Below is a list of other useful statutes and regulations that may result in violations; brief summaries of each statute or regulation are included.
Sec. 30-20. Package store permit. Grocery store beer permit: Alcohol cannot be consumed inside a package store premise (LIP) or a grocery store premise (LGB).
Sec. 30-53. Permit to be recorded: All permits granted by the Department must be stamped by the town clerk where the business is operating.
Sec. 30-76. Purchase for resale: All retail permittees (on-premises and off-premises) may only buy alcohol from a wholesaler or Connecticut manufacturer.
Sec. 30-77. Disposing of liquor without permit: Permittees can only sell the alcohol allowed by their permit. For example, a grocery store can only sell beer. A restaurant wine and beer holder cannot serve spirits.
Sec. 30-90. Loitering on permit premises. Unaccompanied minors prohibited.
Exception: Minors and intoxicated persons are not allowed to loiter in a barroom. Be mindful of effective separation and whether a barroom is “open concept.” A minor may be in a restaurant dining room and a minor may be accompanied by a parent in a barroom. A minor cannot sit or stand at any bar without a parent.
Sec. 30-6-A10. Refusal of cooperation by permittees and backers: A permittee, backer, and/or an employee must cooperate with lawful requests from the Department, police, and any other enforcement agency investigating issues arising from conduct at the permit premise.
Sec. 30-6-A27. Records of liquor purchases and sales: Every premise must maintain all invoices and records of alcohol sales for at least two years on the premise; an individual premise may get permission from the Department to keep invoices at another location.
Sec. 30-6-A24(a). Conduct of a permit premise (smoking): No hookahs, e-cigs, vapes or other smoking allowed inside a premise or enclosed patio (except a tobacco bar).
Contact a Liquor Control Agent at 860-713-6210 with any questions.