West Virginia § 60-7-8d Where private clubs may sell and serve alcoholic liquors and nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer

West Virginia Statutes

§ 60-7-8d — Where private clubs may sell and serve alcoholic liquors and nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer

West Virginia § 60-7-8d

Ch. 60STATE CONTROL OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS

Art. 7LICENSES TO PRIVATE CLUBS

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W. Va. Code § 60-7-8d (2026).

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(a)With prior approval of the commissioner, a private club licensee may sell, serve, and furnish alcoholic liquor and, if licensed to also sell, serve, and furnish nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer to be consumed on premises in a legally demarcated area which may include a temporary private outdoor dining area or temporary private outdoor street dining area. A temporary private outdoor street dining area shall be approved by the municipal government or county commission in which the licensee operates. The commissioner shall develop and make available an application form to facilitate the purposes of this subsection.

(b)The private club licensee shall submit to the commissioner:

(1)the municipal or county approval of the private outdoor dining area or private outdoor st

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(a) With prior approval of the commissioner, a private club licensee may sell, serve, and furnish alcoholic liquor and, if licensed to also sell, serve, and furnish nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer to be consumed on premises in a legally demarcated area which may include a temporary private outdoor dining area or temporary private outdoor street dining area. A temporary private outdoor street dining area shall be approved by the municipal government or county commission in which the licensee operates. The commissioner shall develop and make available an application form to facilitate the purposes of this subsection.

(b) The private club licensee shall submit to the commissioner: (1) the municipal or county approval of the private outdoor dining area or private outdoor street dining area; and, (2) a revised floorplan requesting to sell alcoholic liquors, and when licensed, for nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer, subject to the commissioner’s requirements, in an approved and bounded outdoor area. The approved and bounded area need not be adjacent to the licensee’s licensed premises, but in close proximity, for private outdoor street dining or private outdoor dining. For purposes of this subsection, "close proximity" means an available area within 300 feet of a licensee’s licensed premises and under the licensee’s control and with right of ingress and egress.

(c) This private outdoor dining or private outdoor street dining may be operated in conjunction with a private wine outdoor dining or private wine outdoor street dining area set forth in §60-8-32a of this code and nonintoxicating 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 outdoor dining and private 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 area where seating is incorporated inside a permanent building with ambient air through HVAC is not considered outdoor dining pursuant to this subsection.

(e) A private club restaurant or a private manufacturer club licensed for craft cocktail growler sales shall provide food or a meal along with sealed craft cocktail growler sales as set forth in this article to a patron who is (i) in-person or in-vehicle while picking up food or a meal, or (ii) in-person having dined on food or a meal, and (iii) has ordered a sealed craft cocktail growler 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.