§ 12-4-416 — Resort hotel liquor licenses; authorized; requirements

(a) The appropriate licensing authority in a county, city
or town may issue resort hotel liquor licenses to applicants who
are owners or lessees of a resort hotel that satisfies all
requirements specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) To qualify for a resort hotel liquor license under
this section, the appropriate licensing authority shall require
the resort hotel to:
(i) Have an actual valuation of, or the applicant
shall commit to expend or have actually expended on the resort
hotel, not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00). Any
valuation under this paragraph shall include the value of the
land on which the resort hotel is located;
(ii) Include a full-service restaurant that shall be
open during regular business hours. At the discretion of the
appropriate licensing authority, variances to this time
requirement may be granted on a seasonal basis. As used in this
paragraph, "full-service restaurant" means a restaurant where
waiters deliver food and drink offered from a printed food menu
to patrons at tables or booths and that has a dining room or
rooms, kitchen and the number and kind of employees necessary
for the preparing, cooking and serving of meals;
(iii) Include within the resort hotel not less than
twenty (20) sleeping rooms for short-term occupancy;
(iv) Provide dining services to guest rooms for not
less than twelve (12) hours each day; and
(v) Provide facilities for business meetings that can
accommodate not less than fifty (50) participants.