(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue a farmers’ market sales permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery, the holder of a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead or the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer, upon submission of proof to the commissioner that such holder is in compliance with the applicable permit requirements of subsection (b), (c) or (d) of § 30-16. Such permit shall authorize the sale of products manufactured by such permittees during an unlimited number of appearances at a farmers’ market at not more than ten farmers’ market locations per year provided such holder: (1) Has an invitation from such farmers’ market to sell such products at such farmers’ market, (2) only sells such products by the bottle or sealed container at such farmers’ markets, and (3) is present, or has an authorized representative present, at the time of sale of any such product from such permit holder at such farmers’ market. Any such permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The annual fee for such permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars. There shall be a one-hundred-dollar, nonrefundable filing fee for any such permit.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 30-37o

  • farm: includes farm buildings, and accessory buildings thereto, nurseries, orchards, ranges, greenhouses, hoophouses and other temporary structures or other structures used primarily for the raising and, as an incident to ordinary farming operations, the sale of agricultural or horticultural commodities. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Ordinance: means an enactment under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1

(b) Any town or municipality may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit the sale of such products by the holder of such permit at a farmers’ market held in such town or municipality.