## AGENDA ## City Council Work Session Monday, January 26, 2026 ## Mankato Room (following the Regular Meeting at 6 p.m.) 1.Discuss amendments to Mankato City Code related to Liquor Licensing. 2.Adjournment ## AGENDA RECOMMENDATION ## City Council Work Session 1. ## Meeting Date:01/26/2026 ## Agenda Item: Discuss amendments to Mankato City Code related to Liquor Licensing. ## Recommendation/Action(s): Discussion. ## Summary: Recently, a review was done on liquor licensing to clean up former amendments that were missed throughout the chapter and to provide further clarity of licensing requirements and classes (see attached draft ordinance). Changes 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 35 percent versus 40 percent to allow for some more flexibility in making sure that the requirement can be met. The “grandfathered” license information has a new class of Class B1, bar to help provide clarity on those licenses that are for legal non-conforming uses. 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. ## Attachments ## Draft Ordinance - Admin Procedures ## Draft Ordinance - Liquor ## ORDINANCE AMENDING MANKATO CITY CODE CHAPTER 2, SEC. 2-97 AND SEC. 2-98, ## RELATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES WHEREAS, following the recent recodification in 2025, city staff have further reviewed the process for handling administrative and civil violations for the City of Mankato and have determined amendments to the current procedures to provide clarification and reflect current practices. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council for the City of Mankato, that Mankato City Code Chapter 2, Sec. 2-97 and 2-98, related to Administrative Procedures be and hereby is amended as follows: Sec. 2-97. Administrative strike review. Individual Llicensing violations with subject to strike matrices are appealable to a three-board member panel of the public safety advisory committee, subject to the procedures outlined below. Licensing not having approved strike matrices are appealable under section 2-98. *** Sec. 2-98. Appeal of violation determinations. from administrative hearings. (a)Licensing actions which could result in suspension or revocation are appealable to the city council by the licensee sending a notice of appeal to the city clerk within five days of the date of the administrative decision …