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For the purposes of this article:
(a) “Alcohol” means ethyl alcohol whatever its origin and shall include synthetic ethyl alcohol but not denatured alcohol.
(b) “Alcoholic liquor” includes alcohol, beer, wine, and spirits, and any liquid or solid capable of being used as a beverage, but shall not include nonintoxicating beer.
(c) “An agency” means a drugstore, grocery store, or general store designated by the Commission as a retail distributor of alcoholic liquor for the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commission.
(d) “Beer” means any beverage obtained by the fermentation of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product or substitute, and containing more alcohol than that of nonintoxicating beer.
(e) “Brewery” means an establishment where beer is manufactured or in any way prepared.
(f) “Commissioner” or “Commission” means the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner.
(g) “Department” means the organization through which the Commission exercises powers imposed upon it by this article.
(h) “Distillery” means an establishment where alcoholic liquor other than wine or beer is manufactured or in any way prepared.
(i) “Intoxicated” means a person’s faculties are impaired by alcohol or other substance to the point where physical or mental control or both are markedly diminished.
(j) “Manager” means an individual who is the applicant’s or licensee’s on-premises employee, member, partner, shareholder, director, or officer who meets the licensure requirements of West Virginia Code 11-16-1 et seq. and rules promulgated thereunder who actively manages, conducts, and carries on the day-to-day operations of the applicant or licensee with full and apparent authority or actual authority to act on behalf of the applicant or licensee. Such duties include but are not limited to: coordinating staffing; reviewing and approving payroll; ordering and paying for inventory, such as nonintoxicating beer, wine and liquor, as applicable; and managing security staff, security systems, video and other security equipment; and any further acts or actions involved in managing the affairs of the business, on behalf of owners, partners, members, shareholders, officers, or directors.
(k) “Manufacture” means to distill, rectify, ferment, brew, make, mix, concoct, process, blend, bottle, or fill an original package with any alcoholic liquor.
(l) “Manufacturer” means any person engaged in the manufacture of any alcoholic liquor, and among others includes a distiller, a rectifier, a wine maker, and a brewer.
(m) “Nonintoxicating beer” means any beverage obtained by the fermentation of barley, malt, hops, or similar products or substitute, and containing not more alcohol than that specified by West Virginia Code 11-16-2.
(n) “Original package” means any closed or sealed container or receptacle used for holding alcoholic liquor.
(o) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, or voluntary association.
(p) “Powdered alcohol” means an alcohol manufactured in a powder or crystalline form for either direct use or reconstitution as an alcoholic liquor or food. For purposes of this chapter, powdered alcohol excludes any material intended for industrial purposes.
(q) “Public place” means any place, building, or conveyance to which the public has, or is permitted to have access, including restaurants, soda fountains, hotel dining rooms, lobbies and corridors of hotels and any highway, street, lane, park, or place of public resort or amusement: provided, that the term “public place” shall not mean or include any of the above-named places or any portion or portions thereof which qualify and are licensed under the provisions of this article to sell alcoholic liquors for consumption on the premises: provided, however, that the term “public place” shall not mean or include any legally demarcated area designated solely for the consumption of beverages and freshly prepared food that directly connects and adjoins any portion or portions of a premise that qualifies and is licensed under the provisions of this article to sell alcoholic liquors for consumption thereupon: provided further, that the term “public place” shall not include a facility constructed primarily for the use of a Division I, II, or III college or university that is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or its successor, and used as a football,
basketball, baseball, soccer, or other Division I, II, or III sports stadium which holds a special license to sell wine pursuant to the provisions of West Virginia Code 60-8-3, in the designated areas of sale and consumption of wine and other restrictions established by that section and the terms of the special license issued thereunder.
(r) “Sale” means any transfer, exchange, or barter in any manner or by any means, for a consideration, and shall include all sales made by a principal, proprietor, agent, or employee.
(s) “Selling” includes solicitation or receipt of orders; possession for sale; and possession with intent to sell.
(t) “Spirits” means any alcoholic beverage obtained by distillation and mixed with potable water and other substances in solution and includes brandy, rum, whiskey, cordials, and gin.
(u) “State liquor store” means a store established and operated by the Commission under this article for the sale of alcoholic liquor in the original package for consumption off the premises.
(v) “Wine” means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of fruits, or other agricultural products, containing sugar.
(w) “Winery” means an establishment where wine is manufactured or in any way prepared. (WVaC 60-1-5)
(x) “Controlled substance” means a drug, substance or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V of West Virginia Code Chapter 60A, which is inclusive of marijuana. (Ord. 2-00. Passed 2-28-00.)
