A Class A private club licensee with 1,000 or more members may, in the commissioner‘s discretion, operate Class B licenses for the off-premises sale of nonintoxicating beer and wine in a connected but separately operated area of the Class A private club premises: Provided, That each business is licensed separately and operates separate cash registers and maintains separation barriers between the different licensed operations.  Failure of a licensee to license two inner-connected businesses shall subject the licensee to the penalties under this article.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 60-7-6a

  • Commissioner: means the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner. See West Virginia Code 60-7-2
  • Licensee: means the holder of a license to operate a private club granted under this article, which remains unexpired, unsuspended, and unrevoked. See West Virginia Code 60-7-2
  • Private club: means any corporation or unincorporated association which either:

    (A) Belongs to or is affiliated with a nationally recognized fraternal or veterans' organization which is operated exclusively for the benefit of its members, which pays no part of its income to its shareholders or individual members, which owns or leases a building or other premises to which club are admitted only duly- elected or approved dues-paying members in good standing of the corporation or association and their guests while in the company of a member and to which club the general public is not admitted, and which maintains in the building or on the premises a suitable kitchen and dining facility with related equipment for serving food to members and their guests. See West Virginia Code 60-7-2