A hotel, as that term is defined by Miss. Code Ann. Section 67-1-5(l), possessing fifty (50) or more sleeping rooms and lying within a municipality having a population exceeding twenty-five thousand (25,000) shall not be required to have a dining room, or otherwise serve food, as a requirement to qualify for an on-premise alcoholic beverage permit.
35 Miss. Code. R. 2-03-12-100