§ 10-277. Type of retail outlet.  


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  • (a)

    Distilled spirits by the package may be sold at retail, only in outlets duly licensed to sell distilled spirits by the package and outlets which are devoted exclusively to the retail sale of distilled spirits, beer and wine by the package with ingress and egress provided directly to and only to the exterior of the building in which the facility is located and not to any other enclosed part of the building or adjoining building, except in hotels, motels, and high-rise office buildings where every public entrance to this outlet shall be from a lobby, hallway, or other interior portion of the primary use structure.

    (b)

    Nothing in this section shall prohibit the retail sale within these outlets of liquid commodities and mixes normally used in the preparation and serving of distilled spirits. It is the intention of this section to allow the retail sale of distilled spirits by the package only in outlets devoted exclusively to the sale of distilled spirits, beer and wine and to prohibit the sales in outlets that sell groceries, food, gasoline and other such commodities.

(Code 1979, § 37-3.3)