Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses
Section 3-7-16.2. - Class K ancient tavern license.

§ 3-7-16.2. Class K ancient tavern license.
(a) The local licensing board has the power to grant and may grant on request by the legal owners of any building which has had a public and continuous use and license as a tavern for ten (10) years or more prior to 1730 A.D. (and which building is located on the same spot where the license was then effective) an ancient tavern license, effective only for the premises described above, and the license grants the following privileges:
(1) The right to sell for consumption on the premises alcoholic beverages of all kinds as adjuncts to meals to patrons sitting at tables.
(2) The right to open at any time after eight in the morning (8:00 a.m.) and to remain open until the closing hours established by the local board of license commissioners for other licensed places or to close at any time earlier than that set time for closing, if the owners shall elect.
(b) The holding of the ancient tavern license is subject, as to matters of order and police, to the same rules as prevail for other licensed places in that locality and as to matters of health and sanitation, is subject to the same rules and requirements as prevail for other licensed places in that locality.
(c) The owners of any building described in subsection (a) receiving an ancient tavern license shall pay each year to the municipality in which it is located six hundred dollars ($600) for the license.
History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 3-7-16.2; P.L. 1969, ch. 85, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages

Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses

Section 3-7-1. - Class A license — Towns and cities of less than 10,000.

Section 3-7-2. - Repealed.

Section 3-7-3. - Class A license — Towns and cities of 10,000 or more.

Section 3-7-3.1. - Class AT license.

Section 3-7-4. - Proximity of Class A licenses.

Section 3-7-4.1. - Holders of retail Class A licenses permitted to conduct wine, beer, and distilled spirit samplings inside licensed premises.

Section 3-7-5. - Class A license issued to Class E licensee.

Section 3-7-6. - Renewal of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, and Class J licenses.

Section 3-7-6.1. - Renewal of Class B, Class C, Class D, Class J, Class N and Class P licenses.

Section 3-7-7. - Class B license.

Section 3-7-7.1. - Class B-H license.

Section 3-7-7.2. - Manufacturer’s brewpub license — Class B-M.

Section 3-7-7.3. - Class B licenses — Restriction on entertainment.

Section 3-7-7.4. - Brew on premises license.

Section 3-7-7.5. - Class B license — The Weekapaug Inn.

Section 3-7-7.6. - Casino license — Class B-C.

Section 3-7-7.7. - Class B license — Smithfield.

Section 3-7-8. - Class C license.

Section 3-7-9. - Repealed.

Section 3-7-10. - Doors from Class C licensed premises to other structures — Sale to unlicensed dealer or house of ill fame.

Section 3-7-11. - Class D license.

Section 3-7-11.1. - Golf courses — Sale of alcoholic beverages.

Section 3-7-12. - Information as to club affairs.

Section 3-7-13. - Class E license.

Section 3-7-14. - Class F license.

Section 3-7-14.1. - Class F-1 license.

Section 3-7-14.2. - Class P licenses — Caterers.

Section 3-7-14.3. - Class F-2 license.

Section 3-7-15. - Class G license.

Section 3-7-15.1. - Class GD license.

Section 3-7-16. - Class J convention hall license.

Section 3-7-16.1. - Class L ancient underground comfort station license.

Section 3-7-16.2. - Class K ancient tavern license.

Section 3-7-16.3. - Class T legitimate theater license.

Section 3-7-16.4. - Class ED license.

Section 3-7-16.5. - Class M License.

Section 3-7-16.6. - Class N nightclub license.

Section 3-7-16.7. - Class AS license.

Section 3-7-16.8. - Additional license — City of Providence.

Section 3-7-16.9. - Class WB license.

Section 3-7-16.10. - Class SE license.

Section 3-7-17. - Discretionary fees.

Section 3-7-18. - Licensed retailers to purchase from licensed wholesalers only.

Section 3-7-19. - Objection by adjoining property owners — Proximity to schools and churches.

Section 3-7-20. - Repealed.

Section 3-7-21. - Appeals from the local boards to director.

Section 3-7-22. - Manufacturer’s or wholesaler’s interest in retailer.

Section 3-7-23. - Closing hours for Class A licenses.

Section 3-7-24. - Certificate of payment of state taxes.

Section 3-7-25. - Sanitary conditions for dispensing of malt beverages or wine.

Section 3-7-26. - Certain practices prohibited.

Section 3-7-27. - Insurance requirements.

Section 3-7-28. - Time for licensee to produce receipts and invoices to inspector.

Section 3-7-29. - Liquor liability insurance.