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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) With prior approval of the commissioner, a Class A wine licensee may sell, serve, and furnish wine for on premises consumption in a legally demarcated area which may include a temporary private wine outdoor dining area or a temporary private wine outdoor street dining area. A temporary private wine outdoor street area shall be approved by the municipal government or county commission in which the licensee operates. The commissioner shall develop and make available an application form to facilitate the purposes of this subsection.
(b) The Class A wine licensee shall submit to a municipality or county commission for the approval of the private wine outdoor dining area or private wine outdoor street dining area and submit to the municipality or county commission a revised floorplan requesting to sell wine, subject to the commissioner's requirements, in an approved and bounded outdoor area. For private wine outdoor street dining or private wine outdoor dining the approved and bounded outdoor area need not be adjacent to the licensee's licensed premises, but in close proximity and under the licensee's control and with right of ingress and egress. For purposes of this section, “close proximity,” means an available area within 150 feet of the licensee's licensed premises.
(c) This private wine outdoor dining or private wine outdoor street dining may be operated in conjunction with a private outdoor dining or private outdoor street dining area set forth in § 60-7-8d of this code, and nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer outdoor dining or outdoor street dining set forth in § 11-16-9 of this code.
(d) For purposes of this section, “private wine outdoor dining and private wine outdoor street dining” include dining areas that are:
(1) Outside and not served by an HVAC system for air handling services and use outside air;
(2) Open to the air; and
(3) Not enclosed by fixed or temporary walls; however, the commissioner may seasonally approve a partial enclosure with up to three temporary or fixed walls.
Any areas where seating is incorporated inside a permanent building with ambient air through HVAC is not considered outdoor dining pursuant to this subsection.
(e) Class A licensees licensed for on-premises sales shall provide food or a meal along with sealed wine in the original container or a sealed wine growler sales and service as set forth in this section and in § 60-8-3 of this code, to a patron who is in-person or in-vehicle while picking up food and sealed wine in the original containers or sealed wine growlers ordered-to-go, subject to verification that the purchasing person is 21 years of age or older, and not visibly, or noticeably intoxicated, and as otherwise specified in this article.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 60. State Control of Alcoholic Liquors § 60-8-32a. Where wine may be sold and consumed for on-premises consumption - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-60-state-control-of-alcoholic-liquors/wv-code-sect-60-8-32a/
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