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a) Destruction or damage of the licensed premises by fire or oth~r catastrophe; b) A chan~e in the legal status of the. municipality making it unlawful for licensed business to continue; c) The death of the licensee, managing partner, or managing officer of the licensee; d} The transfer of ownership of the licensed premises and then only when the new owner of transferee receives a license under this chapter and has paid the appropriate pro rata license fee such that the City will receive a full license fee for that particular license year. At 1he time of each original application for a license, except in the case of an "on sale' club license, the applicant shall pay in full to the City Administrator an investigating fee as required by Chapter 130.0110. No investigating fee shall be refunded. Where a new application is filed as a result of incorporation by an existing licensee and the ownership, control and interest in the license are unchanged, no additional [icense fee will be required. GRANTING OF LICENSES The following procedure shall be followed in processing applications for licenses under this section: 1. All applications for a license shall be referred to the City's Chief of Police and to such other Ci:y departments as the City Council shall deem necessary for verification and investigation cf the facts set forth in the application. The chief of police shall cause to be made such investigation of the information requested in Chapter 130.054 as shall be necessary and shall make a written recommendation and report to the City Council, which shall include a list of all convictions of violations of federal state or municipal law by the applicant. 2. Upon receipt of the written report and recommendation by the chief of polise and at the next regularly scheduled meeting thereafter, the City Council shall instruct o the City Administrator to cause 1o be published in the official newspaper, ten (10) days in advance, a notice of a public hearing to be held by the City Council, setting forth the day, time and place when the hearing will be held, the name of the applicant, the premises where the business is to be conducled, and such other information as the City Council may direct. Within forty-five {45) days after the hearing, the Council may either grant or deny the license. If the license is granted, 1he Council may withhold its issuance until the apphcant has qualified in all respects ';or the license. If the premises lo be iicensed are not complete at the time that the hearing is conducted, the Council may grant the license, but shall withhold its issuance until the premises have been completed in accordance with the representations made by the applicant. No transfer of a license shall be permitted from place to place or person to person without complying with the requirements of an original application, except as provided by Section 130.058(8) and each transfer shall require the approval of the City Council and the liquor control commissioner. The Administrator shall, within ten (10) days after the issuance of any license under this section, submit to the liquor control commissioner the full name and address of each person granted a license, the trade name, the effective license date, and the date cf expiration of the license. He shall also submit to the liquor control commissioner any change of address, transfer, cancellation, or revocation of any license by the Council during the license period. PERSON INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE No license shall be granted to or held by any person: a) Who is ineligible under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 340A.402; b) Under twenty-one (21) years or age; c) Who is not of good moral character and repute; d) Who is not a citizen of the United Scares; e) Who, within five (5) years prior to the application for such license, has been convicted of any violation of any law of the 5