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California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 24045.77

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) The department may issue a special on-sale general license to the operator of any for-profit theater located within the County of Napa, configured with theatrical seating of at least 800 seats and primarily devoted to live theatrical performances.

(2) A special on-sale general license described by this section shall not be issued until any existing licenses issued by the department to the operator for the premises of the for-profit theater are canceled.

(b) The special on-sale general license shall permit sales, service, and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the lobbies and seating areas of the for-profit theater for the period beginning two consecutive hours prior to a live theatrical performance and ending three hours after the live theatrical performance is completed, subject to Section 25631.  Any special on-sale general license issued pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the limitations provided by Section 23816 and shall not be required to be operated as a bona fide public eating place.  The for-profit theater further shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 23793.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “for-profit theater” shall not include an adult or sexually oriented business, as defined in Section 318.5 of the Penal Code.

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