Utah Admin. Code 82-5-105

Current through Bulletin 2024-23, December 1, 2024
Section R82-5-105 - Multiple-Licensed Facility Storage and Service
(1) For the purposes of this rule:
(a) "premises" as defined in section 32B-1-102 shall include the location of any licensed restaurant, limited restaurant, beer-only restaurant, bar, or on-premise beer retailer operated or managed by the same person or entity that are located within the same building or complex, and any similar sublicense located within the same building of a resort license or hotel license under Title 32B, Chapter 8. Multiple licensed facilities shall be termed "qualified premises" as used in this rule.
(b) the terms 'sell", "sale", "to sell" as defined in section 32B-1-102 shall not apply to a cost allocation of alcoholic beverages as used in this rule.
(c) "cost allocation" means an apportionment of the as purchased cost of the alcoholic beverage product based on the amount sold in each outlet.
(d) "remote storage alcoholic beverage dispensing system" means a dispensing system where the alcoholic product is stored in a single centralized location, and may have separate dispensing heads at different locations, and is capable of accounting for the amount of alcoholic product dispensed to each location.
(2) Where qualified premises have consumption areas in reasonable proximity to each other, the dispensing of alcoholic beverages may be made from the alcoholic beverage inventory of an outlet in one licensed location to patrons in either consumption area of the qualified premises subject to the following requirements:
(a) point of sale control systems must be implemented that will record the amounts of each alcoholic beverage product sold in each location;
(b) cost allocation of the alcoholic beverage product cost must be made for each location on at least a monthly or quarterly basis pursuant to the record keeping requirements of section 32B-5-302;
(c) dispensing of alcoholic beverages to a licensed location may not be made on prohibited days or at prohibited hours pertinent to that license type;
(d) if separate inventories of liquor are maintained in one dispensing location, the storage area of each licensee's liquor must remain locked during the prohibited hours and days of sale for each license type;
(e) dispensing of alcoholic beverages to a licensed location may not be made in any manner prohibited by the statutory or regulatory operational restrictions of that license type;
(f) alcoholic beverages dispensed under this section may be delivered by servers from one outlet to the various approved consumption areas or dispensed to each outlet through the use of a remote storage alcoholic beverage dispensing system.
(3) On qualified premises where each licensee maintains an inventory of alcoholic beverage products, the alcoholic beverages owned by each licensee may be stored in a common location in the building subject to the following:
(a) each licensee shall identify the common storage location when applying for or renewing their license, and shall receive Department approval of the location;
(b) each licensee must be able to account for its ownership of the alcoholic beverages stored in the common storage location by keeping records, balanced monthly, of expenditures for alcoholic beverages supported by items such as delivery tickets, invoices, receipted bills, canceled checks, petty cash vouchers; and
(c) the common storage area may be located on the premises of one of the licensed liquor establishments.

Utah Admin. Code R82-5-105

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-05, effective 2/25/2020