§ 64. License to sell liquor at retail for consumption on the\npremises. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of\nsection seventeen of this chapter, any person may make an application to\nthe appropriate board for a license to sell liquor at retail to be\nconsumed on the premises where sold, and such licenses shall be issued\nto all applicants except for good cause shown.\n 2. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such\ninformation as shall be required by the rules of the liquor authority\nand shall be accompanied by a check or draft in the amount required by\nthis article for such license.\n 3. Section fifty-four shall control so far as applicable the procedure\nin connection with such application.\n 4. Such license shall in form and in substance be a license to the\nperson specifically licensed to sell liquors at retail, to be consumed\nupon the premises. Such license shall also be deemed to include a\nlicense to sell wine and beer at retail to be consumed under the same\nterms and conditions, without the payment of any additional fee.\n 5. No retail license under this section shall be granted except for\nsuch premises as are being conducted as a bona fide hotel provided that\na restaurant is operated in such premises, restaurant, catering\nestablishment, club, railroad car, vessel or aircraft being operated on\nregularly scheduled flights by a United States certificated airline.\n 5-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision five of this\nsection, a liquor license may be issued under this section to an\nestablishment designated and commonly known and operated as a "bed and\nbreakfast" regardless of whether or not a restaurant is operated in such\nestablishment, provided that such license shall only permit the sale of\nalcoholic beverages to overnight guests of such establishment.\n 6. Where an on-premise license shall be granted to the owner of a\nhotel situated in a town or village the liquor authority may in its\ndiscretion grant to such owner the right to sell liquor and wine for\noff-premise consumption under the same terms and conditions as apply to\noff-premise licenses upon the payment of an additional fee of sixty-two\ndollars and fifty cents; provided, however, that this permission shall\nnot be granted if an off-premise license has been granted for premises\nlocated within eight miles of such hotel.\n 6-a. The authority may consider any or all of the following in\ndetermining whether public convenience and advantage and the public\ninterest will be promoted by the granting of licenses and permits for\nthe sale of alcoholic beverages at a particular unlicensed location:\n (a) The number, classes and character of licenses in proximity to the\nlocation and in the particular municipality or subdivision thereof.\n (b) Evidence that all necessary licenses and permits have been\nobtained from the state and all other governing bodies.\n (c) Effect of the grant of the license on vehicular traffic and\nparking in proximity to the location.\n (d) The existing noise level at the location and any increase in noise\nlevel that would be generated by the proposed premises.\n (e) The history of liquor violations and reported criminal activity at\nthe proposed premises.\n (f) Any other factors specified by law or regulation that are relevant\nto determine the public convenience and advantage and public interest of\nthe community.\n 7. No retail license for on-premises consumption shall be granted for\nany premises which shall be\n (a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a\nbuilding occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other\nplace of worship or\n (b) in a city, town or village having a population of twenty thousand\nor more within five hundred feet of three or more existing premises\nlicensed and operating pursuant to this section and sections\nsixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this\narticle;\n (c) the
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