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.' FEB-19-2802 10:07 LEAGUE OF 1'111 CITIES RESTilURAlvT llleans an eating facility, other than a hotel, under the control of a single proprietor or manager, where meals are regularly prepared on the premises, where full waitress/waiter table service Is provided, where a customer orders food from prInted menus and woeee the main food Wurse is served and consumed whlle seated at a single location. To be a restaurant 8S defined by thi~ term in this ordinance, an astablishment shall have a license from the state as required by M. S. ~ 157.16" as it may be amended from time to tUne, and llletlt the definition jjf either a "small establishment", "medium establishment" or "large establishment" as defined in M. S. ~ 157.16, mbd. 3d, as it may be amended from time to lime. An establishment which serves prepackaged food tbal receives heat treatment and is served in the package or frozen plz:Ea that is heated and sel:'ved, shall not be considered to be a restaurant for purposes of this chapter unless it meets tb'Hlet1nillOns of "small establishment", "medium establishment" or "larg~ establishment" . Se~tion 4. NUDITY ON THE PREMISES OF LICENSED ESTABLISHMENTS PROHIBITED. (A) The City Council finds that it is In the best interests <lrthe public health, safely and general welfare of the p@ople ot the city that nudity is prohibited as provided' in this Sedion on the premiSes of any estllblishmelit licllllSed onder this ordinance, this is to prote.:t and Ilssistlhe-owners~operatoI:'S and employees of the establishment, as well liS patrolls and' the public in genel'lll, from harm stemming from the physical immediacy and comhination of alcohol, nudity and sex. The Council especially intends to prevent aoy rnhlimhial endol:'sement of sexual harassment or activities likely to lesd to the posslblllty of varklus crilninal conau.:t, including prostitution, sexual assault and disorderly Conduct. The Council also finds that the p.rohlblllon of nudity on the prel1liS<ls of any eIlta.bllshment liC\\l1slld under this ordinance, all set forth in this s<lctlon, reflects the prevailing community standards of the dly. (B) It is unlawful fur any liCiinsee to permit or allow any person or persons on the licensed premiSe:! when the pell"son does not have his or ber buttocks, anus, breasts and genitals covered with a non. transparent matel:'ial.l1 is unlawful for any person to be on the licensed premises when tbe pel:'SOIl does not have hls or her buttocks, anus, breasts and genitals covered with a non-transparent material. (C) A violation of this section Is a mlsdemeanol:' p\lnishllble as provided by law, andlsjustificatlo.n for re'l/ocatlon or suspension of any liquor, wine or 3.2 percent malt liquor license 01:' the Imposition of a civil penalty under the pro~i.sions of Section 29(B) of this ordinance. Section S. CONSl".lMl'TION IN PUBllC PLACES P.05-./24 ~