2021 Liquor License Changes - LARAMIE MUNICIPAL CODE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2021 - City of Laramie
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2021 Liquor License Changes LARAMIE MUNICIPAL CODE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2021
House Bills Title 12- Alcoholic Beverages HOUSE BILL 0013 HOUSE BILL 0156
Current code is disorganized Re-Ordering and Multiple references to one topic Re-Numbering are scattered throughout code LMC 5.09 Added necessary changes and re-ordered
Typographical and Grammatical Changes Minor changes to text to ensure accuracy to Code. (Ex. Spelling, spaces, etc.) Noeffect on the actual meaning or functioning of Municipal Code.
Special Malt Beverage Permits LMC 5.08—W.S.12-4-501 Local licensing authority can: Set fees Licensing term Where Malt Beverages can be sold and consumed. Staff recommendation: Eased the restrictions by removing: “and which are either (1) an enclosed building containing meeting rooms, kitchen facilities and an auditorium which seats a least 800 persons, or (2) a stadium or outdoor arena.” Shall be issued for a period up to one year, with the fee prorated accordingly.
Definitions Added: Delivery, Shipping, Sealed LMC 5.09.010 Added under Licensee: w.s. 12-1-101 Manufacturer’s satellite permit, winery permit, winery satellite, winery off-site permit, and malt beverage permit for UW Removed: The definition for a “room” Updated: Brewery, Catering permits, Licensed Building, Restaurant, Winery, and Malt beverage permit
Staff Recommendation LMC 5.09.220 Recommended removal of “under Section 15.34.126 of the city code” This reference doesn’t exist in LMC, located within IFC.
Delivery LMC 5.09.270--W.S. 12-6-101 New section added in LMC in accordance with State Statute Who can deliver: Retail, Microbrewery, Winery, Winery Satellite, and Manufacturer licenses All sales must occur at the licensed building Through an app or over the phone Must be 21 years of age Delivered to the individual who placed the order No exchange of money at the door Contracts allowable with Uber Eats, Door Dash, etc. for delivery services Staff recommendation: Requiring the 90 days for alcohol server training (mirrors LMC 5.09.060.G.)
Retail, Microbrewery, and Winery only Sealed Container LMC 5.09.010 LMC 5.09.270 Applies to delivery and w.s. 12-1-101 package stores In a container that has In its original package In a plastic bag and a breakable seal and unopened- heat sealed closed incorporated in the factory sealed top- like a milk jug
Retail Liquor License- Generally LMC 5.09.400--W.S. 12-4-201 A retail liquor license is the authority under which a licensee is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor or malt beverages for use or consumption but not for resale, except as otherwise provided in W.S. 12-4-201.
Restaurant Changes LMC 5.09.420—W.S. 12-4-407 Removed the “Room” requirement and made it an “Area” Won’t require construction of a room/enclosure Consumption in not allowed in the dispensing area Removed Requirements: Allows for fast food restaurants to apply Consumption would be for on premises only Staff recommendation: Change wording from “twenty-one (21)” to “eighteen (18)”, to enter the dispensing area as an employee (LMC 5.09.455 (A) Shall not promote or operate as a bar/lounge
Microbrewery and Winery The Liquor division separated the two out in State Statute Both are different as far as the law goes The biggest change was the removal of the population formulas.
Microbrewery Can dispense in a “fenced or enclosed area immediately adjacent to the license brewery Permit site” Outdoor deck/patio LMC 5.09.510 W.S. 12-4-415 Approved by the local licensing authority Manufacturer’s off-site permit 12 permits per year for off premise sales 2 satellite locations
Winery Permit LMC 5.09.525--W.S. 12-4-414 Off-site winery permit • 12 permits per year for off premise sales 3 satellite locations • Sell its own manufactured wine
Resort Retail License- Generally LMC 5.09.535—W.S. 12-4-401 To qualify for a resort retail liquor license, the appropriate licensing authority shall require the resort complex to: Include a restaurant and a convention facility Include motel, hotel or privately owned condominium, town house or home accommodations approved for short term occupancy with a minimum of one hundred (100) sleeping rooms Be a ski resort facility open to the general public Twenty-Four (24) hour alcohol catering permits- pursuant to LMC 5.09.605.
Malt Beverage and Catering Permits LMC 5.09.600 & 5.09.605--W.S. 12-4-502 Malt Beverage permits and Catering permits can not be used to operate a Temporary Events Only continuing business. Removed the exception for the University 5.09.605 (D)
5.09.385-MICROBREWERY AND WINERY PERMITS Removed Section THIS SECTION WAS A DUPLICATE
Repealed Laws LMC Section LMC Section 5.09.460 was 5.09.625 was repealed in repealed in 2014 2017
Repealed Keg Laws Wyoming Liquor Division recommended removal of Keg laws from State Statute Cost prohibitive Keg Tag registration not used by law enforcement Retailers not documenting information Removed LMC Sections 5.09.700- 5.09.725 Repealed W.S.12-2-501 through 12-2-505
Point System Code Nothing is changing except the code references. Changes LMC 5.09.800
Chapter 12.60 Updated: 12.60.030 Definitions Catering permit Special Events Malt beverage permit Updated: 12.60.050 (g) Permit-Application Code references to 5.09.600 and 5.09.610
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