The committee on police shall act upon applications for alcoholic beverage licenses during the month of October in the year in which such application shall be made.
(Prior code § 16-17)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.12.030, the city council may grant in any year hereafter the number of licenses of each such class as are authorized by Section 5.12.030 or as are issued and outstanding on November 29, 1962.
Class of License | Number Outstanding or Authorized |
|---|---|
B (full privilege) | 68 |
B (limited) | 24 |
C | 6 |
D (full privilege) | 21 |
D (limited) | 10 |
(Prior code § 16-19)
The maximum number of Class B (full privilege), Class B (limited), Class C, Class D (full privilege) and Class D (limited) alcoholic beverage licenses which may at any time be issued and outstanding is fixed as follows:
Class of License | Maximum Number |
|---|---|
B (full privilege) | 68 |
B (limited) | 24 |
C | 5 |
D (full privilege) | 21 |
D (limited) | 9 |
(Prior code § 16-20)
No further new and original licenses, as referred to in the two preceding sections, of any such class shall hereinafter be granted until the number of licenses of that class outstanding in the city shall have been reduced by cancellation or revocation or the failure of holders of such licenses to apply for renewals to less than the maximum number fixed for that class by Section 5.12.030, and, in the event of such reduction in the number of licenses of any such class outstanding in the city, thereafter licenses of that class may be granted in any year by the city council only up to a total not exceeding the maximum number fixed for that class by Section 5.12.030. This section shall not apply to those classes of licenses for which there is no maximum number listed in Sections 5.12.020 and 5.12.030.
Notwithstanding any other sections of this chapter, new and original B (full privilege) and B (limited) alcoholic licenses may be issued in excess of the maximum number allowed under Sections 5.12.020 and 5.12.030 upon approval by the city council on the recommendation of the safety services and licenses committee. Approval of any such license in excess of the maximum limits in Section 5.12.030 shall require a two-thirds approval by the city council, of those voting, shall not be transferable and shall be site specific.
(Prior code § 16-21)
Whenever the holder of a Class B full privilege license, Class B limited license, Class C license, Class D full privilege license, or Class D limited license has abandoned the premises from which he or she has been conducting his or her business, or shall have ceased to operate under such license for a period of ninety (90) days or more, then after hearing with due notice to such licensee, the committee shall cancel and revoke such license; provided that the committee may grant a reasonable period of time, not to exceed one year, to such licensee within which to re-establish such business where the abandonment or cessation of operating shall have been due to illness, death, condemnation of business premises, fire or other casualty. Whenever a licensee abandons the premises from which he or she is operating or ceases operating under his or her license, he or she shall so notify the safety services and licenses committee within thirty (30) days.
(Prior code § 16-22.1)
No holder of a Class B retailer's license to sell alcoholic beverages shall sell or serve, or permit to be sold or served on the licensed premises, any alcoholic beverages between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon on Sunday, the first day of the week.
(Prior code § 16-18)
A.
In accordance with and pursuant to authority granted by RIGL 3-7-7.3, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity holding a liquor license in the city, at which alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the premises, to suffer or permit:
1.
Any person, while on the premises of the liquor license holder, to expose to the public view, that area of his or her breast at or below the areola thereof.
2.
Any person, while on the premises of the liquor license holder, to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance of or simulate such portions of his or her breast as described in subsection (A)(1) above.
3.
Any person, while on the premises of the liquor license holder, to expose to public view, his or her genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleavage, or anal cleft.
4.
Any person, while on the premises of the liquor license holder, to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance of or simulate his or her genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleavage, or anal cleft.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person, while on the premises of a liquor license holder located within the city, at which alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the premises, to expose to public view that area of his or her breast at or below the areola thereof, or to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance or simulate such area of his or her breast as described herein.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person, while on the premises of a liquor license holder located within the city, at which alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the premises, to expose to public view, his or her genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleavage, or anal cleft, or to employ any device or covering which is intended to give the appearance of or simulate the genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleavage or anal cleft.
D.
Penalty for Violations.
1.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity holding a liquor license who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to revocation or suspension of the liquor license by the committee on safety services and licenses after hearing thereon with due notice to the licensee and shall further be subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
2.
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
(Prior code § 16-22.3)
A.
Effective December 1, 2015 and every renewal date thereafter, the holders of all Class A, B (full privilege), B (limited), C, D (full privilege), D (limited), and J liquor licenses, shall present to the committee on safety services and licenses evidence of the successful completion of an alcohol server training regulations as promulgated by the department of business regulation as set forth in RIGL 3-7-6.1(b).
