(A) Special event alcoholic beverage licenses may be issued by the Town Board in conjunction with special events held within the town. Any license issued pursuant to this section may be issued for a period of time established by the Town Board, not to exceed 15 consecutive days. The license shall be issued to a person at a specific place in the same manner as licenses issued pursuant to § 116.03.
(B) The special alcoholic beverage licenses available are as follows:
(1) Special event malt beverage retailer. Special event malt beverage retailers licenses are available to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed pursuant to § 116.03
(2) Special event on-sale wine retailer. Special on-sale wine retailers licenses are available to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed pursuant to § 116.03, or to a person licensed by the Department of Revenue under SDCL Chapter 35-12.
(3) Special event on-sale dealer. Special on-sale dealer licenses are available to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed pursuant to § 116.03.
(4) Special event off-sale package wine dealer. Special off-sale package wine dealers licenses are available to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed pursuant to § 116.03, or licensed pursuant to SDCL Chapter 35-4-2(19) or SDCL Chapter 35-12. A special off-sale package wine dealer licensee may only sell wine manufactured by a farm winery that is licensed pursuant to SDCL Chapter 35-12.
(C) Persons requesting a special event alcoholic beverage license shall make application on forms available from the Finance Office, and shall be subject to the same background check, notice and public hearing requirements as an applicant for a license under § 116.03. No public hearing is required for the issuance of a special event license pursuant to this section if the person applying for the special event license holds an eligible permanent license and the special event license is to be used on publicly-owned property.
(D) The hours of operation of each special event alcoholic beverage license shall be as set by the Town Board, but in no event shall the special event license hours exceed those for an on-sale dealer provided by § 116.07.
(E) No person may be issued more than 20 special event alcoholic beverage licenses within any calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any combination of licenses issued to the same person, at the same place, for the same time, and for the same special event, shall be counted only as one license for purposes of the 20-license limit.
(Ord. 4.0, passed 9-15-2015)