Indiana Code
Chapter 20. Clubs, Restaurants, and Hotels
7.1-3-20-21. Resort Hotels

Sec. 21. (a) In order to be considered a "resort hotel" within the meaning of this title and to be eligible to receive an appropriate resort hotel permit under this title, an establishment shall meet the following requirements:
(1) It shall be constantly patronized during a season of at least three (3) months.
(2) It shall have improvements of a least five thousand dollars ($5,000), in value, on the premises.
(3) It shall have at least twenty-five (25), adequately furnished and completely separate sleeping rooms, exclusive of any basement rooms, with adequate facilities.
(4) It shall be so disposed that persons usually apply for and receive overnight accommodations in it.
(5) It shall have either a:
(A) regular dining room frequented by customers each day during which the resort hotel is open to the public; or
(B) room in which continental breakfasts and hors d'oeuvres are served in areas designated as dining rooms.
(6) It shall be located on one (1) premises.
(7) It shall be operated by one (1) person, or under one (1) management.
(8) It shall be a permanent structure of at least two (2) stories, exclusive of the basement.
(9) It shall be reasonably fire-proof.
(10) It shall be sufficiently responsible to discharge all of its obligations under the law to its guests and it shall have kept a register of its guests.
(11) It shall have been in active operation for a period of three (3) years immediately prior to the filing of the application for a permit.
(b) This subsection applies to a hotel that qualifies under subsection (a)(5)(B). All laws and commission rules regarding legal serving for alcoholic beverages fully apply to the hotel. Rooms that qualify under subsection (a)(5)(B) qualify as rooms under IC 7.1-5-7-11(a)(16). The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning floor plans of the hotel.
[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-3(n).]
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.204-2001, SEC.37.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 7.1. Alcohol and Tobacco

Article 3. Permits

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

7.1-3-20-2.5. Repealed

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

7.1-3-20-8.6. Club Guest Day

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

7.1-3-20-15. Repealed

7.1-3-20-16. Restaurants; Airports; Certain Economic Development Areas; Redevelopment Projects or Districts; Historic River Vessels; Cultural Centers; Historic Districts; Motorsport Development Districts; Premises in Qualified Motorsports Facilities

7.1-3-20-16.1. Municipal Riverfront Development Project; Alcoholic Beverage Permit Requirements

7.1-3-20-16.2. Municipal Lakefront Development Project; Qualifications for Permit; Documentation; Restriction on Issuance of Permit

7.1-3-20-16.3. Sale of Manufactured Beer for Carryout

7.1-3-20-16.4. Restaurant Permittee With Interest in Production Facility; Restaurant Carryout Sales of Facility's Products

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. Service Bars

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

7.1-3-20-21. Resort Hotels

7.1-3-20-22. Repealed

7.1-3-20-23. Hotels; In-Room Vending Units

7.1-3-20-24. Licensed Permit Premises Used Exclusively as Catering Hall

7.1-3-20-24.4. Malls

7.1-3-20-25. City Markets

7.1-3-20-26. Permit for Historic Theater

7.1-3-20-27. Restaurants; Service Windows

7.1-3-20-28. Beer Gardens

7.1-3-20-28.5. Patio or Rooftop of Civic Center or Recreational Facility

7.1-3-20-29. Food Hall Master Permit

7.1-3-20-30. Food Hall Vendor's Permit

7.1-3-20-31. Carryout Sales by Certain Vendor Permittees