The provisions of this article shall not prevent:
(a) A physician from prescribing the use of alcoholic liquors when necessary for a bona fide patient;
(b) A druggist from selling, upon a prescription properly issued by a physician, alcoholic liquors for medicinal purposes;
(c) A physician, dentist or veterinarian, in the legitimate practice of his profession, from using and administering alcoholic liquors;
(d) Hospitals, sanitariums or that division of any institution which is regularly conducted as a hospital, dispensary or infirmary from using or administering alcoholic liquors to bona fide patients. Institutions and the divisions thereof provided in this section may carry a stock of alcoholic liquors sufficient for this purpose;
(e) Religious organizations from using wine for sacramental purposes.
(WVaC 60-6-5)
No person shall:
(a) Manufacture or sell in this City, without a license, any alcoholic liquor except as permitted by West Virginia Code Chapter 60;
(b) Aid or abet in the manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor without a license, except as permitted by West Virginia Code Chapter 60;
(c) Sell without a license any alcoholic liquor other than provided by West Virginia Code Article 60-6 and Section 521.03A;
(d) Adulterate any alcoholic liquor by the addition of any drug, methyl alcohol, crude, unrectified or impure form of ethyl alcohol, or any other foreign or deleterious substance or liquid;
(e) Refill, with alcoholic liquor, any bottle or other container in which alcoholic liquor has been sold at retail in this State;
(f) Advertise any alcoholic liquor in this State except in accordance with the rules and regulations of the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner;
(g) Distribute, deal in, process or use crowns, stamps or seals required under the authority of West Virginia Code Chapter 60, except in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner.
(WVaC 60-6-7)
(h) Manufacture, sell, give or offer to make a sale or gift of, transport or otherwise possess any alcoholic liquor or non intoxicating beer except as permitted by West Virginia Code Chapters 11 and 60.
(i) Whoever violates subsection (a) to (g) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor for a first offense. (Passed 10-24-16.)
A) "On-Premise Licensee" shall be defined to mean any person who holds one of the following Class A licenses issued by the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration to sell alcoholic beverages:
i. Private Club (less than 1,000 members) -liquor, wine & non-intoxicating beer;
ii. Private Club (1,000 or more members) -liquor, wine & non-intoxicating beer;
iii. Fraternal Club (Non-Profit) - liquor, wine & non-intoxicating beer;
iv. Fraternal Club (Non-Profit) - non-intoxicating beer;
v. Tavern - non-intoxicating beer;
vi. Private Wine Restaurant - wine only;
vii. Private Wine Restaurant - wine & non-intoxicating beer only;
viii. Private Wine Spa- wine only;
ix. Private Wine Bed & Breakfast - wine only;
x. Brew Pub (Resident Brewer/Importer License Required);
xi. Special Events (Fairs and Festivals) -wine & non-intoxicating beer;
xii. Special Events (Fairs and Festivals) -wine only;
xiii. Special Events (Fairs and Festivals) -non-intoxicating beer only; or XIV. Growler.
B) "Person" shall be defined to mean an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity, regardless of its form, structure or nature.
C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Code of City of Bridgeport, Code of West Virginia, or Code of State Rules of West Virginia, any On-Premise Licensee shall be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages pursuant to the terms of its license, but beginning at ten o'clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) on any Sunday.
(Passed 10-24-16.)
No person licensed under West Virginia Code Chapter 60 shall:
(a) Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors of a kind other than that which the license or West Virginia Code Chapter 60 authorizes him or her to sell;
(b) Sell, furnish, tender or serve beer to which wine, spirits or alcohol has been added;
(c) Sell, furnish, tender or serve wine to which other alcoholic spirits have been added, otherwise than as required in the manufacture of the wine under rules of the Commission; (WVaC 60-6-8)
(d) (1) Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to a person who is:
A. Less than twenty-one years of age;
B. An habitual drunkard;
C. Intoxicated;
D. Addicted to the use of any controlled substance as defined by West Virginia Code Chapter 60A;
E. Mentally incompetent.
(2) It shall be a defense to a violation of subsection (d)(1)A. hereof if the seller shows that the purchaser:
A. Produced written evidence which showed his or her age to be at least the required age for purchase and which bore a physical description of the person named on the writing which reasonably described the purchaser; or
B. Produced evidence of other facts that reasonably indicated at the time of sale that the purchaser was at least the required age.
