California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2 - Limitation on Number of Licensed Premises

• Section 23815.
  It is hereby determined that the public welfare and morals require that there be a limitation on the number of premises licensed for the sale...
• Section 23816.
  The number of premises for which an onsale general license is issued shall be limited to one for each 2,000, or fraction thereof, inhabitants of...
• Section 23817.
  Until July 1, 1963, the number of premises for which an offsale general license is issued shall be limited to one for each 2,000, or...
• Section 23817.4.
  The Legislature finds and declares that the public welfare and morals require that there be a limitation on the number of premises licensed for the...
• Section 23817.5.
  (a) (1) The number of premises for which an off-sale beer and wine license is issued shall be limited to one for each 2,500, or fraction thereof,...
• Section 23817.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 23817.5, the department may approve an application for an off-sale beer and wine license in areas covered by Section 23817.5, if the applicant...
• Section 23817.8.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 23817.5, the department may approve an application for an off-sale beer and wine license by a licensed beer and wine wholesaler, even though...
• Section 23817.9.
  For the purposes of Section 23817.5, beginning with the year 2000, population shall be determined by the most recent United States decennial census or a...
• Section 23817.10.
  Whenever it is made to appear to the department by satisfactory evidence that the population in any city or county has increased by more than...
• Section 23818.
  Population, for the purpose of Sections 23816 and 23817, shall be determined by the most recent United States decennial or special census or a subsequent...
• Section 23819.
  Nothing in this article authorizes the cancellation of any license which may be outstanding in any county in excess of the number authorized by the...
• Section 23820.
  The department may make all rules consistent with the provisions of Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution, or the provisions of this division,...
• Section 23821.
  Whenever it is made to appear to the department by satisfactory evidence that the population in any county has increased by more than 2,000 or...
• Section 23824.
  Limitations provided by Section 23816 on the number of licensed premises shall not apply to premises located on land owned by and leased from the...
• Section 23824.1.
  (a) The provisions of Section 23824 shall apply to convention centers and event centers which are operated by municipal, independent nonprofit agencies for the purpose of...
• Section 23825.
  As used in this article, “onsale general license” includes a special onsale general license; provided, that the limitation prescribed in Section 23816 shall not prohibit...
• Section 23826.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county where the inhabitants number less than 2,500 and where on July 1 of any calendar...
• Section 23826.2.
  No new off-sale beer and wine license shall be issued in a county of the first class, as specified in Section 28022 of the Government...
• Section 23826.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county of the 58th class, the department may issue three additional original off-sale general licenses.In issuing...
• Section 23826.7.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county where the inhabitants number less than 5,000 but more than 3,000 according to the 1970...
• Section 23826.8.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may authorize the conversion of any on-sale general license for seasonal business to an on-sale general license...
• Section 23826.9.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county of the 56th class, the department may issue 10 additional new original on-sale general licenses...
• Section 23826.10.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county of the 29th class, commencing January 1, 2009, the department may issue five additional new...
• Section 23826.11.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county of the 18th class the department may issue five additional new original on-sale general licenses...
• Section 23826.12.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county of the 24th class, the department may issue no more than a total of five...
• Section 23826.13.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county of the sixth class, the department may issue no more than a total of five...
• Section 23826.14.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in the County of Inyo, the department may issue no more than a total of five additional new...
• Section 23827.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county where the inhabitants number less than 7,000 and where the major economy of that county...

Last modified: October 22, 2018