(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B) to (K) of this section, permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of an A-1-A, A-2, A-2f, A-3a, A-5, C-2, D-2, D-3, D-3a, D-4, D-4a, D-5, D-5a, D-5b, D-5c, D-5d, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, D-5k, D-5l, D-5m, D-5n, D-5o, or D-7 permit to allow sale under that permit on Sunday. However, such a sale only may be allowed if the sale has been approved under a question specified in division (B) of section4301.351or4301.354of the Revised Code, in division (B)(2) of section4301.355of the Revised Code, or in section4301.356of the Revised Code and has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code, under the restrictions of that authorization.
(B) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of any permit, including a D-4a and D-5d permit, authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquor issued for a premises located at any publicly owned airport, as defined in section4563.01of the Revised Code, at which commercial airline companies operate regularly scheduled flights on which space is available to the public, to allow sale under such permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
(C) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of a D-5a permit, and to the holder of a D-3 or D-3a permit who is the owner or operator of a hotel or motel that is required to be licensed under section3731.03of the Revised Code, that contains at least fifty rooms for registered transient guests, and that has on its premises a retail food establishment or a food service operation licensed pursuant to Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code that operates as a restaurant for purposes of this chapter and is affiliated with the hotel or motel and within or contiguous to the hotel or motel and serving food within the hotel or motel, to allow sale under such permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
(D) The holder of a D-6 permit that is issued to a sports facility may make sales under the permit on any Sunday on which a professional baseball, basketball, football, hockey, or soccer game is being played at the sports facility. As used in this division, "sports facility" means a stadium or arena that has a seating capacity of at least four thousand and that is owned or leased by a professional baseball, basketball, football, hockey, or soccer franchise or any combination of those franchises.
(E) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of any permit that authorizes the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor and that is issued to a premises located in or at the Ohio history connection area or the state fairgrounds, as defined in division (B) of section4301.40of the Revised Code, to allow sale under that permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
(F) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of any permit that authorizes the sale of intoxicating liquor and that is issued to an outdoor performing arts center to allow sale under that permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361of the Revised Code. A D-6 permit issued under this division is subject to the results of an election, held after the D-6 permit is issued, on question (B)(4) as set forth in section4301.351of the Revised Code. Following the end of the period during which an election may be held on question (B)(4) as set forth in that section, sales of intoxicating liquor may continue at an outdoor performing arts center under a D-6 permit issued under this division, unless an election on that question is held during the permitted period and a majority of the voters voting in the precinct on that question vote "no."
As used in this division, "outdoor performing arts center" means an outdoor performing arts center that is located on not less than eight hundred acres of land and that is open for performances from the first day of April to the last day of October of each year.
(G) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of any permit that authorizes the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor and that is issued to a golf course owned by the state, a conservancy district, a park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, or another political subdivision to allow sale under that permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
(H) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of a D-5g permit to allow sale under that permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
(I) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of any D permit for a premises that is licensed under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code and that is located at a ski area to allow sale under the D-6 permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
As used in this division, "ski area" means a ski area as defined in section4169.01of the Revised Code, provided that the passenger tramway operator at that area is registered under section4169.03of the Revised Code.
(J) Permit D-6 shall be issued to the holder of any permit that is described in division (A) of this section for a permit premises that is located in a community entertainment district, as defined in section4301.80of the Revised Code, that was approved by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation under that section between October 1 and October 15, 2005, to allow sale under the permit on Sunday, whether or not that sale has been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
(K) A D-6 permit shall be issued to the holder of any D permit for a premises that is licensed under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code and that is located in a state park to allow sales under the D-6 permit on Sunday, whether or not those sales have been authorized under section4301.361,4301.364,4301.365, or4301.366of the Revised Code.
As used in this division, "state park" means a state park that is established or dedicated under Chapter 1546. of the Revised Code and that has a working farm on its property.
(L) If the restriction to licensed premises where the sale of food and other goods and services exceeds fifty per cent of the total gross receipts of the permit holder at the premises is applicable, the division of liquor control may accept an affidavit from the permit holder to show the proportion of the permit holder's gross receipts derived from the sale of food and other goods and services. If the liquor control commission determines that affidavit to have been false, it shall revoke the permits of the permit holder at the premises concerned.
(M) The fee for the D-6 permit is five hundred dollars when it is issued to the holder of an A-1-A, A-2, A-2f, A-3a, A-5, D-2, D-3, D-3a, D-4, D-4a, D-5, D-5a, D-5b, D-5c, D-5d, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, D-5k, D-5l, D-5m, D-5n, D-5o, or D-7 permit. The fee for the D-6 permit is four hundred dollars when it is issued to the holder of a C-2 permit.
(N) Sunday sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages, or spirituous liquor authorized under a valid D-6 permit issued prior to, on, or after the effective date of this amendment may occur during the same hours that a permit holder may sell those products on Monday through Saturday.
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