(a) The department may issue a special on-sale general license to an establishment licensed to do business as a bed and breakfast inn.
(b) “Bed and breakfast inn,” as used in this section, means an establishment of 20 guestrooms or fewer, that provides overnight transient occupancy accommodations, that serves food only to its registered guests, that serves only a breakfast or similar early morning meal, and with respect to which the price of the food is included in the price of the overnight transient occupancy accommodation. For purposes of this section, “bed and breakfast inn” refers to an establishment as to which the predominant relationship between the occupants thereof and the owner or operator of the establishment is that of innkeeper and guest. For purposes of this section, the existence of some other legal relationship as between some occupants and the owner or operator is immaterial.
(c) An establishment holding a license under this section is authorized to serve any alcoholic beverage, as defined in Section 23004, only to registered guests of the establishment. The alcoholic beverage may not be given away to guests, but the price of the beverage shall be included in the price of the overnight transient occupancy accommodation. Guests may not be permitted to remove any alcoholic beverage served in the establishment from the grounds.
(d) An establishment holding a license under this section shall purchase all beer, wine, or distilled spirits for sale on the licensed premises from a licensed wholesaler or winegrower.
(e) The applicant for a license shall accompany the application with an original fee of two hundred dollars ($200) and shall pay an annual renewal fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for each guestroom in the establishment, not to exceed a total of two hundred dollars ($200).
(f) A special on-sale general bed and breakfast inn license may be transferred to another person but not to another location.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 53, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018