Rules and Regulations - Liquor Commission (Amended 2024)

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1. A premises in which recorded music and live entertainment are provided. 2. A premises in which recorded music, live entertainment and dancing are provided. If a licensee under Class 2 desires to change the category of establishment the licensee owns or operates to a higher category, the licensee shall apply for a new license applicable to the category of the licensee's establishment. Changes to a lower category can be done without public notice. For each category of Class 2 licenses there shall be the following kinds: 1. General (includes all liquors except alcohol). 2. Beer and wine. 3. Beer. A new class 2 license may be issued prior to an establishment commencing operation. An application for a new class 2 license shall include a certification by the applicant that the applicant intends to and shall derive no less than thirty percent of the establishment's gross revenue from the sale of foods. A licensee under this class engaged in meal service may also sell unopened beer, unopened wine or properly sealed mixed cocktails with food for pick up, delivery, take out, or other means to be consumed off the premises. 2. Notwithstanding Section 281-57, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, as amended, the Commission may approve at one public hearing and without notice the change to a Class 2 Restaurant license by a Class 5 Dispenser license who meets the requirements of a Class 2 license. Whenever a licensee is authorized to provide dancing by patrons, each area where dancing will be provided shall contain no less than 100 square feet and shall not obstruct the normal flow of traffic. D. CLASS 3. WHOLESALE DEALER LICENSE. A license for the sale of liquors at wholesale shall authorize the licensee to import and sell only to licensees or to others who are by law authorized to resell the liquor specified by the license but are not by law required to hold a license provided that a Class 3 licensee may sell samples of liquor back to the manufacturer. Under a Class 3 license, no liquor shall be consumed on the premises except as authorized by the Commission or Director. Requests for consumption of liquor may be submitted for product tastings or special events such as a grand opening or anniversaries which shall be purely gratuitous to patrons, and that requests for live music and entertainment at these special events may be submitted for approval. Of this class there shall be the following kinds: 1. General (includes all liquors except alcohol). 22