(A) In any instances in which applications may qualify, applications for licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages and temporary licenses in the city shall be submitted as prescribed by state law.
(SDCL 35-2)
(B) An on-sale/off-sale malt beverage licensee or an on-sale liquor licensee may obtain a special permit from the city extending its hours of operation for a special event; provided, however, that said licensee makes application for a special permit to the City Finance Officer prior to the event and pays the required fee for the special permit at the time of approval of application. The city is to be given ample notice as a public hearing is required for a special permit.
(C) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TEMPORARY LICENSES. Includes:
(a) A special malt beverage retailers license in conjunction with a special event to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed as an on-sale liquor licensee or on- and off-sale malt beverage licensee;
(b) A special on-sale wine retailers license in conjunction with a special event to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed as an on-sale liquor licensee or on- and off-sale wine licensee or a farm winery licensee;
(c) A special on-sale liquor license in conjunction with a special event to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed as an on-sale liquor licensee; and
(d) A special off-sale package wine dealers license in conjunction with a special event to any civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organization or any licensee licensed as an off- sale liquor licensee, on- and off-sale wine licensee, package off-sale malt beverage/farm winery licensee, or a farm winery holding an off-sale package wine license. This temporary license is limited to selling wine produced by a state farm winery.
(D) Temporary licenses can be issued for no more than 15 consecutive days.
(E) The city is required to set a public hearing on temporary licenses unless the entity applying for the license holds an on-sale liquor license or malt beverage license and the temporary license will be used in a publicly-owned facility, then just Council approval is needed.
(F) The city limits the number of temporary licenses to three that may be issued to any licensee or organization within a calendar year.
(Ord. 520, passed 4-6-2020)