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Teresa Bender <br />From: Kurt Glaser <kurtglaser@glaserlaw.net> <br />Sent: Friday, March 10, 201712:21 PM <br />To: Pat; Lt. Russ Blanck <br />Cc: Pat Sweeney, pantonen@ci.circle-pines.mn.us; Teresa Bender; Mike Ericson; Bill Petracek <br />Subject: Sunday Off -Sale Liquor Sales and Hours Of Liquor Sales <br />Hello Folks <br />This is a multi -city email in order to keep the Police Department and Circle Pines in the loop for enforcement purposes. <br />Beginning Sunday, July 2nd, Sunday off -sale of intoxicating beverages is coming to every liquor store in the state. Lexington and <br />Centerville's ordinance do not explicitly ban Sunday off -sale, so our ordinances conform to the upcoming change without the need for <br />revision. <br />After July 2nd, off -sale beverage may be sold on Sundays between the hours of 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM. In many ways, Cities are allowed to <br />have more restrictive laws than granted by the State; however, selling liquor on Sundays falls into the exception where a City may not restrict <br />sales from occurring on Sundays. Cities may be more restrictive than state law in regulating the hours of on -sale and off -sale. (Minn. Stat. § <br />340A.504, subd. 6.) <br />Currently, State law allows that on -sale beverages may be served from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m. the next day. <br />Lexington's code cites allows on -sale beverages to be served at the maximum hours allowed by law. <br />None of the bars or restaurants open before 10:00 a.m. <br />Centerville's code restricts on -sale beverage to be served no earlier than 10 a.m. and then until 2:00 <br />a.m. Kelly's Korner Bar wants to serve liquor before 10:00 a.m. The City may wish to consider a <br />revision. <br />Neither City regulates the hours for off -sale liquor, so state law would apply. <br />AFTER JULY 1ST THESE RULES APPLY (*subject to restricts which a City may impose) <br />No sale of intoxicating liquor may be made by an off -sale licensee: <br />(1) before 11:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. Sundays; <br />(2) before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday; <br />(3) on Thanksgiving Day; <br />(4) on Christmas Day, December 25; or <br />(5) after 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24. <br />Kurt B. Glaser <br />Attorney At Law <br />Smith & Glaser, LLC <br />333 Washington Avenue <br />405 Union Plaza Building <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1370 <br />