(WVaC 60-3-22; 60-6-8)
(e) Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors except as authorized by his or her license;
(f) Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors other than by the drink, poured from the alcoholic liquors’ original container: provided, that under certain requirements exceptions to liquor by the drink are as follows:
(1) A private club licensed under West Virginia Code 60-7-1 et seq., that is in good standing with the Commissioner and has paid a $1000 on-premises only bottle service fee to the Commissioner, may sell or serve liquor by the bottle to two or more persons for consumption on the licensed premises only, and any liquor bottle sold by such a private club shall be sold at retail for personal use, and not for resale, to a person for not less than 300 percent of the private club’s cost, and the liquor bottle shall be removed from the licensed premises by any person or the licensee; and
(2) A Class A licensee licensed under West Virginia Code 60-8-1 et seq., may sell or serve wine by the bottle to two or more persons for consumption on the licensed premises only, unless such licensee has obtained a license or privilege authorizing other activity;
(g) Sell, furnish, tender, or serve pre-mixed alcoholic liquor that is not in the original container: provided, that a licensee may sell, furnish, tender, and serve up to fifteen recipes of pre-mixed beverages consisting of alcoholic liquors and nonalcoholic mixer, in a manner approved by the Commissioner and in accord with public health and safety standards:
(1) The licensee shall use approved dispensing and storage equipment which shall be cleaned at the end of the day. Failure to clean the dispensing and storage equipment shall result in the immediate suspension or revocation of the permit;
(2) The licensee shall sanitize and clean the pre-mixing beverage storage equipment after each use or after each batch of the pre-mixed beverage is made; and
(3) The licensee shall maintain a written record reflecting the cleaning and sanitizing of the storage and dispensing equipment for inspection by the Commissioner and health inspectors;
(4) A violation or violations of this subdivision may result in the suspension or revocation of the permit and may result in additional sanctions under West Virginia Code Chapter 60 or 11-16-1 et seq.
(h) Sell, furnish, tender or serve any alcoholic liquor when forbidden by the provisions of this article;
(i) Sell, possess, possess for sale, tender, serve, furnish or provide any powdered alcohol;
(j) Keep on the premises covered by his or her license alcoholic liquor other than that which he or she is authorized to sell, furnish, tender, or serve by such license or by this article.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense.
(WVaC 60-6-8)
No person shall:
(a) Being under the age of twenty-one years, for the purpose of purchasing alcoholic liquors from a State liquor store or an agency, misrepresent his or her age, or for such purpose present or offer any written evidence of age which is false, fraudulent or not actually his or her own, or illegally attempt to purchase alcoholic liquors from a State liquor store or an agency.
(b) Knowingly buy for, give to or furnish to anyone under the age of twenty-one years to whom they are not related by blood or marriage, any alcoholic liquors from whatever source. (WVaC 60-3-22(a))
(a) A person shall not:
(1) Appear in a public place in an intoxicated condition;
(2) Drink alcoholic liquor or nonintoxicating beer in a public place;
(3) Tender a drink of alcoholic liquor or nonintoxicating beer to another person in a public place;
(4) Operate a business without a license issued under West Virginia Code 60-1-1 et seq., which knowingly facilitates the consumption of alcoholic liquors in a public place by providing for on-site items such as cups, glasses, ice and nonalcoholic beverages used to mix with alcoholic liquors, refrigeration, or on-site storage of alcoholic liquors in a lounge area or space for persons to gather, perhaps offering musical entertainment, exotic dancing, or other such nude entertainment, or other similar activity or entertainment. Such business may be commonly known as a “bring your own bottle”, “ bring your own booze” or “BYOB” establishments;
(5) Possess alcoholic liquor in the amount in excess of ten gallons, in containers not bearing stamps or seals of the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner, without having first obtained written authority from the Commissioner therefor; or
(6) Possess any alcoholic liquor which was manufactured or acquired in violation of the provisions of West Virginia Code Chapter 60.
(b) Any law-enforcement officer may arrest without a warrant and take the following actions against a person who, in his or her presence, violates subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section:
(1) If there is some nonintoxicated person who will accept responsibility for the intoxicated person, the officer may issue the intoxicated person a citation specifying the date for appearance before a judicial officer and release him or her to the custody of the individual accepting responsibility: provided, that the issuance of a citation shall be used whenever feasible;
(2) If it does not impose an undue burden on the officer, he or she may, after issuance of the citation, transport the individual to the individual’s present residence or arrange for the transportation;
(3) If the individual is incapacitated or the alternatives provided in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection are not possible, the officer shall transport or arrange for transportation to the appropriate judicial officer as defined by West Virginia Code 27-11-17; or
(4) If the individual is incapacitated and, in the law-enforcement officer’s judgment, is in need of acute medical attention, that officer shall arrange for transportation by ambulance or otherwise to a hospital emergency room. The officer shall accompany the individual until he or she is discharged from the emergency room or admitted to the hospital. If the individual is released from the emergency room, the officer may proceed as described in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection. If the individual is admitted to the hospital, the officer shall issue a citation to the individual specifying a date for appearance before a judicial officer.
