Lodging facility liquor license
Sale of beer, wine, and liquor for consumption on the premises.
A lodging facility liquor license can be issued to:
- The owner of an establishment where the primary business provides the public with sleeping rooms and meeting facilities.
Sales and service
- Sales, service and consumption of beer, wine, and liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption.
- Must have available a minimum of sandwiches and light snacks to patrons when the sale of alcohol is provided.
- Lodging licensees can serve as much of a meal as they want.
Hours of operation
Seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Multiple interests
Multiple ownership is legal with the following classes of liquor licenses:
- Other lodging facility liquor licenses
- Entertainment facility liquor licenses
- Hotel and restaurant liquor licenses
- Hotel and restaurant with optional premises
- Retail gaming tavern licenses
- Racetrack licenses
- Brew pubs
- Arts licenses
- Beer and wine licenses
- Club licenses
- Public transportation system license
- Vintner's restaurant licenses
Distance restriction
A 500-foot distance restriction from public and parochial schools, colleges, universities, and seminaries.
Managers
- The names of all managers must be provided to the local and state licensing authorities whether a principal to the licensee or someone else manages the licensed premises.
- The manager of a lodging license can only manage one lodging facility.
- A manager is required to file a manager registration form, an individual history form, fingerprints and pay a $30 fee to the city and the state.
- Any changes in mangers of lodging facilities must be reported to the city and the state within five days. A new manager must be registered within 30 days of the change.
- A manager is required to submit a complete set of fingerprints.