West Virginia Code § 60-8-32a

Where wine may be sold and consumed for on-premises consumption
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(a) With prior approval of the commissioner, a Class A wine licensee may sell, serve, and
furnish wine for on premises consumption in a legally demarcated area which may include a
temporary private wine outdoor dining area or a temporary private wine outdoor street
dining area. A temporary private wine outdoor street area shall be approved by the
municipal government or county commission in which the licensee operatese. The
commissioner shall develop and make available an application form to facilitate the purposes
of this subsection. r
(b) The Class A wine licensee shall submit to a municipality or couunty commission for the
approval of the private wine outdoor dining area or private wine outdoor street dining area
and submit to the municipality or county commission a revisted floorplan requesting to sell
wine, subject to the commissioner's requirements, in an approved and bounded outdoor
area. For private wine outdoor street dining or private wine outdoor dining the approved and
bounded outdoor area need not be adjacent to the licensee's licensed premises, but in close
proximity and under the licensee's control and with right of ingress and egress. For
purposes of this section, "close proximity," mesans an available area within 300 feet of the
licensee's licensed premises.
(c) This private wine outdoor diningg or private wine outdoor street dining may be operated
in conjunction with a private outdoor dining or private outdoor street dining area set forth in
§60-7-8d of this code, and noneintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer outdoor dining
or outdoor street dining set forth in §11-16-9 of this code.
(d) For purposes of this section, "private wine outdoor dining and private wine outdoor
street dining" include dining areas that are:
(1) Outside and not served by an HVAC system for air handling services and use outside air;
(2) Open to the air; and
(3) Not enclosed by fixed or temporary walls; however, the commissioner may seasonally
approve a partial enclosure with up to three temporary or fixed walls.
Any areas where seating is incorporated inside a permanent building with ambient air
through HVAC is not considered outdoor dining pursuant to this subsection.
(e) Class A licensees licensed for on-premises sales shall provide food, which may be pre-
packaged food not requiring kitchen preparation, or a meal along with sealed wine in the
original container or a sealed wine growler sales and service as set forth in this section and
in §60-8-3 of this code, to a patron who is (i) in-person or in-vehicle while picking up food
and sealed wine in the original containers or sealed wine growlers ordered-to-go, or (ii) in-
person to a patron who dined on food or a meal and has ordered sealed wine in the original
containers of sealed wine growlers to-go subject to verification that the purchasing person is
21 years of age or older, and not visibly, or noticeably intoxicated, and as otherwise specified
in this article.
(f) West Virginia farm wineries possessing a Class A license may serve and sell wine by the
glass or by the bottle in accordance with §60-4-3b and §60-8-32a of this code.

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