(c) Upon presentment before the proper judicial officer, the law-enforcement officer serves as the chief complaining witness. The judicial officer shall determine if there is probative evidence that the individual may be guilty of the charge of public intoxication. If such evidence is not presented, the charge shall be dismissed and the individual released. If sufficient evidence is presented, the judicial officer shall issue a warrant and establish bail or issue a summons to the individual. Once a warrant or summons has been issued, the following actions may be taken:
(1) If the individual is no longer incapacitated, he or she may be released;
(2) If the individual is still incapacitated but a nonintoxicated person is available to accept responsibility for him or her, he or she may be released to the responsible person; or
(3) If the individual is still incapacitated and no responsible person is available, the judicial officer shall proceed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 27-5 or 6A.
(d) Any law-enforcement officer may arrest and hold in custody, without a warrant, until complaint may be made before a judicial officer and a warrant or summons issued, any person who in the presence of the law-enforcement officer violates any one or more of subdivisions (1) through (5), subsection (a) of this section: provided, that the law-enforcement officer may use reasonable force to prevent harm to himself or herself, the individual arrested or others in carrying out the provisions of this section. (WVaC 60-6-9)
(a) No licensee under West Virginia Code Article 11-16, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees shall sell, give or dispense, and no individual shall drink or consume, in or on any licensed premises or in any rooms directly connected therewith, non intoxicating beer or cooler on weekdays between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., or between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on any Sunday, except in private clubs licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7 and Section 521.03A, where the hours shall conform with the hours of sale of alcoholic liquors;
(b) No licensee, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees shall sell, furnish or give any non intoxicating beer as defined in this article to any person visibly or noticeably intoxicated, or to any person known to be insane or known to be a habitual drunkard;
(c) No licensee, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees, shall sell, furnish or give any non intoxicating beer as defined in this article to any person who is less than twenty-one years of age;
(d) No distributor shall sell or offer to sell, and no retailer shall purchase or receive, any non intoxicating beer as defined in this article, except for cash; and no right of action shall exist to collect any claims for credit extended contrary to the provisions of this subsection. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit a licensee from crediting to a purchaser the actual price charged for packages or containers returned by the original purchaser as a credit on any sale, or from refunding to any purchaser the amount paid or deposited for such containers when title is retained by the vendor;
(e) No brewer or distributor or brewpub or his, her, its or their agents, shall transport or deliver no intoxicating beer as defined in this article to any retail licensee on Sunday;
(f) No brewer or distributor shall give, furnish, rent or sell any equipment, fixtures, signs or supplies directly or indirectly or through a subsidiary or affiliate to any licensee engaged in selling products of the brewing industry at retail, or offer any prize, premium, gift or other similar inducement, except advertising matter of nominal value, to either trade or consumer buyers: provided that a distributor may offer, for sale or rent, tanks of carbonic gas. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit a brewer from sponsoring any professional or amateur athletic event or from providing prizes or awards for participants and winners in any such events: provided however that no such event shall be sponsored which permits actual participation by athletes or other persons who are minors, unless specifically authorized by the non intoxicating Beer Commissioner.
(g) No licensee shall permit in his premises any lewd, immoral or improper entertainment, conduct or practice;
(h) No licensee except the holder of a license to operate a private club issued under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7, or a holder of a license for a private wine restaurant issued under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-8, shall possess a Federal license, tax receipt or other permit entitling, authorizing or allowing such licensee to sell liquor or alcoholic drinks other than non intoxicating beer;
(i) No licensee shall obstruct the view of the interior of his premises by enclosure, lattice, drapes or any means which would prevent plain view of the patrons occupying such premises. The interior of all licensed premises shall be adequately lighted at all times: provided, that provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the premises of a Class B retailer, the premises of a private club licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7, or the premises of a private wine restaurant licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-8;
(j) No licensee shall manufacture, import, sell, trade, barter, possess or acquiesce in the sale, possession or consumption of any alcoholic liquors on the premises covered by such license or on premises directly or indirectly used in connection therewith: provided, that the prohibition contained in this subsection with respect to the selling or possessing or to the acquiescence in the sale, possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors shall not be applicable with respect to the holder of a license to operate a private club issued under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7, nor shall the prohibition be applicable to a private wine restaurant licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-8, insofar as such private wine restaurant is authorized to serve wine;
(k) No retail licensee shall sell or dispense non intoxicating beer as defined in this article, purchased or acquired from any source other than a distributor, brewer or manufacturer licensed under the laws of this State;
