City Council Ordinance Chapter 707PROPOSED AS CHAPTER 707 MONTICELLO CITY ORDINANCES
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LIQUOR CONTROL,
TO THE CONSUMPTION AND DISPLAY OF LIQUOR,
AND TO PROCEDURES AND FEES FOR THE
GRANTING OF PERMITS FOR THE CONSUMPTION
AND DISPLAY OF LIQUOR TO CLUBS,AND PUBLIC
PLACES.
The City of Monticello, Minnesota, ordains:
707.010 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. For the purpose of
this ordinance, the terms defined in this section shall have the
meanings given them.
Subd. 2. "Beer" means any malt beverage with an`alcholic
content of more than one-half of one percent by volume and not
more than 3.2 percent by weight.
Subd. 3. "Furnish" means to sell, give or in any other
manner provide.
Subd. 4. "Liquor" means and includes distilled, fermented,
spiritous, vinous and malt beverages containing in excess of 3.2
percent of alcohol by weight.
Subd. S. "Permit" means a permit granted by the state
Liquor Control. Commissioner pursuant to M.S.A. 340.119.
Subd. 6. "Private club" means a club as defined by M.S.A.
340.07, Subd. 15, or any unincorporated society as described in
M.S.A. 340.119,
Subd. 7. "Public place" means any place open to the public
or to which the public is invited, but does not include a private
residence.
Subd. 8. "Restaurant" means any establishment hc-iving
appropriate facilities for the preparation and serving of meals
at tables to not less than 30 persons at one time, which
employs an adequate staff to provide the usu,s.l and suitable
service to its customers, and which has as.the principal part
of its business the selling and serving of food for consumption
on the premises.
Sec. 2. LIMITATIONS ON LIQUOR CONSUMPTION AND DISPLAY
AND ON FURNISHING SET-UPS. Subd. 1. No person shall consume
or display or allow the consumption or displ�£y of liquor or
furnish set-ups or allow the furnishing of set-ups at any
place within this City except (a) a private residence, (b) the
municipal dispensary, or (c) an establishment having a permit
and maintaining the conditions set forth in Section 4.
Subd. 2. The furnishing of set-ups and the consumption
and display of liquor at any private residence, or an establish-
ment having a permit shall be subject to the provisions of this
ordinance and other applicable law.
Subd. 3. No person shall consume or display, or allow the
consumption or display of liquor or furnish set-ups or allow
the furnishing of set-ups at an establishment having a permit
between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.; or between the
hours of 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Memorial Day; or between
the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any primary, special
or general election day held in the district in which such
establishment is located.
Sec. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON APPROVING PERMITS. Subd. 1. No
officer or employee of the City shall sign any letter or other
document expressing local approval of an application for a
state consumption and display permit, or in any other manner
expressing or conveying the impression that such approval has
been given, until he has been authorized by a resolution passed
by a majority of the members of the council authorizing him to
do so.
Subd. 2. No authorizing resolution required by subdivision
1 of this section shall be adopted by the council until after a
public hearing has been held by the council and it has deter-
mined that the conditions requisite to the passage of such
resolution have been or will be met. Such conditions are those
set out in -Sec. 4.
Subd. 3. At least 10 days published notice of such public
hearing shall be given. At such hearing any interested person
may be heard on the question of whether the requisite conditions
for the authorizing resolution have been or will be met.
Sec. 4. REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR FURNISHING SET-UPS AND FOR
THE DISPLAY OR CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR. Subd. 1. The conditions
required under Sec. 2, Subd. 1 and under Sec. 3, Subd. 2, are
those set forth in this section.
Subd. 2. The premises must have a state consumption
and display permit.
Subd. 3. The premises are zoned commercial.
Subd. 4. Such premises are -not within'400 feet of any
Church or'school.
Subd. 5.Such premises are licensed by the City for the
sale of beer.
Subd. 6.. The establishment is a restaurant or has a
restaurant as part of its facilities.'
Subd. 7., if a private club, the club has no members who
.are minors. ;
Subd. 8. The City's fee required by Section 6 has been,
tendered to the City.
Subd. 9. -The person having the permit, or seeking the
permit, has not been convicted of a felony.
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Subd. 10. The person having or seeking the permit is not
' a manufacturer or wholesaler of beer or.liquor and has no
interest in any place where -beer or liquor is manufactured, or
where liquor is sold.
Subd. 11. The person having or seeking the permit has
not been convicted of willfully violating the ordinances of the
City relating to the sale, consumption or display of liquor.
Subd. 12. The premises have sinks and other suitable
equipment, and hot and cold running water, for the maintenance
of sanitary conditions for persons eating or drinking on the
premises.
Subd. 13. The premises have adequate separate toilets,
which are conveniently located so that they can be reached from
the restaurant area without going outside or through building
areas not occupied by the appligant, which are equipped with
hot and cold running water, individual towels and soap, and
which ar readily cleanable, and are adequately heated, lighted
and ventilated.
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Subd. 14. The premises are so located that no u.aiusual
saftey hazards are presented to persons going to and from or
being on the premises by reason of lighting or the design or
location of stairways, windows, steps, doors, sidewalks, streets
or parking facilities.
Subd. 15. The premises have adequate emergency fire exit
facilities and no unusual fire hazard exists on the premises.
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Subd. 16. There are adequate parking facilities for the
premises. '
Sec. 5. LIMITATIONS WHERE PERMITS HAVE BEEN GRANTED.
Subd. 1. No person who has brought liquor to a public place
having a permit shall keep or,.leave such liquor at such place
during his absence.
Subd. 2. No person having a permit, and no person who is
employed at an establishment having a permit, shall have or keep
any liquor belonging to him on the permit premises.
Subd. 3. No person at an establishment having a permit
shall furnish liquor to any person other than his bona fide
guest.
Subd. 4. No person at a private club having a permit shall
furnish a setup to any person there ' who : is not the bona fide
guest of a member who is then present."
Subd. 5. No person shall furnish liquor or set-ups to a
minor at an establishment having a permit.
Subd. 6. No minor shall remain or be allowed to remain at
a public place (or private club) having a permit (unless
accompanied by his parent or guardian).
Subd. 7. No member of a private club having a permit shall
keep liquor at the club unless the bottle, container, or other
receptacle containing the liquor has attached to it a label
signed by the member. Any liquor on the premises of the club
not being actually used or consumed by the owner thereof shall
be kept in a locker designated to the use of such member.
Subd. 8. No minor shall be assigned a locker for the
storage of liquor.at any private club,,nor shall any minor
consume or display or be permitted to consume or display liquor
on ally premises owned or controlled,by any such club.
' Subd. 9. Any establishment having a permit s1fJj.i. be
kept open for inspection at all times by the law enforcement
officers of the City. No person shall refuse to permit the law
enforcement officers of the City to'enter and inspect the
premises for which a .permit has been granted.
Sec. 6. FEE. The City's fee for the operation of a
private club or public place having a consumption and display,
-permit is $300.00 per annum.
Sec. 7. REPORT OF VIOLATIONS. The City's manager shall
notify the liquor control commissioner of any violation of the
provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 8. PENALTY. Any person convicted of violating this
ordinance shall.be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred
Dollars ($300.00) or .by imprisonment for not'more than 90 days.
Passed by the , council' this `� 'day -of
1974. ;
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Published in the Monticello Times, July 4, 1974
Enclosure: 4:: City Council minutes, . June 24, 19746..