the provisions of M. S. S 340AA04, subd. 4b, as it may be amended from time to time. The Council may in its sound discretion authorize a retail on-sale licensee to dispense intoxicating liquor off the licensed premises at any convention, banquet, conference, meeting or social affair conducted on the premises of a sports, convention, or cultural facility owned by Ramsey, under the provisions of 340AA04, subd. 4a, as Ordinance #07-23 Page 4 of 16 4