(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a D-8 permit may be issued to any of the following:
(1) An agency store;
(2) The holder of a C-1, C-2, or C-2x permit issued to a retail store that has any of the following characteristics:
(a) The store has at least five thousand five hundred square feet of floor area, and it generates more than sixty per cent of its sales in general merchandise items and food for consumption off the premises where sold.
(b) The store is located in a municipal corporation or township with a population of five thousand or less, has at least four thousand five hundred square feet of floor area, and generates more than sixty per cent of its sales in general merchandise items and food for consumption off the premises where sold.
(c) Wine constitutes at least sixty per cent of the value of the store's inventory.
(3) The holder of both a C-1 and C-2 permit, or the holder of a C-2x permit, issued to a retail store that is located within a municipal corporation or township with a population of fifteen thousand or less.
(B) A D-8 permit may be issued to the holder of a C-1, C-2, or C-2x permit only if the premises of the permit holder are located in a precinct, or at a particular location in a precinct, in which the sale of beer, wine, or mixed beverages is permitted for consumption off the premises where sold. Sales under a D-8 permit are not affected by whether sales for consumption on the premises where sold are permitted in the precinct or at the particular location where the D-8 premises are located.
(C)
(1) The holder of a D-8 permit described in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section may sell tasting samples of beer, wine, and mixed beverages, but not spirituous liquor, at retail, for consumption on the premises where sold in an amount not to exceed two ounces or another amount designated by rule of the liquor control commission. A tasting sample shall not be sold for general consumption.
(2) The holder of a D-8 permit described in division (A)(1) of this section may allow the sale of tasting samples of spirituous liquor in accordance with section 4301.171 of the Revised Code.
(3) No D-8 permit holder described in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section shall allow any authorized purchaser to consume more than four tasting samples of beer, wine, or mixed beverages, or any combination of beer, wine, or mixed beverages, per day.
(D)
(1) Notwithstanding sections 4303.11 and 4303.121 of the Revised Code, the holder of a D-8 permit described in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section may sell beer that is dispensed from containers that have a capacity equal to or greater than five and one-sixth gallons if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) A product registration fee for the beer has been paid as required in division (A)(8)(b) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code.
(b) The beer is dispensed only in glass containers whose capacity does not exceed one gallon and not for consumption on the premises where sold.
(c) The containers are sealed, marked, and transported in accordance with division (E) of section 4301.62 of the Revised Code.
(d) The containers have been cleaned immediately before being filled in accordance with rule 4301:1-1-28 of the Administrative Code.
(2) Beer that is sold and dispensed under division (D)(1) of this section is subject to both of the following:
(a) All applicable rules adopted by the liquor control commission, including, but not limited to, rule 4301:1-1-27 and rule 4301:1-1-72 of the Administrative Code;
(b) All applicable federal laws and regulations.
(E) The privileges authorized for the holder of a D-8 permit described in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section may only be exercised in conjunction with and during the hours of operation authorized by a C-1, C-2, C-2x, or D-6 permit.
(F) A D-8 permit shall not be transferred to another location.
(G) The fee for the D-8 permit is five hundred dollars.
Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 173, §1, eff. 7/10/2014.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.69, HB 243, §1, eff. 3/22/2012.
Effective Date: 09-26-2003; 2008 SB150 09-01-2008
Section: Previous 4303.16 4303.17 4303.171 4303.18 4303.181 4303.182 4303.183 4303.184 4303.19 4303.20 4303.201 4303.202 4303.203 4303.204 4303.205 NextLast modified: October 10, 2016