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<br />DRAFT <br />ORDINANCE NUMBER 13 <br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE POSSESSION, SALE, <br />CONSUMPTION, AND CONSUMPTION OF INTOXICATING <br />AND 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR WITHIN THE CITY OF <br />CENTERVILLE, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE, MINNESOTA <br />DOES ORDAIN: <br /> <br />Section 1. ADOPTION OF STATE LAW BY REFERENCE <br /> <br />The provisions of M.S. Chapter 340A, as they may be amended from time to time, with <br />reference to the definitions, terms, conditions of operation, restrctions on consumption, <br />provisions relating to sales, hours of sale, and all other matters pertaining to the retail <br />sale, distribution, and consumption of intoxicating liquor and 3.2 percent malt liquor are <br />hereby adopted by reference and are made a part of this ordinance as if set out in full. <br />It is the intention of the City Council that all future amendments to M.S. Chapter 340A <br />are hereby adopted by reference or referenced as if they had been in existence at the <br />time this ordinance is adopted. <br /> <br />Section 2. CITY MAY BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN STATE LAW <br />The Council is authorized by the provisions of M.S. 340A509, as it may be amended <br />from time to time, to impose, and has imposed in this ordinance, additional restrictions <br />on the sale and possession of alcoholic beverages within its limits beyond those <br />contained in M.S. Chapter 340A, as it may be amended from time to time. <br /> <br />Section 3. DEFINITIONS <br />In addition to the definitions contained in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 340A 101, as it <br />may be amended from time to time, the following terms are defined for purposes of this <br />ordinance: <br /> <br />(a) Display: The term "Display" means the keeping, storing, or permitting to be kept or <br />stored of an alcoholic beverage which has been poured, dispensed or has had its <br />package seal broken on, in, or at any table, booth, bar or other area of a licensed <br />premises accessible to the general public, except when the alcoholic beverage is stored <br />in a normal storage area during non-sale hours. <br /> <br />(b) Interest: The term "interest" as used in this ordinance includes any pecuniary <br />interest in the ownership, operation, management or profits of a liquor establishment, <br />