Ordinance No. 1333 06-13-2016
ORDINANCE NO. 1333
OFFICIAL TITLE AND SUMMARY
I.Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING FRIDLEY CITY CODE BY CREATING CHAPTER 609
LIQUOR CATERERS REGISTRATION AND EVENT NOTIFICATION PERMIT; AMENDING
CHAPTER 508 PARKS AND PARKWAYS, SECTION 508.21.5.D., ALLOWING CITY
REGISTERED CATERERS TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT SPRINGBROOK
NATURE CENTER; AND CHAPTER 11 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND FEES, SECTION 11.10.
FEES, CREATING FEES FOR REGISTRATION OF CATERERS AND EVENT
NOTIFICATION PERMITS
II.Summary
The City Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as follows:
That the Fridley City Code is amended by creating Chapter 609 requiring establishments that
have a State Caterers License that caters liquor within the City limits to register with the City and
provide an Event Notification Permit for each event. This ordinance also amends Chapter 508
allowing registered caterers to serve malt liquor and wine at Springbrook Nature Center and
Chapter 11 by establishing fees.
III. Notice
This title and summary has been published to clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of
the Fridley City Code. A copy of the ordinance, in its entirety, is available for inspection by any
person during regular business hours at the offices of the City Clerk of the City of Fridley, 6431
University Ave N.E., Fridley, MN.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
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13 DAY OF JUNE 2016.
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SCOTT J. LUND, MAYOR
ATTEST:
____________________________
DEBRA A. SKOGEN, CITY CLERK
First Reading: May 23, 2016
Second Reading: June 13, 2016
Published: June 24, 2016
ORDINANCE NO 1333
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING FRIDLEY CITY CODE BY CREATING CHAPTER 609
LIQUOR CATERERS REGISTRATION AND EVENT NOTIFICATION PERMIT;
AMENDING CHAPTER 508 PARKS AND PARKWAYS, SECTION 508.21.5.D.,
ALLOWING CITY REGISTERED CATERERS TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES AT SPRINGBROOK NATURE CENTER; AND CHAPTER 11 GENERAL
PROVISIONS AND FEES, SECTION 11.10. FEES, CREATING FEES FOR
REGISTRATION OF CATERERS AND EVENT NOTIFICATION PERMITS
The City Council of the City of Fridley herby ordains the Fridley City Code be amended as follows:
SECTION 1: That Fridley City Code is hereby amended by creating a new chapter of the
City Code requiring registration of State licensed liquor caterer and events as follows:
FRIDLEY CITY CODE
CHAPTER 609. LIQUOR CATERER’S REGISTRATION AND EVENT NOTIFICATION
609.01. DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and application of this Chapter. The
following words and terms, wherever they occur in this Chapter, are defined as follows:
1.Liquor Caterer. A brewpub or restaurant that holds both an on-sale intoxicating liquor license
issued by any Minnesota municipality and a caterer’s permit issued by the State of Minnesota
that serves prepared meals and alcohol at an event at a site other than the premises for which
the holder’s on-sale intoxicating liquor license is issued.
2.Liquor Catered Event. A private social gathering whereby a public or private party contracts
with a Caterer to provide food and alcohol in the City at a site other than the premises for which
the on-sale intoxicating liquor license is issued.
3.Event Center. An event center is an establishment that leases or rents space to public or private
organizations or parties who contracts, or allows parties to contract, with a licensed liquor
caterer licensed by the State to provide food and alcohol in the City at a site other than the
premises for which the on-sale intoxicating liquor license is issued.
609.02. LIQUOR CATERER REGISTRATION
The holder of a state caterer’s permit issued under the provision of Minnesota Statutes Section
340A.404, subd. 12, shall register to operate under said caterer’s permit in the City using a form
provided by the city clerk. The form may contain the business name, address, phone, e-mail
address, contact name and other information deemed necessary by the city clerk or public safety
director. A caterer’s registration must be approved by the public safety director, or designee. A
liquor caterer shall be hereinafter referred to as “caterer”.
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The registration under this section shall expire on April 30 of each year.
609.03. CONDITIONS OF REGISTERED LIQUOR CATERER
Events that are catered in the City in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 340A.404(12) and this
chapter of the City code shall comply with the following conditions:
1.A caterer shall keep a record of each event they provide services for in the City. The record
shall contain:
A.the contract,;
B.information about each event as required by the event notification,; and
C.the gross amount of food and liquor sales showing that the sale of intoxicating liquor
was incidental to the sale of food.
The records shall be made available to authorized city staff upon request.
2.A caterer shall staff the event with at least one employee from the original licensed
establishment.
