Ordinances amending Chapter 2 of the Mankato City Code related to Administrative Procedures, and Chapter 3 related to Alcoholic Beverages; Resolution amending the Penalty/Strike Matrix for Liquor Licenses, and motion approving summary publication. 

Adoption of the attached ordinances, resolution, and motion approving summary publication.

Recently, a review was done of Chapter 2, Administrative Procedures, and of Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, of the Mankato City Code, to clean up former amendments that were missed and to provide further clarity of licensing requirements (see attached ordinances).

The changes in Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages are summarized below:

• The occupancy limit of under 400 applies to all licenses, so it is referenced in the beginning and not repeated in each section.
• The food requirement for a Class R is being lowered to 30 percent from 40 percent to allow businesses more flexibility in meeting the requirement. 
• The “grandfathered” license information is listed as a Class B, bar to help provide clarity on those licenses that are for legal non-conforming uses. There are no other existing b licenses; thus, the previous language was removed.
• The liquor license agreement is changed to be acknowledged during renewal instead of having a new copy sent annually and signed unless there are changes.
• Cleanup on the movie theater license information within the chapter. 

In addition to the above, amendments are also being requested to the administrative procedures to provide clarification and reflect current practices (see attached) within Chapter 2 and eventually in other chapters where the procedure is reflected. This is further cleanup needed following the recodification that took place in 2025.