Sale of food, drink, medicines.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 301.90
in effect301.90. - Sale of food, drink, medicines.
No business licensed under this article shall be maintained or conducted in the same room where food or drinks are sold or served to the public, or where drugs or medicines are sold or dispensed to the public, nor in a room or rooms adjoining premises where food or drinks are sold or served to the public, or where drugs or medicines are sold or dispensed to the public, unless expressly permitted in this section, or unless such pickup station, laundry or dry cleaning establishment shall be completely separated from such adjoining premises where food or drinks are sold or served to the public, or where drugs or medicines are sold or dispensed to the public, by unpierced walls or partitions from the floor to the ceiling. Unless expressly permitted in this section, no person employed in any place where food or drinks are sold to the public shall receive or in any manner handle any clothing or like materials accepted or received by any pickup station, laundry or dry cleaning establishment. A business which sells food and drinks to the public at retail may operate a dry cleaning and laundry pickup station limited to dropoff and pickup of dry cleaning and laundered outer shirts, provided that all items dropped off for cleaning shall be handled and bagged only by the customer at a separate counter from the food and beverage counter, that the items be secured in a closed plastic or nylon bag or equivalent, and that the items be kept and stored in a manner approved by the commissioner of health. The prohibitions contained in this section shall not apply to candy sold and dispensed in the original container or package provided by the manufacturer of such candy, nor to any regularly licensed automatic vending machine dispensing hot chocolate, coffee or soft drinks. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 340.090; 85-Or-042, § 1, 2-22-85)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT13LIBURE_CH301LADRCLES_ARTIGE_301.90SAFODRMEFetched: 11/2/2026