Sec.30-6-A17. Storage

(a) Each permittee, except the holder of an out-of-state shipper, package store, caterer, transporter, or temporary permit, shall provide and maintain on the premises described in and covered by his permit an adequate and a safe and secure place of storage for alcoholic liquor, under lock and key and accessible only to the permittee and his responsible agents, such place of storage being the only location where alcoholic beverages are to be delivered by a wholesaler. This place of storage shall be subject to the approval and inspection of the department. The department may, upon written request and justification therefor, permit the storage of liquor under the aforesaid conditions, elsewhere under the control of the permittee. Such request shall be accompanied by a sketch of the location of the proposed storage area and denoting the distance to the permit premises.

(b) Whenever there is a common or cooperative ownership of two or more retail liquor premises and the permittees transfer alcoholic beverages from one such retail premises to another, pursuant to the provisions of section 30-38a of the Connecticut General Statutes, such permittees shall, within thirty days thereafter, file with the department a list of the items so transferred.

(c) Storage of alcoholic liquor in places used as dwellings or in places of abode is prohibited, except in the case where the only permit held is a caterer permit, in which case it shall be at the usual place of business.

(d) Any storage of alcoholic liquors other than in a place approved by the department is a violation of this section.

(e) Any permittee desiring to store alcoholic liquors in the tax-free portion of any warehouse operating under a bonded warehouse storage permit shall make application to the department on forms prescribed therefor. No holder of a bonded warehouse storage permit shall accept for storage in a tax-free portion of the ware house any alcoholic liquors from any permittee unless such permittee produces an application for warehouse free storage which has been approved by the department.

(Effective September 30, 1983; Amended October 1, 2001)