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EDA reviews Minnesota model code chapters on licenses, amusements and liquor
Summary
Harrison walked the EDA through chapters 10'12 of the Minnesota model code; CPIC recommended striking or trimming sections that would require licensing for common, low-risk devices (pool tables, coin-operated amusements) and suggested aligning liquor provisions with state statute.
Harrison, representing the comprehensive-plan implementation committee, led a chapter-by-chapter review of the Minnesota model code and asked the EDA for feedback on chapters covering licenses, commercial amusements and liquor regulation.
"This will be replacing all of our current ordinances unless we integrate them into this," Harrison said while summarizing the breadth of the draft model code. Committee members recommended striking several small-business licensing provisions (for example, fees to license billiard tables or certain coin-operated devices) as unnecessarily burdensome and suggested clarifying the code's language on coin-/token-operated amusements.
The group also discussed liquor rules in chapter 12, noting overlap with state statute on Sunday sales and on-sale/off-sale distinctions. Several members said the EDA should default to state statute where appropriate and remove or revise locally restrictive language (for example, license limits and a 3.2% malt-liquor reference that no longer applies). Harrison said CPIC will capture the EDA's comments and consult lawyers on ambiguous timing and appeal provisions.