1.
All persons who sell or serve alcoholic beverages; anyone serving in a supervisory capacity over those who sell or serve alcoholic beverages; anyone whose job description entails the checking of identification for the purchase of alcoholic beverages; and valet parking staff shall receive alcohol server training regulations, as set forth herein.
2.
Any eligible employee of a licensee shall be required to complete certified training within sixty (60) days of the commencement of his or her employment and must attain a minimum score of seventy-five (75) percent.
3.
Licensees shall require servers to be recertified every three years.
4.
As a condition of license renewal, and as part of the license renewal application, each licensee must submit to the City Clerk information verifying that all persons listed under subsection (A)(1) of this section and employed by the licensee for more than sixty (60) days in the past year have completed a certified program within the last three years.
5.
All persons identified under subsection (A)(1) of this section must have their valid server permits on the premises when engaged in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages.
6.
Individuals who have been issued a server permit in another jurisdiction by an approved Rhode Island alcohol server training program shall be determined to be in compliance with this section subject to the three-year limitation contained herein.
B.
A certificate of successful completion of the training program shall be posted in a visible area of the licensed establishment.
C.
The office of the city clerk will make available to license holders and new applicants a list of the approved training programs. Approved alcohol server training programs are those that meet the criteria set forth in RIGL 3-7-6.1(c) and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Healthcare.
D.
In the event that the liquor license is transferred to a new owner, the new license holder, has ninety (90) days to provide evidence of successful completion of the training program to the office of the city clerk.
E.
Failure of a license holder to provide evidence of the successful completion of the training program to the office of the city clerk, shall result in the notification of said license holder to appear before the committee on safety services and licenses for a show cause hearing.
F.
Violations. Graduated penalties for licensees for violations within a three-year period beginning with an initial written warning for violations within a three-year period for a first violation; a written warning for a second violation; a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a third violation or noncompliance; and a license suspension for subsequent violations.
All licensees shall be in compliance with said regulations within ninety (90) days of December 1, 2015, or be subject to the penalties set forth herein.
(Prior code § 16-22.4; Ord. 2016-1, § 1, 1/25/2016)
A.
In accordance with and pursuant to authority granted by RIGL 3-7-26, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity holding a liquor license in the city, at which alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the premises, to suffer, permit or allow the use of its premises as part of an organized pub crawl, so-called.
B.
A pub crawl shall be defined as an organized event intended to promote the organized, commercial travel of large groups of individuals between licensed premises for the primary purpose of consuming alcoholic beverages at more than one premises. Evidence of a pub crawl may include, but not be limited by:
1.
The existence of advertising, flyers, tickets or other printed or electronic material promoting or describing a planned pub crawl;
2.
Organized, commercial transportation intended to move a total of ten (10) or more individuals from one premises to another in an organized fashion; and
3.
Evidence of compensation paid to an organizer by participants in a pub crawl.
(Ord. 07-51 § 1)
No holder of a Class B retailers' license shall sell or service, or permit to be sold or served beyond the premises area originally approved by the safety services and licenses committee without first obtaining an expansion of service permit from said committee.
(Ord. 2008-8, § 1, 2/25/2008)
Any expansion of service of alcoholic beyond the originally licenses premises shall require the filing of an application for a permit of expansion of service. Said application shall be on a form approved by the safety services and licenses committee, and shall be required to be advertised and notice given to abutters as required for the issuance of a new Class B license. The applicant shall be responsible for all advertising costs.
The fee for a permanent expansion permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). A permanent expansion of service area in the form of physical alterations to the physical structure will become part of the established licensed service area once approved and shall not require annual renewal. A permanent expansion shall include outdoor areas such as patio and terraces which are permanent fixtures/ installations that may be seasonally used.
The fee for a seasonal expansion permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Seasonal permits must be renewed annually. A per diem permit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per diem.
All seasonal permits shall expire on December 1st and shall run with the applicant's alcohol beverage license and shall be renewed simultaneously with said alcohol license and in the same manner. This shall apply to all permits presently issued regardless of expiration date.
(Ord. 2008-8, § 1, 2/25/2008; Ord. 2011-26, § 1, 7/25/2011; Ord. 2014-26, § 1, 11/24/2014)
A site plan must be submitted with the application which must be reviewed and approved by the traffic engineer, zoning office and fire prevention.
The application shall also be referred to the police department for their review and opinion to the safety services and licenses committee.
(Ord. 2008-8, § 1, 2/25/2008)