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MEMORANDUM. DATE: September 19, 2018 TO: Patrick Kelly FROM: Martin Norder RE: Gem Lake Liquor Ordinance. — lVMeadery[Wine License. Gem Lake is looking to amend its liquor license in regards to the application by the Honey Bear Meadery. for a Meadery brewery, tasting room and retail sales. A:meadery is not defined by Minnesota. State Statutes but it is a honey`wine so it would fall under'the definition of a wine. Two sections of the liquor ordinance would need to be amended to cover the application. by the Honey Bear Meadery. These are as follows: New Section 7.3:. "On -sale. Wine Tasting Room" licenses shall permit the. licensee to. engage in on -sale of wine produced by the wine making: license for consumption on the premises of or adjacent to one winery location.. owned by the. wine maker and shall be.issued only to facilities for searing at least 25 guests. at one time, and shall permit the sale of wine up to 24% by volume for consumption with or without. sale of food. New Section 7.9: "Off sale 'wine" licenses may be 'issued far the sale of wine in original packages in retail, stores. for consumption off or away from the premises where sold. Section T l 1 (Sunday Sales) would. also bave to be amended as follows; A license for "Sunday sales." at on -sale may be issued only to a Hotel or restaurant to which an "on -sale" .Iieeris.e has. been issued. A license for Sunday sales .at oft -sale may be issued only to a brewer that holds an off -sale brew pub malt liquor license or an off sale small brewer malt liquor Iicense or an off -sate. wine license,. and Sunday off -sales may only be made between the hours of 10:00 a.m.. and 10:00 p.m. No Sunday sales license; is needed for "on -sale wine" or "on -sale wine. tasting room" licensees. Except in the case of "on -sale wine" licensees, no Sunday sales. of intoxicating liquor.may be made without a license: for Sunday sales.