Sec. 16.8. (a) A permit that is authorized by this section may be issued without regard to the quota provisions of IC 7.1-3-22.
(b) Except as provided in section 16.3 of this chapter, the commission may issue not more than four (4) new three-way permits to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to applicants in each of the following municipalities:
(1) Whitestown.
(2) Lebanon.
(3) Zionsville.
(4) Westfield.
(5) Carmel.
(6) Fishers.
(c) The following apply to permits issued under this section:
(1) An applicant for a permit under this section must be a proprietor, as owner or lessee, or both, of a restaurant located within an economic development area, an area needing redevelopment, or a redevelopment district as established under IC 36-7-14 in a municipality's:
(A) downtown redevelopment district; or
(B) downtown economic revitalization area.
(2) The cost of an initial permit is forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
(3) The total number of active permits issued under this section may not exceed twenty-four (24) permits at any time. If any of the permits issued under this section are revoked or not renewed, the commission may issue only enough new permits to bring the total number of permits to twenty-four (24) active permits, with not more than four (4) in each municipality listed in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(6).
(4) The municipality may adopt an ordinance under IC 7.1-3-19-17 requiring a permit holder to enter into a formal written commitment as a condition of eligibility for a permit. As set forth in IC 7.1-3-19-17(b), a formal written commitment is binding on the permit holder and on any lessee or proprietor of the permit premises.
(5) Notwithstanding IC 7.1-3-1-3.5 and IC 7.1-3-1.1, if business operations cease at the permit premises for more than six (6) months, the permit shall revert to the commission and the permit holder is not entitled to any refund or other compensation.
(6) Except as provided in subdivision (8), the ownership of a permit may not be transferred.
(7) A permit may not be transferred from the premises for which the permit was issued.
(8) If the area in which the permit premises is located is no longer designated an economic development area, an area needing redevelopment, or a redevelopment district, a permit issued under this section may be renewed, and the ownership of the permit may be transferred, but the permit may not be transferred from the permit premises.
As added by P.L.214-2016, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.285-2019, SEC.36.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 7.1. Alcohol and Tobacco
Chapter 20. Clubs, Restaurants, and Hotels
7.1-3-20-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
7.1-3-20-1. Clubs; General Requirements
7.1-3-20-2. Clubs Within Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-3. Clubs Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-4. Clubs Outside Corporate Limits; Exception
7.1-3-20-5. Clubs; Two Locations
7.1-3-20-6. Member of a Club; Qualifications
7.1-3-20-7. Fraternal Clubs; Labor Organizations
7.1-3-20-8. Club; Enabling Ordinance Required
7.1-3-20-8.5. Discriminatory Practices
7.1-3-20-9. Restaurants; General Requirements
7.1-3-20-9.5. Restaurant Carryout Sales; Eligibility
7.1-3-20-9.6. Resealing Wine Bottle Purchased With Meal
7.1-3-20-10. Restaurants Within Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-11. Restaurants; Unincorporated Town Exception
7.1-3-20-11.5. Restaurants; Small City Provision
7.1-3-20-12. Restaurants Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-13. New Restaurants Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-13.5. Public Restaurant at Golf Course or Tennis Club; Gross Food Sales Requirement
7.1-3-20-13.6. Golf Course Clubhouse; Sale From Golf Cart
7.1-3-20-14. Restaurants Outside Corporate Limits; Nonrenewals
7.1-3-20-16.1. Municipal Riverfront Development Project; Alcoholic Beverage Permit Requirements
7.1-3-20-16.3. Sale of Manufactured Beer for Carryout
7.1-3-20-16.5. Restaurants in Historic Places or Districts; Retailer's Permits
7.1-3-20-16.8. Permits in Areas of Economic Development or Redevelopment in Certain Municipalities
7.1-3-20-17.5. Dispensing and Storing Alcoholic Beverage in Event Space of Hotel or Restaurant
7.1-3-20-18. Hotels; General Requirements
7.1-3-20-18.6. Submission of Hotel Floor Plan
7.1-3-20-18.7. College or University Hotels; Nonpermanent Outside Bars; Service Windows
7.1-3-20-19. Hotels Within Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-20. Hotels Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-23. Hotels; In-Room Vending Units
7.1-3-20-24. Licensed Permit Premises Used Exclusively as Catering Hall
7.1-3-20-26. Permit for Historic Theater
7.1-3-20-27. Restaurants; Service Windows
7.1-3-20-28.5. Patio or Rooftop of Civic Center or Recreational Facility
7.1-3-20-29. Food Hall Master Permit