3.All servers of alcohol at a catered event shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age and
employees of the licensed establishment.
4.A caterer shall complete an “Event Notification Permit” at least ten (10) business days before
the event.
5.No sale of alcoholic beverages shall occur is permitted after 1:00 a.m.
6.The property owner shall give consent to a caterer to submit to and facilitate any site
inspections by police, fire or the regulatory agency for the enforcement of the registration or
the event.
7.Both state license and city registration permit must be available for display upon request of
any law enforcement officer or investigator.
8.If an event is to be held outside, the applicant shall indicate how define the premises to which
the alcohol will be confined to a particular area.
9.The caterer shall maintain adequate security for all its catered events in the City. The caterer
may coordinate security with the host facility.
10.The City may by resolution establish a list of premises for which a caterer may not provide
services at an event without explicit approval of the city council.
1110. Holders of a caterers permit licensed under this Chapter shall comply with all provisions of
the Minnesota Statutes, ordinances and rules governing the retail sales of alcoholic beverages.
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609.04. EVENT NOTIFICATION PERMIT
1.A registered caterer shall submit an event notification permit for each event at least ten (10)
business days prior to the event. Each event permit must be approved by the public safety
director or designee.
2.The event notification permit form may contain information deemed necessary by the city clerk
or public safety director including but not limited to the following:
A.The name of the event;
B.The location of the event;
C.The time and date of the event;
D.The event contact name and phone number;
E.The estimated number of guests;
F.The type of liquor to be served; and
G.The estimated gross food to liquor sales.
3.No single location in the City shall have a single catered event lasting more than three (3)
consecutive days, unless the permit is issued in connection with a civic event or community
festival.
4.The Director of Public Safety or designee may terminate any permitted catered event that
disturbs the peace, quiet or repose of surrounding residential or commercial areas or that results
in disorderly behavior, noise, traffic, litter or parking problems at the event’s location or in the
area near the event’s location.
609.05. FEES
The annual fee for the caterer registration and event notification permit shall be listed in Section
11.10 of this Code.
609.06. DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION
A caterer’s application for registration may be denied or a caterer’s registration may be suspended
or revoked without a refund for any of the following reasons:
1.Any violations of the provisions set forth in this chapter of the City Code or Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 340A by the registrant, its employees, agents or servants. Such violations occurring
on the premises being catered shall be just cause and subject them to civil, criminal or
administrative action.
2.The operation of an event does or will has unreasonably disturbed the peace, quiet or repose
of surrounding residential or commercial areas;.
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3.The operation of an event does or will has contributed to crime, disorderly behavior, noise,
traffic, litter or parking problems in the area near the event’s location;.
4.Registrant’s refusal to supply its records, books of account, and contract pertaining to an
catered event set forth in this section;.
5.Failure to maintain adequate security for its catered event in the City;.
6.Failure to register as a caterer with the City or provide information on a catered event;. or
7.Any other good cause related to the operation of the business or venue.
609.07. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSES
1. Administrative Civil Penalties: Administrative offense procedures established pursuant
to this chapter are intended to provide the public and the City with an informal, cost effective,
and practical alternative to traditional criminal charges for violations of this ordinance. The
procedures are intended to be voluntary on the part of those who have been charged with
administrative offenses.
2. Every caterer shall be responsible for the conduct of its employees while off-site of their
licensed premises and any sale or other disposition of any intoxicating liquor, 3.2% malt liquor,
beer or wine by an employee to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be
considered an act of the caterer for purposes of imposing an administrative penalty, license
suspension, or revocation.
A.Individual. At any time prior to the payment of the administrative penalty as is provided
for hereafter, the individual may withdraw from participation in the procedures in which
event the City may bring criminal charges in accordance with law. Likewise, the City, at
its discretion, may bring criminal charges in the first instance. In the event a party an
individual participates in the administrative offense procedures but does not pay the
monetary penalty which may be imposed, the City will seek to collect the costs of the
administrative offense procedures as part of a subsequent criminal sentence in the event
the party is charged and is adjudicated guilty of the criminal violation.
B.Caterer. At any time prior to the payment of the administrative penalty as is provided for
hereafter, the caterer may withdraw from participation in the procedures in which event the
City may permanently revoke the registration issued to the caterer under this Chapter in
accordance with law. Likewise, the City, in its discretion, may revoke the registration
issued to the caterer under this Chapter in the first instance. In the event a caterer
participates in the administrative offense procedures but does not pay the monetary penalty
which may be imposed, the City will suspend the registration issued to the caterer under
this Chapter in accordance with section 603.26.B of this ordinance.
