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(a) Applications for intoxicating liquor licenses shall be made to and filed with the City Clerk. On sale applications shall be made on forms prescribed by the City Council. Off sale applications shall be made on forms prescribed by the Liquor Control Commissioner. All forms shall be supplied by the City Clerk. The Council may require applicants to furnish information in addition to that contained in the written forms. If required under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Ch. 340A, a liquor liability insurance policy shall accompany each application for a license. (b) Every application for a license to sell intoxicating liquor shall state the name of the applicant, his or her age, representations as to his or her character, with such references as the City Council may require, the type of license applied for, the business in connection with which the proposed license will operate, its location, whether the applicant is owner and operator of the business, how long she or he has been in that business at that place, an assurance indicating the building will comply with the requirements of laws relating to building, fire and health codes and such other information as the City Council may require from time to time. In addition to containing such information, the application shall be in the form prescribed by the Liquor Control Commissioner and shall be verified and filed with the City Clerk. No person shall make a false statement in an application. The police department shall investigate the applicant and report whether the applicant is a proper person to receive such license. The City Council and/or its Committee shall have at least thirty(30) days from and after receipt of the application and surety bond for review and examination of the application and surety bond prior to granting or denying issuance of a license. No license shall be valid until approved, where necessary by the State of Minnesota Liquor Control Commissioner. (c) The City Council, in it's discretion, shall have the right to refuse to issue or renew a license for the sale of intoxicating liquor on any premises on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the City are delinquent or unpaid. Delinquent or unpaid taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the City on the premises for which the license has been issued shall be grounds for the revocation of an intoxicating liquor license. (d) Prior to the issuance of a liquor license, the applicant shall demonstrate proof of financial responsibility as defined in Minnesota Statutes Ch. 340A and such proof shall be filed with the Commissioner of Public Safety. Any liability insurance policy filed as proof of financial responsibility under this Section shall conform to Minnesota Statutes Ch. 340A. Operation of a facility without having on file with the city at all times effective proof of financial responsibility is cause for revocation of license. (e) An alcoholic beverage license shall not be reissued to any licensee who has held a license for a period of two years or more without using said license by engaging in the business of selling alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises pursuant to said license for a continuous period of thirty(30) days or more. (f) The application for an off sale intoxicating liquor license is subject to approval by the state Department of Public Safety. Before such off sale license shall become Page 9