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N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 97: Temporary beer and wine permit

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  1. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
  2. Article 7. Special Permits

§ 97. Temporary beer and wine permit. 1. The liquor authority is

hereby authorized to issue temporary permits effective for a period not

to exceed twenty-four consecutive hours to authorize the sale of beer,

wine, cider, mead and/or braggot, and liquor at outdoor or indoor

gatherings, functions, occasions or events, within the hours fixed by or

pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred six of this chapter,

during which alcoholic beverages may lawfully be sold or served upon

premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises

consumption in the community in which is located the premises in which

such gathering, function, occasion or event is held. The fee for such

permit shall be twenty-six dollars. Such permit and the exercise of the

privilege granted thereby shall be subject to such rules of the liquor

authority as it deems necessary.

2. The liquor authority is hereby authorized to issue an annual permit

to brewers and beer wholesalers authorizing such licensees to sell beer

for consumption at outdoor or indoor gatherings, functions, occasions or

events, provided that such gatherings are not open to admission to the

general public nor is admission thereto made contingent upon the payment

of an admission fee, donation or contribution, and further provided that

such beer is not resold at such gatherings. Every brewer or beer

wholesaler to whom a permit shall be issued hereunder shall require

every person to whom beer shall be sold for use at such gatherings to

make, execute and file with such brewer or beer wholesaler, upon a form

to be prescribed by the liquor authority, a statement, that the beer

purchased by such person will not be sold or offered for sale by such

person. Such statement shall be accepted for all purposes as the

equivalent of an affidavit, and if false, shall subject the person

making and executing the same to the same penalties as if he had been

duly sworn. Such permit shall be issued in the form prescribed by the

liquor authority and shall run concurrently with the annual term of the

brewer's license or of the wholesale beer license, and the fee for such

permit shall be sixty-four dollars. Such a permit and the exercise of

the privileges granted thereunder shall be subject to such rules by the

liquor authority as it deems necessary. The provisions hereof shall not

apply to the sale of beer for consumption in the home.

4. The liquor authority is hereby authorized to issue a temporary

permit effective for a period not to exceed twenty-four consecutive

hours to any holder of a license to manufacture wine in this or any

other state, to sell wine at outdoor or indoor gatherings, functions,

occasions, or events, provided that such manufacturer produces not more

than one hundred fifty thousand gallons of wine annually. The fee for

such permit shall be twenty-six dollars.

5. The authority is authorized to allow a brewer, once per annum, and

after the property owner obtains a permit under this section, to sell or

offer at no cost beer, beginning at eight antemeridian and ending at the

hours fixed by or pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred

six of this chapter, at the following two locations in the city of

Utica, county of Oneida, and bounded and described as follows:

PARCEL I

Beginning at the northwest corner of the beer storage building at the

corner of Edward Street and Wasmer Street and proceeding northerly for a

distance of 76 feet 1 inch; thence 128 feet 5 inches easterly along

Wasmer Street; thence continuing along said Wasmer Street northeasterly

for a distance of 202 feet 10 inches to the corner of Wasmer Street and

Hamilton Street.

Thence northerly along Hamilton Street for a distance of 46 feet 8

inches to the intersection of Columbia Street. Thence northwesterly

along Columbia Street for a distance of 233 feet 6 inches. Thence

southwesterly for a distance of 77 feet 7 inches to a fence. Thence

northwesterly for a distance of 62 feet and thence southwesterly a

distance of 10 feet 6 inches to the southeastern corner of the brewery

garage.

Thence, following the garage's perimeter: first in a southwesterly

direction for a distance of 133 feet 2 inches to the southwest corner of

the garage; thence in a northwesterly direction for a distance of 22

feet 5 inches; and thence in a northeasterly direction for a distance of

11 feet 2 inches, then in a northwesterly direction for a distance of

100 feet, to a fence just before the sidewalk on Schuyler Street; thence

southwesterly for a distance of 234 feet 5 inches to the Brewery main

complex.

Thence following the perimeter of the brewery complex buildings

southeast for a distance of 82 feet 8 inches, northeasterly for a

distance of 81 feet 11 inches; thence southeasterly for a distance of 85

feet 3 inches; thence northeasterly for a distance of 21 feet 6 inches;

and thence southeasterly for a distance of 96 feet 8 inches to the

northwestern corner of the shipping office.

From the northwestern corner of the shipping office, southeasterly for a

distance of 33 feet 9 inches; thence southwesterly for a distance of 37

feet 8 inches; thence southeasterly for a distance of 65 feet 8 inches;

thence southerly for a distance of 27 feet 4 inches; thence easterly for

a distance of 33 feet, to the point or place of beginning.

PARCEL II

Beginning at the iron fence which is 26 feet northwest of the southwest

corner of the tour center on Court Street; thence 66 feet, 7 inches

northeast, 11 feet 7 inches northwest to the west corner of the tour

center parking lot stairs. Proceeding northeasterly 71 feet 10 inches,

thence northwesterly 19 feet 10 inches to the southeastern corner of the

boiler room building. Thence northwesterly 161 feet; south by southwest

80 feet; southwest 58 feet 5 inches and finally southeast 155 feet to

the point or place of beginning.

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