§ 4-89. Required; classifications.

(a)

Types. No person, except wholesalers and manufacturers to the extent authorized by law, shall deal in or dispose of by gift, sale or otherwise, or keep or offer for sale, any beer within the city without first having received a license as hereinafter provided. Licenses shall be of three kinds:

(1)

Regular on-sale;

(2)

Temporary on-sale; and

(3)

Off-sale.

(b)

Regular on-sale. Regular on-sale licenses shall be granted only to bona fide clubs, taverns, restaurants, and hotels where food is prepared and served for consumption on the premises. On-sale licenses shall permit the sale of 3.2 percent malt liquor for consumption on the premises only.

(c)

Temporary on-sale. Temporary on-sale licenses shall be granted only to bona fide clubs and charitable, religious, and nonprofit organizations for the sale of 3.2 percent malt liquor for consumption on the premises only.

(d)

Off-sale. Off-sale licenses shall permit the sale of 3.2 percent malt liquor at retail in the original package, for consumption off the premises only, and shall be granted only to taverns, restaurants, and grocery stores.

(Code 1999, § 6.2.2)

State law reference

License requirement, Minn. Stat. § 340A.401; 3.2 percent malt liquor licenses, Minn. Stat. § 340A.403.