§ 3-7-3 - Class A license – Towns and cities of 10,000 or more.
SECTION 3-7-3
§ 3-7-3 Class A license – Towns andcities of 10,000 or more. – (a) In cities and towns having a population of ten thousand (10,000) or moreinhabitants, a retailer's Class A license authorizes the holder to keep forsale and to sell, at the place described, beverages at retail and to deliverthe beverages in a sealed package or container, which package or containershall not be opened nor its contents consumed on the premises where sold. Theholder of a Class A license, if other than a person entitled to retail,compound, and dispense medicines and poisons, shall not on the licensedpremises engage in any other business, keep for sale or sell any goods, wares,merchandise or any other article or thing except the beverages authorized underthis license and nonalcoholic beverages. This provision shall not apply to thesale or selling of cigarettes, newspapers, cigars, cigarette lighters, giftbags, prepackaged peanuts, pretzels, chips, olives, onions, cherries, hotstuffed cherry peppers, Slim Jims and similar pre-packaged dried meat products,pickled eggs, popcorn, pre-packaged candy, styrofoam cooler, lemons, limes, andice, nor to home bar accessories such as pourers, glasses, cork screws,stirrers, flasks, jiggers, wine racks, ice crushers, bottle openers, canopeners and any other items of like nature which may, by suitable regulation ofthe director of business regulation, be authorized to be sold. A holder of aClass A license will not be prohibited from providing ATM machines to thegeneral public for use on its licensed premises. This section shall not applyto promotional free goods which are subject to approval by the director. In thecity of Newport this license may be issued to any person, firm or corporationwho are owners of bona fide markets for the sale of alcoholic beverages inconjunction with and in addition to the sale of meats or groceries in thosebona fide markets. A person, firm or corporation in that city may obtain alimited Class A license to sell beer, lager and ale on the same premises asother goods, wares, merchandise and articles are sold. No Class A license isgranted for any premises unless the premises constitute a separate store, theentrance or entrances to which shall be exclusively from the street or streetsor arcade. This provision shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation inthe city of Newport who are owners of bona fide markets for the sale ofalcoholic beverages in conjunction with and in addition to the sale of meats orgroceries in those bona fide markets and as long as the market is owned andoperated by the mother, father, son, daughter, brother or sister of theoriginal licensee, but not otherwise.
(b) The premises shall have opaque walls which shallcompletely partition and sever the premises from any adjoining market,concession or business. This provision shall not be construed to limit thepowers of the department to issue licenses on condition nor to make rules andregulations as provided. The annual fee for a Class A license is five hundreddollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000) prorated to the year endingDecember 1st in every calendar year.
(c) Any licenses issued under the provisions of this sectionprior to May 8, 1964 remains in full force and effect.