§ 105. Provisions governing licensees to sell at retail for\nconsumption off the premises. 1. No retail license to sell liquors\nand/or wines for consumption off the premises shall be granted for any\npremises, unless the applicant shall be the owner thereof, or shall be\nin possession of said premises under a lease, management agreement or\nother agreement giving the applicant control over the food and beverage\nservice at the premises, in writing, for a term not less than the\nlicense period except, however, that such license may thereafter be\nrenewed without the requirement of a lease, management agreement or\nother agreement giving the applicant control over the food and beverage\nservice at the premises, as herein provided. This subdivision shall not\napply to premises leased from government agencies, as defined under\nsubdivision twelve-c of section three of this chapter; provided,\nhowever, that the appropriate administrator of such government agency\nprovides some form of written documentation regarding the terms of\noccupancy under which the applicant is leasing said premises from the\ngovernment agency for presentation to the state liquor authority at the\ntime of the license application. Such documentation shall include the\nterms of occupancy between the applicant and the government agency,\nincluding, but not limited to, any short-term leasing agreements or\nwritten occupancy agreements.\n 2. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,\na retail licensee to sell liquor and/or wine for consumption off the\npremises shall be authorized to sell up to six bottles of wine or liquor\nin the aggregate per week to a retail licensee for on-premises\nconsumption.\n (b) Both the retail licensee for on-premises consumption and the\nretail licensee for off-premises consumption shall retain evidence of\neach purchase of wine and liquor from a retailer licensed to sell liquor\nand/or wine for consumption off the premises in the form of a purchase\nreceipt showing the name of the retailer, the date of purchase, a\ndescription of the alcohol beverages purchased, and the price paid for\nthe alcohol beverages. The retail licensee for on-premises consumption\nand the retail licensee for off-premises consumption shall retain the\nreceipt and make it available for inspection by the state liquor\nauthority and its duly authorized agents and employees.\n 3. (a) No retail license to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises\nconsumption shall be granted for any premises which shall be located on\nthe same street or avenue, and within two hundred feet of a building\noccupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of\nworship; the measurements to be taken in a straight line from the center\nof the nearest entrance to the building used for such school, church,\nsynagogue or other place of worship to the center of the nearest\nentrance of the premises to be licensed; except, however, that no\nlicense shall be denied to any premises at which a license under this\nchapter has been in existence continuously from a date prior to the date\nwhen a building on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet\nof said premises has been occupied exclusively as a school, church,\nsynagogue or other place of worship.\n (b) Within the context of this subdivision, the word "entrance" shall\nmean a door of a school, of a house of worship, or of the premises\nsought to be licensed, regularly used to give ingress to students of the\nschool, to the general public attending the place of worship, and to\npatrons or guests of the premises proposed to be licensed, except that\nwhere a school or house of worship is set back from a public\nthoroughfare, the walkway or stairs leading to any such door shall be\ndeemed an entrance; and the measurement shall be taken to the center of\nthe walkway or stairs at the point where it meets the building line or\npublic thoroughfare. A door which has no exterior hardware, or w
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