New York Consolidated Laws, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law - ABC § 64. License to sell liquor at retail for consumption on the premises with 500 Foot Law.
New York Consolidated Laws, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law – ABC § 64. License to sell liquor at retail for consumption on the premises
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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section seventeen of this chapter, any person may make an application to the appropriate board for a license to sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the premises where sold, and such licenses shall be issued to all applicants except for good cause shown.
2. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such information as shall be required by the rules of the liquor authority and shall be accompanied by a check or draft in the amount required by this article for such license.
2-a. Repealed by L.2011, c. 560, § 3, eff. Sept. 23, 2011.
3. Section fifty-four shall control so far as applicable the procedure in connection with such application.
4. Such license shall in form and in substance be a license to the person specifically licensed to sell liquors at retail, to be consumed upon the premises. Such license shall also be deemed to include a license to sell wine and beer at retail to be consumed under the same terms and conditions, without the payment of any additional fee.
5. No retail license under this section shall be granted except for such premises as are being conducted as a bona fide hotel provided that a restaurant is operated in such premises, restaurant, catering establishment, club, railroad car, vessel or aircraft being operated on regularly scheduled flights by a United States certificated airline.
5-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision five of this section, a liquor license may be issued under this section to an establishment designated and commonly known and operated as a “bed and breakfast” regardless of whether or not a restaurant is operated in such establishment, provided that such license shall only permit the sale of alcoholic beverages to overnight guests of such establishment.
6. Where an on-premise license shall be granted to the owner of a hotel situated in a town or village the liquor authority may in its discretion grant to such owner the right to sell liquor and wine for off-premise consumption under the same terms and conditions as apply to off-premise licenses upon the payment of an additional fee of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; provided, however, that this permission shall not be granted if an off-premise license has been granted for premises located within eight miles of such hotel.
6-a. The authority may consider any or all of the following in determining whether public convenience and advantage and the public interest will be promoted by the granting of licenses and permits for the sale of alcoholic beverages at a particular unlicensed location:
(a) The number, classes and character of licenses in proximity to the location and in the particular municipality or subdivision thereof.
(b) Evidence that all necessary licenses and permits have been obtained from the state and all other governing bodies.
(c) Effect of the grant of the license on vehicular traffic and parking in proximity to the location.
(d) The existing noise level at the location and any increase in noise level that would be generated by the proposed premises.
(e) The history of liquor violations and reported criminal activity at the proposed premises.
(f) Any other factors specified by law or regulation that are relevant to determine the public convenience and advantage and public interest of the community.
7. No retail license for on-premises consumption shall be granted for any premises which shall be
(a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship or
(b) in a city, town or village having a population of twenty thousand or more within five hundred feet of three or more existing premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article;
(c) the measurements in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision are to be taken in straight lines from the center of the nearest entrance of the premises sought to be licensed to the center of the nearest entrance of such school, church, synagogue or other place of worship or to the center of the nearest entrance of each such premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article; except, however, that no renewal license shall be denied because of such restriction to any premises so located which were maintained as a bona fide hotel, restaurant, catering establishment or club on or prior to December fifth, nineteen hundred thirty-three; and, except that no license shall be denied to any premises at which a license under this chapter has been in existence continuously from a date prior to the date when a building on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of said premises has been occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship; and except that no license shall be denied to any premises, which is within five hundred feet of three or more existing premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article, at which a license under this chapter has been in existence continuously on or prior to November first, nineteen hundred ninety-three; and except that this subdivision shall not be deemed to restrict the issuance of a hotel liquor license to a building used as a hotel and in which a restaurant liquor license currently exists for premises which serve as a dining room for guests of the hotel and a caterer’s license to a person using the permanent catering facilities of a church, synagogue or other place of worship pursuant to a written agreement between such person and the authorities in charge of such facilities. The liquor authority, in its discretion, may authorize the removal of any such licensed premises to a different location on the same street or avenue, within two hundred feet of said school, church, synagogue or other place of worship, provided that such new location is not within a closer distance to such school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.