3. Notice. Any officer of the City’s police department shall, upon determining there has
been a violation, notify the violator of the violation. Said notice shall set forth the nature, date
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and time of violation, the name of the officer issuing the notice and the amount of the scheduled
penalty. In addition, said notice of violation shall be sent to the municipality who issued the
liquor license to the caterer.
4. Payment. Once such notice is given, the alleged violator may, within twenty (20) days of
the time of issuance of the notice, pay the amount set forth on the notice,; or may request a
hearing in writing, as provided for hereafter. The penalty may be paid in person or by mail, and
payment shall be deemed to be an admission of the violation.
5. Hearing. Any person contesting an administrative offense pursuant to this Chapter may
request a hearing before the hearing examiner. Such request shall be filed in writing with the
office of the public safety director within twenty (20) days of the offense. Thepublic safety
director shall notify the hearing examiner, who will notify the person contesting and the licensee
of the date, time, and place of hearing. The hearing shall be conducted no more than twenty (20)
days after the hearing examiner receives notice of the request, unless a later date is mutually
agreed to by the hearing examiner, the caterer, the person contesting and the City. Within ten
(10) days after such hearing, the hearing examiner shall affirm, repeal, or modify the charge
against the caterer or the person contesting. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the hearing
examiner may appeal with the public safety director within twenty (20) days of receiving notice
of the hearing examiner’s decision. At its next available regular meeting following the filing of a
notice of appeal, the Council shall review the decision and findings of fact of the hearing
examiner and shall affirm, repeal or modify that decision.
6. Hearing Examiner. The position of hearing examiner is hereby created. At the discretion
of Tthe city manager may, at his discretion and with the approval of the Council, contract with
third parties for the furnishing of all services of the hearing examiner as contained in this Section
and set the rate of compensation therefore.
7. Qualifications. The hearing examiner shall be an individual trained in law; however, it
shall not be required that the hearing examiner be currently licensed to practice law in the State
of Minnesota.
8. Duties: The hearing examiner shall have the following duties:
A.Set dates and hear all contested cases.
B.Take testimony from all interested parties.
C.Make a complete record of all proceedings including findings of fact and conclusions of
law.
D.Affirm, repeal or modify the penalty accessed.
9. Failure to Pay. In the event an party individual employed by the caterer charged with an
administrative penalty fails to pay the penalty, if an the individual, the party will be charged with
the criminal offense;. Iif a caterer fails to pay the penalty, the Council will suspend the registration
issued to the caterer under this Chapter.
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10. Disposition of Penalties. All penalties collected pursuant to this Chapter shall be paid to
the City’s treasurer and will be deposited in the City’s general fund.
609.08. VIOLATIONS
1. Administrative Civil Penalties: Individuals. Any person in the employ of a licensee who
sells any intoxicating liquor, 3.2% malt liquor, beer or wine to a person under the age of twenty-
one (21) years is subject to an administrative penalty; and any person under the age of twenty-one
(21) years who attempts to purchase any intoxicating liquor, 3.2% malt liquor, beer or wine from
a licensee is subject to an administrative penalty. The administrative penalties are as follows:
First violation
. The penalty for the first violation is $250.00.
Second violation within 12 months
. The penalty for the second violation is $500.00.
Third violation within 12 months
. The penalty for the third violation is $750.00.
2. Administrative Civil Penalties; Caterer. If a caterer or an employee of a caterer is found to
have sold any intoxicating liquor, 3.2% malt liquor, beer or wine to a person under the age of
twenty-one (21) years, the caterer shall be subject to an administrative penalty as follows:
First violation
. The penalty for the first violation is $500.00. If the fine is not paid within 20
days the City may suspend the registration issued to the caterer under this Chapter for a period
not to exceed 10 days
Second violation within 12 months
. The penalty for the second violation is $1000.00. If the
fine is not paid within 20 days the City may suspend the registration issued to the caterer under
this Chapter for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Third violation within 12 months
. The city may permanently revoke the registration issued
to the caterer under this Chapter.
3. Defense. It is a defense to the charge of selling intoxicating liquor, 3.2% malt liquor, beer
or wine to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, that the licensee or individual, in
making the sale, reasonably and in good faith relied upon representation of proof of age described
in State Statute Section 340A.503. subdivision 6, paragraph (a).
4. Exemption. A person, no younger than 18 and no older than 20, may be enlisted to assist
in the tests of compliance. The person shall at all times act only under the direct supervision of a
law enforcement officer or an employee of the licensing department, or in conjunction with a
compliance check effort that has been pre-approved by the Fridley Police department. A person
who purchases or attempts to purchase intoxicating liquor, 3.2% malt liquor, beer or wine while
in this capacity is exempt from the penalties imposed by subdivision A above.
