Procedure for new permits.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 265.300
in effect265.300. - Procedure for new permits.
(a) An applicant for a permit under this article shall file an application therefor on forms provided by the director of licenses and consumer services. In addition to any other information required by said director, the application shall include evidence that notification of the application has been mailed or delivered to the ward council member, the neighborhood group(s), and the business association(s), if any, for the area in which the premises is located. The neighborhood group(s) and the business association(s) to be notified are those organizations that appear on a list maintained by the planning department for this purpose. Where the premises for which the license is sought is located on a public street that acts as a boundary between two or more such neighborhood or business organizations, the notification shall be provided to the organizations that repre sent the adjacent area(s). The notification shall include the following information: the type of license applied for; the address of the premises for which the license is sought; and the applicant's name, address and telephone number.
(b) Upon the filing of the application the director of licenses and consumer services shall refer the application to its standing committee on licenses for consideration and the conduct of a hearing thereon. The director of licenses and consumer services shall notify by mail all residents, to the extent such notice is feasible, and property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the proposed sidewalk café of the time and place at which such application shall be considered by the committee. Said notice shall go to all owners of record of property as identified in the records of the Hennepin County Department of Property Taxation. The director shall also notify the appropriate neighborhood group(s) and business association(s) of the time and place of the hearing.
(c) The director of licenses and consumer services shall also notify the director of public works, the police license inspector and the commissioner of health of such application, and they shall each report to the committee and make such recommendation as they deem appropriate.
(d) The final action of the committee on such application shall be reported to the council for its action. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 207.030; Pet. No. 251179, § 11, 12-29-89; 2003-Or-007, § 1, 1-31-03)
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_CH265SPPESPBUUS_ARTVIISICA_265.300PRNEPEFetched: 11/2/2026