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Payment D. All license fees shall be paid in full at the time the application is filed with the city. If the application is denied, the license fee shall be returned to the applicant. Refunds E. License fees shall be refunded if an application for a license is denied by the City Council, except where rejection is for a willful misstatement in the license application. No part of the fee paid for any issued license shall be refunded except as authorized under Minnesota Statutes Section 340A.408, subd. 5, upon application to the City Clerk within 20 days of the happening of any event provided under Minnesota Statutes Section 340A.408, subdivision 5. Section 10. COUNCIL DISCRETION TO GRANT OR DENY A LICENSE The Council in its sound discretion may either grant or deny the application for any license or for the transfer or renewal of any license. No applicant has a right to a license under this ordinance. Section 11. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE A. Form. Every application for a license issued under this ordinance shall be on a form provided by the city. Every application shall state the name of the applicant, the applicant's age, representations as to the applicant's character, with references as the Council may require, the type of license applied for, the business in connection with which the proposed license will operate and its location, a description of the premises, whether the applicant is owner and operator of the business, how long the applicant has been in that business at that place, and other information as the Council may require from time to time. An application for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license shall be in the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety and shall also contain the information required in this section. The form shall be verified and filed with the city. No person shall make a false statement in an application. B. Financial Responsibility. Prior to the issuance of any license under this ordinance, the applicant shall demonstrate proof of financial responsibility as defined in M.S.340A.409, as it may be amended from time to time, with regard to liability under M.S.340A.801, as it may be amended from time to time. This proof will be filed with the City and Commissioner of Public Safety. Any liability insurance policy filed as proof of financial responsibility under this section shall conform to M.S. 340A.409, as it may be amended from time to time. Operation of a business which is required to be licensed by this ordinance without having on file with the city at all times proof of financial responsibility to include liquor liability/dram shop, general liability, and workers compensation insurance coverage is a cause for revocation of the license. a. Liquor Liability/Dramshop Proof of financial responsibility shall be given by filing one of the following: