Other Routine Charges

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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.

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