A. Authorized: "Restaurants" as defined by section 3-2-2 of this chapter may be licensed by the town council under a restaurant liquor license.
B. Additional Requirement: In addition to the application requirements required by this chapter, the license applicant shall submit a valid food service permit upon application. (1987 Code § 5.08.170)
C. Primary Source Of Revenues: An applicant for a restaurant liquor license shall satisfy the Town Council that the primary source of revenue from the operation of the restaurant to be licensed will be derived from food services and not the sale of alcoholic or malt beverages.
D. Condition For Renewal: When renewing a restaurant liquor license, the Town Council shall condition renewal upon a requirement that not less than sixty percent (60%) of gross sales from the preceding twelve (12) months' operation of a licensed restaurant be derived from food services.
E. Annual Report: Upon application for a license renewal, a license holder shall submit an annual report to the Town Council of the sales of the licensed restaurant. The reports shall contain the annual gross sales figures of the restaurant and shall separate the gross sales figures into two (2) categories:
1. Food service sales; and
2. Alcoholic and malt beverage sales. (1987 Code § 5.08.180)
F. License Fee: The annual fee for a restaurant liquor license shall be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), payable in advance. (1987 Code § 5.08.210)
G. Transfer: No restaurant liquor licenses shall be transferred to another location. License ownership may be transferred to a purchaser or lessee of the licensed premises with the approval of the Town Council. (1987 Code § 5.08.190)
H. Restrictions:
1. Consumption Off Premises: Restaurant liquor licensees shall not sell alcoholic or malt beverages for consumption off the premises owned or leased by the licensee.
2. Dispensing Room: Alcoholic and malt beverages shall be dispensed and prepared for consumption in one room upon the licensed premises separated from the dining area in which alcoholic and malt beverages may be served. No consumption of alcoholic or malt beverages shall be permitted within the dispensing room, nor shall any person other than employees of twenty one (21) years of age, or employees who were at least nineteen (19) years of age on the effective date hereof shall be permitted to enter the dispensing room. If a restaurant has a dispensing room separate from the dining area which is licensed prior to February 1, 1979, for purposes of alcoholic or malt beverage sales and consumption, the restaurant may dispense alcoholic or malt beverages in the separate dispensing room under a restaurant liquor license, and any person over twenty one (21) years of age is permitted to enter the separate dispensing room.
3. Hours Sales Allowed: All sales of alcoholic and malt beverages authorized by a restaurant liquor license shall cease at the time food sales and services cease or at the hours specified by section 3-2-4-1 of this chapter if food sales and services extend beyond the hours specified therein. (1987 Code § 5.08.200)