(l) No licensee shall permit loud, boisterous or disorderly conduct of any kind upon his or her premises or permit the use of loud musical instruments if either or any of the same may disturb the peace and quietude of the community wherein such business is located: provided, that no licensee shall have in connection with his or her place of business any loudspeaker located on the outside of the licensed premises that broadcasts or carries music of any kind;
(m) No person whose license has been revoked, shall obtain employment with any retailer within the period of one year from the date of such revocation, and no retailer shall employ knowingly any such person within such time;
(n) No distributor shall sell, possess for sale, transport or distribute non intoxicating beer except in the original container;
(o) No licensee shall knowingly permit any act to be done upon the licensed premises, the commission of which constitutes a crime under the laws of this State or Municipality;
(p) No Class B retailer shall permit the consumption of non intoxicating beer upon his licensed premises;
(q) No Class A licensee, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees, or any licensee by or through such servants, agents or employees, shall allow or permit any person less than eighteen years of age to loiter in or upon any licensed premises; except, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply where such person under the age of eighteen years is in or upon such premises in the immediate company of his or her parent or parents, or where and while such person under the age of eighteen years is in or upon such premises for the purpose of and actually making a lawful purchase of any items or commodities therein sold, or for the purchase of and actually receiving any lawful service therein rendered, including the consumption of any item of food, drink or soft drink therein lawfully prepared and served or sold for consumption on such premises;
(r) No distributor shall sell, offer for sale, distribute or deliver any non intoxicating beer outside the territory assigned to such distributor by the brewer or manufacturer of such non intoxicating beer or sell, offer for sale, distribute or deliver any such non intoxicating beer to any retailer whose principal place of business or licensed premises is within the assigned territory of another distributor of such non intoxicating beer: provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit sales of convenience between distributors licensed in this State wherein one such distributor sells, transfers or delivers to another such distributor a particular brand or brands for sale at wholesale; and
(s) No licensee or any agent, servant or employee of any such licensee shall knowingly violate any rule or regulation lawfully promulgated by the Commissioner.
(t) Any person who violates any provision of this section, or any rule, regulation or order lawfully promulgated by the Commissioner, or who makes any false statement concerning any material fact in submitting application for license or for a renewal of a license or in any hearing concerning the revocation thereof, or who commits any of the acts herein declared to be unlawful, shall be punished as provided in Section 521.99.
(u) Nothing in this section nor any rule or regulation of the Commissioner shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any licensee from employing any person who is at least eighteen years of age to serve in such licensee's lawful employ, including the sale or delivery of non intoxicating beer as defined in this article. With the prior approval of the Commissioner, a licensee whose principal business is the sale of food or consumer goods or the providing of recreation activities, including, but not limited to, nationally franchised fast food outlets, family-oriented restaurants, bowling alleys, drug stores, discount stores, grocery stores and convenience stores, may employ persons who are less than eighteen years of age but at least sixteen years of age: provided, that such person's duties shall not include the sale or delivery of non intoxicating beer or alcoholic liquors: provided, however, that the authorization to employ such persons under the age of eighteen years shall be clearly indicated on the licensee's license. (Passed 10-24-16.)
(a) No person under the age of twenty-one years shall purchase, consume, sell, possess or serve nonintoxicating beer.
Nothing in this section, nor any rule or regulation of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner, shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any person who is at least eighteen years of age from serving in the lawful employment of any licensee, which may include the sale or delivery of nonintoxicating beer. Further, nothing in this section, nor any rule or regulation of the Commissioner, shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any person who is less than eighteen but at least sixteen years of age from being employed by a licensee whose principal business is the sale of food or consumer goods or the providing of recreational activities, including, but not limited to, nationally franchised fast food outlets, family-oriented restaurants, bowling alleys, drug stores, discount stores, grocery stores and convenience stores: provided, that such person shall not sell or deliver nonintoxicating beer.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person who is at least eighteen years of age from purchasing or possessing nonintoxicating beer when he or she is acting upon the request of or under the direction and control of any member of a state, federal or local law-enforcement agency or the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Administration while the agency is conducting an investigation or other activity relating to the enforcement of the alcohol beverage control statutes and the rules and regulations of the Commissioner.
(b) No person under the age of twenty-one years for the purpose of purchasing nonintoxicating beer, shall misrepresent his or her age, or for such purpose present or offer any written evidence of age which is false, fraudulent or not actually his or her own, or shall illegally attempt to purchase nonintoxicating beer.
(c) No person shall knowingly buy for, give to or furnish nonintoxicating beer to anyone under the age of twenty-one years to whom they are not related by blood or marriage.
(WVaC 11-16-19)
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