(d) Within the context of this subdivision, the word “entrance” shall mean a door of a school, of a house of worship, or of premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article or of the premises sought to be licensed, regularly used to give ingress to students of the school, to the general public attending the place of worship, and to patrons or guests of the premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article or of the premises sought to be licensed, except that where a school or house of worship or premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article or the premises sought to be licensed is set back from a public thoroughfare, the walkway or stairs leading to any such door shall be deemed an entrance; and the measurement shall be taken to the center of the walkway or stairs at the point where it meets the building line or public thoroughfare. A door which has no exterior hardware, or which is used solely as an emergency or fire exit, or for maintenance purposes, or which leads directly to a part of a building not regularly used by the general public or patrons, is not deemed an “entrance”.
(d-1) Within the context of this subdivision, a building occupied as a place of worship does not cease to be “exclusively” occupied as a place of worship by incidental uses that are not of a nature to detract from the predominant character of the building as a place of worship, such uses which include, but which are not limited to: the conduct of legally authorized games of bingo or other games of chance held as a means of raising funds for the not-for-profit religious organization which conducts services at the place of worship or for other not-for-profit organizations or groups; use of the building for fund-raising performances by or benefitting the not-for-profit religious organization which conducts services at the place of worship or other not-for-profit organizations or groups; the use of the building by other religious organizations or groups for religious services or other purposes; the conduct of social activities by or for the benefit of the congregants; the use of the building for meetings held by organizations or groups providing bereavement counseling to persons having suffered the loss of a loved one, or providing advice or support for conditions or diseases including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, cancer, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s disease; the use of the building for blood drives, health screenings, health information meetings, yoga classes, exercise classes or other activities intended to promote the health of the congregants or other persons; and use of the building by non-congregant members of the community for private social functions. The building occupied as a place of worship does not cease to be “exclusively” occupied as a place of worship where the not-for-profit religious organization occupying the place of worship accepts the payment of funds to defray costs related to another party’s use of the building.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the authority may issue a license to sell liquor at retail to be consumed on premises to a club as such term is defined in subdivision nine of section three of this chapter whether or not the building in which the premises for which such license is to be issued is used exclusively for club purposes and whether or not such premises is within two hundred feet of a building used exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or place of worship if such club is affiliated or associated with such school, church, synagogue or place of worship and the governing body of such school, church, synagogue or other place of worship has filed written notice with the authority that it has no objection to the issuance of such license.
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[There follows special interest provisions exempting numerous locations.] (e-1) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises which shall be within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a church, synagogue or other place of worship ……]
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(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the authority may issue a license pursuant to this section for a premises which shall be within five hundred feet of three or more existing premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article if, after consultation with the municipality or community board, it determines that granting such license would be in the public interest. Before it may issue any such license, the authority shall conduct a hearing, upon notice to the applicant and the municipality or community board, and shall state and file in its office its reasons therefor. The hearing may be rescheduled, adjourned or continued, and the authority shall give notice to the applicant and the municipality or community board of any such rescheduled, adjourned or continued hearing. Before the authority issues any said license, the authority or one or more of the commissioners thereof may, in addition to the hearing required by this paragraph, also conduct a public meeting regarding said license, upon notice to the applicant and the municipality or community board. The public meeting may be rescheduled, adjourned or continued, and the authority shall give notice to the applicant and the municipality or community board of any such rescheduled, adjourned or continued public meeting. Notice to the municipality or community board shall mean written notice mailed by the authority to such municipality or community board at least fifteen days in advance of any hearing scheduled pursuant to this paragraph. Upon the request of the authority, any municipality or community board may waive the fifteen day notice requirement. No premises having been granted a license pursuant to this section shall be denied a renewal of such license upon the grounds that such premises are within five hundred feet of a building or buildings wherein three or more premises are licensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article.
8. A license issued for such premises as are being conducted as a catering establishment shall authorize the holder thereof to sell alcoholic beverages at retail during such period of time as a function, occasion or event is in progress therein and then only to persons invited to and attending such function, occasion or event and only for consumption on the premises where sold.
9. A retail license under this section may be granted for a premises being conducted as a restaurant and located in the area leased by the city of New York to the New York World’s Fair 1964-1965 pursuant to the provisions of chapter four hundred twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty as amended by chapter nine hundred nine of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-one during the term or duration of such lease, notwithstanding the fact that said premises is not open to the general public as required by this chapter provided that such premises has been designated as an authorized facility of the New York World’s Fair 1964-1965 Corporation and has been certified to the liquor authority by said corporation as such.