[Added 4-6-2015]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOTTLE CLUB
A facility operated on a regular, profit or nonprofit basis for social activities in which members or guests provide their own liquor, where no liquor is sold on the bottle club premises, which maintains suitable facilities for the use of members on a regular basis or charges an admission fee to members or the general public and where members, guests or others are regularly permitted to consume liquor. As used in this definition, "regularly" includes daily, weekly or monthly, but does not include once a year or less often.
BOTTLE CLUB PREMISES
Includes all parts of contiguous real estate occupied by the bottle club over which the bottle club owner has direct or indirect control or interest and which the bottle club owner uses in the operation of the bottle club.
No person, firm or corporation shall operate a bottle club as herein defined without obtaining and maintaining a valid bottle club license. Licenses shall be obtained in accordance with the requirements of Article I of this chapter. Once issued, the license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the licensed premises.
No bottle club shall be located within 300 feet of any residence, public or private school, school dormitory, church or parish house in existence at the time that the bottle club license application is submitted. For purposes of this section, the distance shall be measured from the main entrance of the residence, school, school dormitory, church or parish house by the ordinary course of travel.
The municipal officers shall hold a public hearing on any application for a new bottle club or application for the transfer of location of an existing bottle club. The municipal officers shall provide public notice of a hearing held under this section, with the cost of the notice to be paid by the applicant. The notice shall include the name and proposed location of the bottle club and the name and place of the hearing and shall appear for at least three consecutive days before the date of the hearing in a daily newspaper or for two consecutive weeks before the hearing date in a weekly newspaper.
In granting or denying an application, the municipal officers shall indicate the reasons for their decision and provide a copy to the applicant. An application may be denied on one or more of the following grounds:
A. 
Conviction of the applicant of any Class A, Class B or Class C crime.
B. 
Noncompliance of the bottle club with any zoning or other land use ordinance not related directly to liquor control.
C. 
Conditions of record such as waste disposal violations, health or safety violations or repeated parking or traffic violations on or in the vicinity of the bottle club and caused by persons patronizing or employed by the bottle club or other such conditions that unreasonably disturb, interfere with or affect the ability of persons or businesses residing or located in the vicinity of the bottle club to use their property in a reasonable manner.
D. 
Repeated incidents of record of breaches of the peace, disorderly conduct, vandalism or other violations of law at or in the vicinity of the bottle club and caused by persons patronizing or employed by the bottle club.
E. 
A violation of any provisions of Title 28-A of the Maine Revised Statutes.
F. 
In the case of corporate applicants, ineligibility or disqualification under 28-A M.R.S.A. § 601 of any officer, director or stockholder of the corporation.
G. 
Location of the bottle club at any amusement area, beach or other area designed primarily for the use of minors.
Any applicant aggrieved by a decision of the municipal officers may file an appeal as set forth in 28-A M.R.S.A. § 161-B.
The bottle club premises shall be closed and vacated by members and guests each day from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. During the hours that the bottle club must remain closed, no members, guests or other persons may be on, or remain in, the premises, except for the regular employees of the bottle club. The drinking of alcoholic beverages on the bottle club premises during such hours is prohibited.