Legal Documents of Kingston

The number of beer permits permitted in the City of Kingston, Tennessee, and the classification thereof are as follows:

1. Restaurants. There shall be no limitation on the number of beer permits issued to restaurants. To qualify for a restaurant permit, an establishment must, in addition to meeting the other regulations and restrictions of this chapter:
   
   
   
   
   1. Be primarily a restaurant or an eating place; and

   2. Be able to provide indoor seating for a minimum of thirty (30) people, including children, in booths and at tables, in addition to any other seating it may have.

      In addition, the monthly beer sales of any establishment which holds a restaurant license shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the gross sales of the establishment. Any such establishment which, for two (2) consecutive months, or for any three (3) months in any calendar year, has beer sales exceeding fifty percent (50%) of its gross sales shall have its beer permit revoked.

2. Grocery (food) stores and convenience stores. There shall be no limitation on the number of beer permits issued to grocery (food) stores and convenience stores. To qualify for a grocery (food) store or convenience store off-premises permit, an establishment must, in addition to meeting the other regulations and restrictions of this chapter:
   
   
   
   
   1. Be a grocery (food) store or a convenience-type market;
   2. In either case, be primarily engaged in the sale of grocery, personal, home care and cleaning articles, but may also sell gasoline; and

   3. Commence operations within one year of the issuance of the permit.

      In addition, the monthly beer sales of any establishment which holds a grocery (food) store or convenience store off-premises permit shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross sales of the establishment. Any establishment which, for two (2) consecutive months, or for any three (3) months in any calendar year, has beer sales exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of its gross sales shall have its beer permit revoked.

3. Taverns. There shall be no more than two (2) beer permits issued to taverns. Beer may be sold in this establishment, whether or not meals are served, for consumption on the premises.
4. Package beer stores (off premises). There shall be no limitation on the number of beer permits issued to package beer stores. These are establishments where beer is sold to be consumed off the premises. Beer shall not be consumed on the premises of these establishments.
5. Wholesaler/distribution (off premises). Separate permits shall be required for selling at retail, storing, distributing, and manufacturing. Beer shall not be sold or consumed on the wholesaler's premises.
6. Caterers. There shall be no limitation on the number of beer permits issued to caterers. To qualify for a caterer permit, in addition to meeting the other regulations and restrictions of this chapter, the following shall apply:
   
   
   
   
   1. The permittee operates a permanent catering hall on an exclusive basis;
   2. The permittee has a complete and adequate kitchen facility; and

   3. The permittee is licensed as a caterer by the Tennessee Department of Health.

      The permit shall authorize the caterer to sell beer on the premises of the caterer and at such other sites as the caterer has given advanced notice to the Kingston Beer Board through the City Manager for the City of Kingston, Tennessee. With such notice, a special permit will be issued for purposes of serving beer at the off-premises site. The permit shall not authorize and the caterer shall not sell beer at a site within two hundred fifty feet (250') of a building from which there must be a minimum distance as provided elsewhere herein. In all cases, beer may be sold for consumption only at the permanent catering hall of the caterer or at the site for which the caterer has given advanced notice to the Kingston Beer Board.

7. Golf course. There shall be no limitation on the number of beer permits issued to golf courses. Beer may be sold for consumption on the premises only with the premises defined as any clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, or the playing course itself. No consumption shall be permitted in or on the parking lot.

   Each permit hereunder issued shall specify the classification of permit along with the kind of establishment as herein set forth. No beer sales other than the class designated shall be permitted except as stated herein, i.e., at establishments with permits allowing on-premises consumption, it will be legal for beer to be consumed on the premises only. No beer shall be sold for off-premises consumption by these establishments. Likewise, no on-premises consumption will be legal where the establishment has been granted an off-premises permit. If the character of the establishment changes from the classification originally issued, the permittee will be required to obtain a new permit to conform to the type of establishment being operated by the permittee. All beer permits now issued and outstanding will be classified and placed in its appropriate category and the holders of said beer permits shall be so notified, along with a copy of this chapter. (2009 Code, § 8-309, modified)