§ 64-a. Special license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on\nthe premises. 1. On or before September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-nine, any license issued under section sixty-four of this article\nmay be converted into a special on-premises license under this section\nupon the granting of a request for conversion filed with the liquor\nauthority by the holder of said license. Such a request shall be granted\nby the authority except for good cause shown. The granting of such a\nrequest shall constitute conversion of said license into a special\non-premises license subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable\nto special on-premises licenses issued under this section.\n 2. On or after October first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, any person\nmay make an application to the appropriate board for a special license\nto sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the premises where sold.\n 3. 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 4. Section fifty-four shall control so far as applicable the procedure\nin connection with such application.\n 5. Such special license shall in form and in substance be a license to\nthe person specifically licensed to sell liquor at retail to be consumed\non the premises specifically licensed. Such license shall also be deemed\nto include a license to sell wine and beer at retail to be consumed\nunder the same terms and conditions, without the payment of any\nadditional fee.\n * 6. No special on-premises license shall be granted except for\npremises in which the principal business shall be (a) the sale of food\nor beverages at retail for consumption on the premises or (b) the\noperation of a legitimate theatre, including a motion picture theatre\nthat is a building or facility which is regularly used and kept open\nprimarily for the exhibition of motion pictures for at least five out of\nseven days a week, or on a regular seasonal basis of no less than six\ncontiguous weeks, to the general public where all auditorium seating is\npermanently affixed to the floor and at least sixty-five percent of the\nmotion picture theatre's annual gross revenues is the combined result of\nadmission revenue for the showing of motion pictures and the sale of\nfood and non-alcoholic beverages, or such other lawful adult\nentertainment or recreational facility as the liquor authority, giving\ndue regard to the convenience of the public and the strict avoidance of\nsales prohibited by this chapter, shall by regulation classify for\neligibility.\n * NB Effective until April 20, 2030\n * 6. No special on-premises license shall be granted except for\npremises in which the principal business shall be (a) the sale of food\nor beverages at retail for consumption on the premises or (b) the\noperation of a legitimate theatre or such other lawful adult\nentertainment or recreational facility as the liquor authority, giving\ndue regard to the convenience of the public and the strict avoidance of\nsales prohibited by this chapter, shall by regulation classify for\neligibility. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to\nauthorize the issuance of a license to a motion picture theatre, except\nthose meeting the definition of restaurant and meals, and where all\nseating is at tables where meals are served.\n * NB Effective April 20, 2030\n 7. (a) No special on-premises license shall be granted for any\npremises which shall be\n (i) 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 (ii) 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 sixty-four,\nsixty-four-b
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