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4. A maximum of four (4) "on -sale" licenses will he issued within the City. A maximum of two (2) "off -sale" licenses will be issued within the City. Section 4. License Fees. I. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a receipt from the City Treasurer for payment in full of the required fee for the license. All fees shall be paid into the general fund of the municipality. Upon rejection of any application for a license, the treasurer shall refund the amount paid. 2. All licenses shall expire on the last day of December of each year. Each license shall be issued for a period of one year except that if a portion of the license year has elapsed when the application is made, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro rata fee. In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month. 3(Repealed by Or4innnee No. 94.-adopied 2,110i2WQ) 4. No refund of any fee shall be permitted except as authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Section 340A.408. Section 5. Granting of Licenses. l . The City Council shall investigate all facts set out in the application. Opportunity shall be given to any person to be heard for or against the granting of the license. After such investigation and hearing, the City Council shall grant or refuse the application in its discretion. No "off -sale" license shall become effective until it, together with the proof of financial responsibility furnished by the applicant, has been approved by the State Commissioner of Public Safety. 2. An applicant seeking an `on -sale" license shall pay an investigation fee with the required annual license fee. If investigation outside the State of Minnesota is required by the City Council or the State Commissioner of Public Safety, the applicant shall pay the actual cost of the investigation, up to $10,000.00, prior to any action to approve or deny the license. 3. Each license shall be issued to the applicant only. Each license shall be issued only for the premises described in the application. No license may be transferred to another person or to another place without the approval of the City Council. Section 6. Persons Ineligible for License. No license shall be granted to or held by any person made ineligible for such a license by State law. No license shall be issued to an individual who is a nonresident of the City. Section 7. Places Ineligible for License. 1. No license shall be issued for any place or for any business ineligible for such a license under State law. 2. No license shall be issued to any business, except an exclusive liquor store, until it has been in operation continuously for six months. 3. No license shall be granted for operation on any premises on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the City are delinquent and unpaid. 4. No license shall be granted within a reasonable distance of any school, church, or private home at the determination of the City Council. Section 8. Conditions of License. 1. Every license shall be granted subject to the conditions in the following subdivisions and all other provisions of this Ordinance and of any other applicable Ordinance of the City of State law. 2. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of his place of business and the conditions of sobriety and order in it. The act of any employee on the licensed premises authorized to sell or serve intoxicating