Sec.30-6-A1. New applications

When a complete and correctly executed new application for a permit is received at the office of the department for action, a placard and a form for publication of notice of application shall be mailed to the applicant and an investigation shall be made to evaluate conformance with the statutes, regulations and policies of the department. The proper permit fee and non-refundable filing fee in the form of a certified check, postal money order, bank check or cash shall accompany the application. The department may, in its discretion, accept a noncertified check, credit card, or debit card. An application may be conditionally approved by the department, but no permit shall be issued until the applicant complies with all statutes, regulations, policies and stipulations of the department. No applicant shall sell or deliver or offer or expose for sale or delivery, or ship and transport or import into the state any alcoholic liquor until a permit is issued.

(a) All new applications, except applications for airline, boat, broker, caterer, out-of-state shipper for liquor, out-of-state shipper for beer only, transporter, and railroad permits, shall be accompanied by: zoning officer approval for the proposed use; town clerk approval for the proposed hours of sale; a notarized copy of the pharmacy commission certificate of fitness if the application is for a druggist permit: a notarized copy of the commission on special revenue license if the application is for a permit provided for by section 30-33b of the Connecticut General Statutes; and police approval if the application is for a temporary permit, special club permit or charitable organization permit. The department shall require approval from the local fire marshal for on-premises consumption permits, except airline, boat, caterer, and railroad permits, before a permit shall be issued. Aforementioned additional certifications need not accompany the application, but shall be submitted to the department within a reasonable time to be determined by the department. Applicants shall submit such other certifications as the department may require. If approval is given for a permit for a building which has not been constructed, the applicant and backer shall present to the department a signed stipulation setting forth a time limit for the construction and occupancy for the proposed permit premises, and no permit shall be issued where such applicant and backer fails to conform with such stipulation order.

(b) (1) Every application for an on-premises permit, other than a boat permit, caterer permit, railroad permit, military permit, or airline permit, shall be accompanied by a diagram, sketch, plan or blueprint of the layout of the premises, including performance or stage areas where applicable, eight and one half inches by eleven inches in size with measurements indicated thereon.

(2) Every application for a permit, other than a boat permit, caterer permit, charitable organization permit, transporter permit, railroad permit, out-of-state shipper’s permit for alcoholic liquors, out-of-state shipper’s permit for beer only, military permit, airline permit, special club permit, temporary liquor permit, or temporary beer permit shall be accompanied by one photograph of the exterior of the proposed premises, to be taken from a position directly across the street or highway. Such photograph shall be eight inches by ten inches in size.

(3) Every application for a grocery store beer permit also shall be accompanied by photographs eight inches by ten inches in size showing the entire interior of the sales area of the grocery store.

(c) Every application for an on-premises consumption permit, except caterer, railroad, boat, airline, military, charitable organization, special club, temporary liquor, and temporary beer permit shall be accompanied by photographs of the completed interior of the premises as the department may require. Such photographs shall be eight inches by ten inches in size.

(d) Every applicant for a new restaurant permit shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that adequate staff and facilities will be provided for the operation of the premises as a bona fide restaurant.

(e) Every applicant for a manufacturer or wholesaler permit shall provide a photostatic copy of the federal basic permit, and no such applicant shall be issued a permit until the department receives notification from the Department of Revenue Services that a proper tax bond has been posted by the manufacturer or wholesaler for his proposed premises.

(f) A new application shall be filed whenever there is a change in ownership of the permit premises, except for situations covered by section 30-6-A4 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or in situations where the corporate structure changes but the individuals who comprise the current ownership remain the same. The backer or owner on the new application shall not exercise any ownership or dominion over such business until such time as such backer has been approved by the department. If such application is filed less than sixty days prior to the expiration date of the existing permit, the permittee on the existing permit shall be required to file a renewal in order to assure the continuance of the business. The department will permit the dating back of new permits to the expiration date of the previous permit on the premises involved in the change of ownership, where the department is satisfied that the new application was filed in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(g) Applicants shall affix the supplied placard to the outer door of the proposed premises. The placard must be maintained there in a legible condition while the application is pending before the department. Whenever an application is filed for a permit for a building which has not been constructed, or if the outer door of the proposed premises is more than twenty-five feet from the public sidewalk or the edge of the highway, the applicant shall, not later than the day following the date of receipt of the placard, cause to be erected on the proposed location a sign, no less than six feet by four feet in size. Such sign shall set forth the fact that a permit is being requested, the date of receipt of the placard, the type of permit applied for, the type of entertainment, if any, the name of the proposed permittee, the name of the proposed backer-owner and other information as the department may require. The form of the placard shall be posted on the department's website. Such sign shall consist of black letters of a minimum height of four inches on a white background. It shall be placed in close proximity to the street or highway with a clear and unobstructed visibility to the passing public, and shall be maintained on the premises for twenty-one days. The attached placard shall be protected from the weather.

(h) No application shall be approved by the department until any necessary incorporation and organization papers have been filed with the secretary of state’s office.

(Effective October 5, 1989; Amended October 1, 2001; Amended April 4, 2019)