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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 47 P.S. Liquor § 4-414. Continuing care retirement community retail licenses

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

(a) The board is authorized to issue a restaurant liquor license to a continuing care retirement community, as that term is defined in this act, or its designated concessionaire. The licensing period shall be established under section 402. 1 The application and issuance of the license is subject to sections 403 and 404  2 unless otherwise stated. The application, renewal and filing fee shall be as prescribed in section 614-A(1) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No. 175),  3 known as “The Administrative Code of 1929.”

(b) Licenses issued under this section are restaurant liquor licenses for all purposes except as provided herein. However, the following additional restrictions and privileges apply:

(1) Licenses issued under this section are not subject to the quota restrictions of section 461. 4

(2) Sales of liquor and malt or brewed beverages may not occur from two o'clock antemeridian to seven o'clock antemeridian. In addition, sales may not occur prior to one o'clock postmeridian or after ten o'clock postmeridian on Sunday.

(3) Liquor and malt or brewed beverages sold or furnished by the licensee may be possessed anywhere within the continuing care retirement community regardless of whether that portion of the premises is licensed. However, no liquor or malt or brewed beverages sold or furnished by the licensee may be taken beyond the confines of the continuing care retirement community.

(4) Sales of liquor or malt or brewed beverages may occur in those portions of the premises licensed by the board as well as in rooms that are lived in or used by residents of the continuing care retirement community. Sales of liquor and malt or brewed beverages are limited to residents of the continuing care retirement community and the guests of residents in conjunction with the normal, regularly scheduled dining, entertainment or social activities of the continuing care retirement community.

(5) Licenses issued under this section are not subject to the provisions defining “restaurant” in section 102. 5

(6) Licenses issued under this section are subject to section 493(13)  6 relating to employment of minors, with the exception that the minimum age threshold for employment on licensed premises shall be reduced from sixteen (16) to fourteen (14) years of age. The prohibition against minors under the age of eighteen (18) dispensing or serving alcoholic beverages shall remain in effect.

(c) Licenses issued under this section are nontransferable and if issued to a concessionaire shall expire upon the termination of the contract between the continuing care retirement community and the concessionaire.

(d) The board may issue an eating place retail dispenser license to a continuing care retirement community located in a municipality that has voted to allow the issuance of eating place retail dispenser licenses but has not voted to allow the issuance of restaurant liquor licenses. Eating place retail dispenser licenses issued under this subsection shall be subject to the restrictions and privileges contained in subsections (b) and (c).

1 47 P.S. § 4-402.
2 47 P.S. §§ 4-403, 4-404.
3 71 P.S. § 240.14A.
4 47 P.S. § 4-461.
5 47 P.S. § 1-102.
6 47 P.S. § 4-493.
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