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(A) Authority. A limited retail liquor license, also referred to as a special club license, is the authority under which bona fide clubs are permitted to sell alcoholic and malt beverages for consumption.
(B) Petition. The initial application for a limited retail license by a social club shall include a petition signed by not less than 51% of the current membership indicating a desire to secure a limited retail liquor license. The form of the petition shall be prescribed by the State Liquor Division under the Department of Revenue, and shall include the residence address of each member signing the petition.
(C) Restrictions. A club holding a limited retail liquor license shall not sell alcoholic or malt beverages for consumption anywhere except within the licensed premises and for consumption by its members and their accompanied guests only. It shall be the duty and obligation of the club to check and regulate sale to members and their accompanied guests to ensure that all alcoholic or malt beverages sold are consumed within the building, space, or premises.
(Prior Code, § 4-1B-2)
(A) Authority. A restaurant liquor license is the authority under which the sale for consumption of alcoholic and malt beverages is permitted for a RESTAURANT, as defined in § 4-1-1.
(B) Initial application. An initial applicant for a restaurant liquor license shall provide a statement, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, that the primary source of revenue from the operation of the restaurant will be derived from the sale of food and not from the sale of alcoholic and malt beverages.
(C) License renewal. An applicant for the renewal of a restaurant liquor license shall provide as part of the application a statement that not less than 60% of the gross sales in the preceding 12 months’ operation of the licensed restaurant was derived from the sale of food services. Accompanying the application for renewal shall be a report of the annual gross sales from the preceding 12 months’ operation of the restaurant, separately reporting the gross sales figures of food service sales and alcoholic and malt beverage sales.
(D) License transfer. No restaurant liquor license shall be transferred to a different location. License ownership may be transferred to a purchaser or lessee of the licensed premises with the approval of the Council.
(E) Restrictions. Restaurant liquor licenses do not permit the sale of alcoholic or malt beverages off the licensed premises. Alcoholic and malt beverages shall be served for on premises consumption only and served only in dining areas which are adequately staffed and equipped for all food services offered by the restaurant. A restaurant liquor licensee may permit a patron to remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-premises consumption; provided, that the patron has purchased a full course meal and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with the meal on the restaurant premises. For purposes of this division (E), the term FULL COURSE MEAL shall mean a diversified selection of food which is ordinarily consumed with the use of tableware and cannot conveniently be consumed while standing or walking. A partially consumed bottle of wine that is to be removed from the premises pursuant to this division (E) shall be securely sealed by the licensee or an agent of the licensee and placed in a tamper-proof transparent bag which shall also be securely sealed prior to removal from the premises, so that it is visibly apparent that the resealed bottle of wine has not been tampered with. The licensee or agent of the licensee shall provide a dated receipt for the bottle of wine to the patron. Wine which is resealed in accordance with the provisions of this division (E) shall not be deemed an open container for purposes of Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-235.
(F) Service area minors restricted. 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 over the age of 18 years be permitted to enter the dispensing room.
(G) Food sales required. 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 time specified in this chapter if food sales and service extends beyond that time.
(H) Limited activities. No restaurant licensee shall promote the restaurant as a bar and lounge, nor shall the licensee compete with a retail liquor license in activities other than dinner functions, including but not limited to dances, receptions, and other social gatherings.
(Prior Code, § 4-1B-3) (Ord. 381, passed 11-16-2017) Penalty, see § 1-4-1
(A) Authority. A microbrewery license is the authority under which a licensee is permitted to brew a malt beverage.
(B) Activities allowed. In addition to the authority granted under division (A) above, a microbrewery may do one or more of the following:
(1) Sell its own products for on-premises consumption;
(2) Sell the malt beverages of other breweries or microbreweries when such are obtained through licensed wholesale malt distributors;
(3) Hold, in addition to the microbrewery license, a retail liquor license, restaurant liquor license, or a resort liquor license, subject to the terms and conditions for each contained in this chapter; and/or
(4) Sell on site only its own product for off-premises personal consumption, but not for resale, in packaging of bottles, cans, or pack not to exceed 2,000 ounces per sale.
(C) Transfer of license. A microbrewery license shall not be transferred from its licensed premises. A transfer of ownership to a purchaser or a lessee of the licensed premises shall be allowed upon approval of the Council.
(Prior Code, § 4-1B-4)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a licensee who holds a retail liquor license or a microbrewery license, and who is engaged in business operation with motel or hotel room accommodations at the same premises may, after obtaining a license from the town for such, sell alcoholic liquor and malt beverages in sealed containers from a minibar located in any sleeping room of the licensee’s motel or hotel operation occupied by a registered guest 21 years or older. Sales under this section shall be only to registered guests aged 21 years or more, are not subject to the restriction of hours imposed elsewhere in this chapter, and shall be only for consumption within the motel or hotel room premises occupied by the guest. The price imposed for the alcoholic liquor, malt beverage, and all other items for sale shall be clearly posted.
(Prior Code, § 4-1B-5)
(A) Fees enumerated. The following fees shall be paid in advance for the respective annual licenses and each renewal thereof:
(1) Retail liquor license: $1,000;
(2) Limited retail liquor (special club) license: $500;
(3) Restaurant liquor license: $1,000;
(4) Microbrewery/winery license: $500; and
(5) Bar and grill liquor license: $1,500;
(B) Fees nonrefundable. No refund of all or any part of any license fee shall be made at any time following the issuance thereof.
(Prior Code, § 4-1B-6) (Ord. 381, passed 11-16-2017)
TEMPORARY LICENSES
(A) Authority. A malt beverage permit is the authority under which a licensee is permitted to sell malt beverages only for a period not to exceed 24 hours per permit.
(B) Events and sales restricted.
(1) A malt beverage permit may be issued to any responsible person or organization for sales of malt beverages at a picnic, bazaar, fair, rodeo, special holiday, or similar public gathering.
(2) No alcoholic liquors, other than malt beverages, shall be sold on the premises described in the permit, nor shall any malt beverages be sold which are to be consumed off the premises.
(C) Number of permits allowed. No person or organization shall receive more than six malt beverage permits in one year, without approval from the Town Council.
(D) Hours of operation. The hours of operation contained elsewhere in this chapter shall apply to a malt beverage permit.
(Prior Code, § 4-1C-1) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
(A) Authority. A catering permit is the authority by which a retail liquor licensee is permitted to sell alcoholic liquors and malt beverages off the licensed premises for sales at meetings, conventions, private parties, and dinners or at other similar gatherings not capable of being held within the permittee’s licensed premises.
(B) On premises sales. The permittee shall not sell or permit the consumption of any alcoholic or malt beverages off the premises described in the permit.
(C) Number of permits allowed. No retail liquor licensee shall receive more than six catering permits in one year.
(D) Hours of operation. The hours of operation contained elsewhere in this chapter shall apply to a catering permit.
(Prior Code, § 4-1C-2)
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