RULE NUMBER 11

Before issuance of a license or renewal of license to sell alcoholic liquors in a store, the premises must be approved as to conditions by the Commissioner through an inspection by the Enforcement Division or other employees of the Commissioner staff.

1. All parts of the premises must be kept clean. Cellars, basements and yards must be neat and free of rubbish.

2. If other parts of a building in which a store is located are occupied as living quarters, there shall be no doors communicating with the store unless authorized in writing by the Commissioner.

3. All parts of the rooms where alcoholic liquor is sold shall be visible from the street unless a variance is granted by the Commissioner in writing.

4. An accurate clock shall be installed in the store. The dial and numbers thereon shall be of such as to be plainly visible to everyone in the store and properly located with sufficient illumination to accomplish the purpose of keeping all customers and employees informed as to the correct time.

5. Alcoholic liquors must be neatly arranged and properly marked as to price.

6. Adequate secure storage must be provided for stock. Empty containers shall not be stored outside the licensed premises during closed hours.

7. Internal passages of shopping centers available to the public shall be deemed to be streets within the meaning of this rule.

8. The standard hours of operation must be 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. unless a variance is granted by the Commissioner in writing.

9. The approved hours and days of operation must be posted in a conspicuous place in order that all customers may be properly informed.

10. An up-to-date copy of the rules of the Commissioner and Liquor Control Act must be on the premises at all times.

11. A decal, purchased through the Commissioner, stating the legal drinking age in the state must be conspicuously displayed at each entrance to the premises. The term conspicuous, for the purpose of this rule, means that advertisements and all other postings of any type (with the exception of the warning to pregnant woman of the risk of birth defects form the consumption of alcoholic beverages, Rule 11 paragraph 12, and posting of the hours of business Rule 11, paragraph 9) may not be displaced within two feet of the decal stating the legal drinking age.

12. A decal, purchased through the Commissioner, warning pregnant women of the risk of birth defects from the consumption of alcoholic beverages must be conspicuously- displayed at each entrance to the premises. The term conspicuous, for the purpose of this rule, means that advertisements and all other posting of any type (with the exception of the legal drinking age notice, Rule 11 paragraph11, and the posting of business hours, Rule 11, paragraph 9) may not to displayed within two feet of the decal warning pregnant women of the risk of birth defects from the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

13 The effective date of this Rule shall be January 1 , 1990