5. Revocation. The City Council has the authority to revoke any registration as noted in
Section 11.09 of this Code.
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609.9. PENALTIES
Any violation of this Chapter is a misdemeanor and is subject to all penalties provided for such
violation under the provisions of Chapter 901 of this Code.
SECTION 2: That Section 508.21.5 of the Fridley City Code is hereby amended to allow
State licensed liquor caterers and their events at Springbrook Nature Center or as follows:
CHAPTER 508. PARKS AND PARKWAYS
Section 508.21 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
5. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, malt liquor and wine may be sold and or consumed
for receptions or social events within the Springbrook Nature Center Interpretive Building and or
in an adjacent outdoor designated space allowed only by written agreement with the City under
the following conditions (Ref 1293):
A. Pursuant to a temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor license.
B. Pursuant to a temporary on-sale 3.2% malt liquor license.
C. Pursuant to a temporary consumption and display permit.
D. A private or public party may contract with the holder of a State’s caterer’s permit a
liquor caterer licensed by the State of Minnesota under Minnesota Statute 340A.404(12) and
registered with the City, as required in Chapter 609 of this Code. The liquor caterer may
provide food, malt liquor, and wine to their guests for consumption in the Springbrook
Nature Interpretive Building and/or adjacent outdoor designated space as part of a social
event.
E.The holder of a City retail on-sale intoxicating liquor license may dispense malt liquor and
wine off the licensed premises at any convention, banquet, conference, meeting, or social affair
conducted on the premises of the Springbrook Nature Center without obtaining a state caterers
license required by Minnesota Statute 340A.404(12); however, the licensee is prohibited from
dispensing malt liquor or wine to any person attending or participating in a youth amateur
athletic event being held on the premises. A youth amateur athletic event, for the purposes of
this section, is defined as an event whose participants are 18 years of age and younger.
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SECTION 3: That Section11.10 of the Fridley City Code is hereby amended to set the fees
for state licensed liquor caterers:
Chapter 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND FEES
Section 11.10. FEES
CODE SUBJECT FEE
609 Liquor, Caterer
Caterer Registration $100
Event Notification Permit $25/Event
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 13
DAY OF JUNE 2016.
________________________
Scott J. Lund, Mayor
ATTEST
_________________________
Debra A. Skogen, City Clerk
First Reading: May 23, 2016
Second Reading: June 13, 2016
Publication: June 24, 2016
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I.Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
Charlene Vold being duly sworn on an oath, FRIDLEY CITY CODE BY CRE-
states or affirms that he/she is the Publisher's ATING CHAPTER 609 O
Designated Agent of the newspaper(s)known CATERERS REGISTRATION LIQUAND R
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PARKS AND PARKWAYS, SEC-
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CITY REGISTERED CATERERS
TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVER-
with the known office of issue being located AGES AT SPRINGBROOK NATURE
in the county of: CENTER;AND CHAPTER 11 GEN-
ANOKA ERAL PROVISIONS AND FEES,
with additional circulation in the counties of: SECTION 11.10.FEES,CREATING
FEES FOR REGISTRATION OF CA-
ANOKA TERERS AND EVENT NOTIFICA-
and has full knowledge of the facts stated TION PERMITS
below: II.Summary
The City Council of the City of
(A)The newspaper has complied with all of Fridley does hereby ordain as fol-
the requirements constituting qualifica- lows: That the Fridley City Code is
tion as a qualified newspaper as provided amended by creating Chapter 609
by Minn. Stat.§331 A.02. requiring establishments that have
(B)This Public Notice was printed and pub a State Caterers License that ca-
ters liquor within the City limits to
lished in said newspaper(s) once each register with the City and provide
week, for 1 successive week(s); the first an Event Notification Permit for
insertion being on 06/24/2016 and the last each event. This ordinance also
amends Chapter 508 allowing reg-
insertion being on 06/24/2016. istered caterers to serve malt liquor
and wine at Springbrook Nature
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICES Center and Chapter 11 by estab-
Pursuant to Minnesota Stat. §580.033 lisping fees.
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foreclosure notices: The newspaper complies published to clearly inform the pub-
with the conditions described in §580.033, lic of the intent and effect of the
subd. 1,clause (1)or(2). If the newspaper's Fridley City Code. A copy of the
ordinance, in its entirety, is avail-
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adjoining the county where the mortgaged during regular business hours at
premises or some part of the mortgaged the offices of the City Clerk of the
premises described in the notice are located, City of Fridley,6431 University Ave
N.E.,Fridley,MN.
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