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Timestamp: 2020-02-17 01:23:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187', '§ 187']

Town of Lexington, MA Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for Package Stores
Ch 187 Art V Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for Package Stores
§ 187-56 Purpose.
§ 187-57 Display of license.
§ 187-58 Age requirements for employees.
§ 187-59 Sale on certain holidays prohibited.
§ 187-60 Hours of operation.
§ 187-61 Issuance to persons and establishments restricted.
§ 187-62 Automatic amusement devices.
§ 187-63 Location restrictions.
§ 187-64 Price list to be posted.
§ 187-65 Sale, transfer or surrender of license.
§ 187-66 Number of licenses limited.
§ 187-67 Compliance with all regulations required.
§ 187-68 Issuance of licenses to corporations; appointment of manager.
§ 187-69 Abandonment of license.
§ 187-70 Refusal to grant or renew licenses; suspension, cancellation or revocation of license.
§ 187-71 Application; license fees.
Article V Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for Package Stores
[Adopted 11-8-2004; amended in its entirety 2-15-2005]
The Board of Selectmen is duly authorized by statute to issue and to regulate alcoholic beverage licenses. These regulations set the standards by which the Selectmen will review requests for package store licenses.
All employees must be 18 years of age or older.
Package stores may not sell or deliver alcoholic beverages on Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas (or the next day if Christmas occurs on a Sunday).
Unless the Board of Selectmen elects to reduce such hours as a condition of a license, the hours for selling alcoholic beverages shall not exceed the following:
Monday through Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. or between 8:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. on the day immediately before a legal holiday.
Sunday: 12:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
No package store license shall be issued to any applicant who has been convicted of a felony.
Package store licenses shall be issued only to retail establishments that specialize in the sale of alcoholic beverages. Such licenses shall not be issued to grocery stores or convenience stores. For purposes of this regulation, retail establishments in which alcoholic beverages constitute 75% or more of their annual sales shall be considered eligible for a package store license. Upon request from the Board of Selectmen, applicants and/or license holders shall furnish proof of compliance with this regulation.
Licenses shall not be issued to establishments located within a residential neighborhood area.
Package store licensees must conspicuously post a list of prices for all alcoholic beverages being sold on the premises in each room where alcoholic beverages are displayed or sold.
Pursuant to state law, each applicant, whether an individual, partnership or corporation (including its affiliated entities), is eligible to receive no more than one package store license in Lexington.
No corporation, organized under the laws of the commonwealth or any other state or foreign country, shall be issued a license to sell in any manner any alcoholic beverages unless such corporation shall have first appointed, by vote of its Board of Directors or other similar board, as manager or other principal representative, a citizen of the United States who is 21 years of age or older, and shall have vested in him by properly authorized and executed written delegation full authority and control over all business relative to alcoholic beverages which takes place on the premise.
Such manager or representative shall be present in the licensed premises and shall be available to the licensing authorities at all times during which alcoholic beverages are being sold pursuant to the license of such corporation, unless some other person, similarly qualified, authorized and satisfactory to the licensing authorities, and whose authority to act in place of such manager or principal representative shall first have been certified to the licensing authorities as set forth in Subsection A, is present in the premises and acting in the place of such manager or principal representative.
The licensee shall have a manager or an assistant manager in charge during open hours who is a responsible person of good moral character, satisfactory to the licensing authorities.
All alcoholic beverage licenses shall be conditioned on strict compliance with these regulations, and any failure to comply may be cause for refusing to grant or renew a license or for suspending, canceling, or revoking a license already granted, at the discretion of the Board of Selectmen after consideration of all relevant circumstances.
All applicants must submit to the Board of Selectmen with the application a floor plan of the building on which is clearly marked and designated the location of proposed sales area and storage area in which approval of the Board of Selectmen for the sale or storage of alcoholic beverages is requested. Sales and service of alcoholic beverages are prohibited in any areas or locations not expressly approved by the Board of Selectmen, and no change in such area or location may be made without prior approval of the Board of Selectmen.
All alcohol: $2,000.
Wine and malt only: $2,000.