(1) Banquet
permits may be issued by the board's stores and agencies to qualified
applicants on forms provided by the board; the fee for each banquet permit will
be $10.
(2) Except for outdoor
areas, banquet permits will only be issued for use at premises that are or can
be arranged so that the general public can be excluded therefrom.
(3) Where the application is for a banquet to
be held either partially or wholly out-of-doors, the following restrictions
will apply:
(a) State parks: State parks are
exempt from the law requiring a license or permit to consume liquor in a public
place (RCW 66.04.011). Banquet permits shall not be issued for the service and
consumption of liquor in state parks.
(b) City and county parks: Applicants will be
issued banquet permits only upon presentation of written approval from the
appropriate local authority for the banquet applied for.
(c) Commercial parks (privately owned and
operated): Store and agency managers may issue banquet permits for use in such
commercial parks even though the event is to be held partly or wholly
out-of-doors.
(d) All other outdoor
areas: Issuance is conditioned upon approval of the area liquor enforcement
officer.
(4) Where the
application is for a banquet permit for an event to be held on a college or
university campus or upon the premises of an elementary or high school, public
or private; permits will be issued provided that approval, in writing, by an
appropriate official of the college, university, elementary, or high school is
furnished with the application.
(5)
When the application is for a banquet permit for an event to be held in or at a
state armory used for military purposes, permits will be issued provided that
approval, in writing, by the adjutant general or their designee is furnished by
the applicant to the board and to the chief of police of the incorporated city
or town in which the armory is located or to the county sheriff if the armory
is located outside the boundaries of incorporated cities or towns.
(6) Banquet permits will not be issued for
use at premises that have a license issued by the board that is or will be
suspended on the date of the scheduled banquet.
(7) The event for which the banquet permit
application is made cannot be open to the public through general admission
ticket sales.
(8) The event for
which the banquet permit application is made cannot be open to the public or
advertised to the public.
(9)
Approval of the area enforcement officer is required for banquet permits
intended for use in the cocktail lounge facilities or tap rooms of hotels,
restaurants, and clubs, unless the entire premises under the control of the
licensee is devoted to the banquet, and then only if all licensee liquor is
removed from view and securely isolated.
(10) Where the application is for a banquet
permit for an event to be held on a vessel under the jurisdiction of the
Washington state ferry system; permits will be issued provided that approval,
in writing, by an appropriate official of the Washington state ferry system is
furnished with the application.
