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Committee advances multiple changes to Minneapolis alcohol licensing rules, including 18+ event limits and downtown notice radius
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance amending Title 14 licensing chapters to modernize definitions, raise investor disclosure thresholds, add permanent outdoor limited-entertainment options and create a limit on 18-plus events for on-sale establishments; some downtown businesses asked for grandfathering.
The Business, Housing and Zoning Committee on Sept. 30 advanced amendments to Minneapolis’ alcohol licensing chapters that update application requirements, clarify promoters’ roles, and add new permit and event rules. Manager Amy Lingo of Licenses and Consumer Services presented the changes, which include raising the ownership threshold for submission of financial documents, adding permanent outdoor limited-entertainment licensing beyond downtown, and a new regulatory test for 18-plus events in on-sale establishments.
Lingo told the committee that Minnesota Statute 340A constrains what…
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