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Attachment B Since 2014, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Edina, and Bloomington have amended their liquor codes to relax or repeal entirely seating minimums and percentage food sales requirements for on-sale liquor and wine licenses. The movement is towards more parity with taproom and cocktail room standards, and adding kitchen, food service and operational requirements/standards for restaurants in lieu of a percentage of sales standard. To our knowledge, these cities consider their amendments successful with very little to no adverse outcomes. About half (45.5%) of the liquor codesreviewed allow for on-sale liquor bar or “exclusive” on- sale liquor licenses to be issued: Maplewood (by license class), Arden Hills, Minneapolis (essentially Downtown), St Paul (Downtown and in development districts), and Edina. Note that Maplewood has a unique on-sale liquor license class system: Class A - required to maintain at least 60 percent annual gross sales in non-liquor related items. Class B - required to maintain at least 30 percent - 59 percent annual gross sales in non- liquor related items. Class C - establishments are exempt from the percentage of gross sales in non-liquor related sales but must meet state statute requirement for Sunday sales. Exemption to these requirements are establishments of occupancy limits of 150 or less. These establishments will be licensed as Class A for license fee purposes. Exceptions to this are bowling centers and golf courses that are permitted to include in their 60 percent gross profit receipts vending machine sales, bowling and golfing activities and other recreational activities and sales including, but not limited to, bowling, bowling equipment, golfing, golf equipment, arcade games and billiards. Of the eleven cities reviewed: 1) only three have minimum seating requirement in excess of the statutory minimum for on- sale liquor licenses: Minnetonka (100), Roseville (100), and Saint Louis Park (100). 2) Only two cities in addition to Roseville have a percentage food sales requirement for on- sale liquor licenses, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park (both at 50%). 3) Four cities currently have a percentage food sales requirement attached to the strong beer option for wine licensees: St. Paul, Saint Louis Park, and Maplewood are at 60%, while Minnetonka is at 50%. As an additional note, with regard to wine licensees, the MN Statute requiring 60% food sales for the strong beer option was repealed quite some time ago.