Ordinance - #89-08 - 04/25/1989 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Off-Sale Liquor License Ordinance Page 8 designated officer or employee of the City shall have the right to enter, inspect and search the premises of the licensee during business hours without a warrant. 1 1. No licensee shall apply for or possess a Federal Wholesale Retail Liquor Dealer's special tax stamp or a federal gambling stamp. 12. No equipment or fixture in any licensed place shall be owned in whole or in part by any manufacturer or distiller of alcoholic beverage, except such as shall be expressly permitted by state law. 13. The retail sale for beverage purposes of ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, or substitutes therefore, possessing the taste, aroma, and characteristics generally attributed to ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, as such, is hereby prohibited. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit the sale of other products obtained by the use of ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits as defined in U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Regulations 125, Article II, Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits. 14. The business records of the licensee, including federal and state income tax returns, shall be available for inspection by the City Council or other duly authorized representative of the City at all reasonable times. 15. Changes in the corporate or association officers, corporate charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws or partnership agreement, as the case may be, shall be submitted to the City Administrator within thirty (30) days after such changes are made. In the case of a corporation, the licensee shall notify the City Administrator when a person not listed in the application acquires an interest which, together with that of his spouse, parent, brother, sister or child, exceeds five percent (5%), and shall give all information about said person as is required of a person pursuant to the provisions of Section 130.055 of this chapter. 1 6. At the time a licensee submits an application for a license or for renewal of a license, the licensee shall state the nature and amount of any contribution or contributions made in the preceding five (5) years for state and local political campaigns or for political purposes, the person to whom the contribution was made, and the person or organization for whom intended. 1 7. No license shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale, alcoholic beverages in any original package which has been refilled or partly refilled. No licensee shall directly or through any other person dilute or in any manner tamper with the contents of any original package so as to change its composition or alcoholic content while in the original package. Possession on the premises by the licensee of any alcoholic beverage in the original package differing in the composition or alcoholic content in the liquor when received from the manufacturer or wholesaler from whom it was purchased shall be prima facie evidence that the contents of the original package has been diluted, changed or tampered with. 20. 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. 21. No liquor license may be issued, maintained, or renewed unless the applicant demonstrates proof of financial responsibility as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 340A.409 with regard to liability under the Statutes Section 340A.801. Such proof shall be filed with the Commissioner of Public Safety. Any liability insurance policy filed as proof of financial responsibility under this subdivision shall conform to Minnesota Statutes Section 340A.409.