Delaware Administrative Code
Title 4 - Alcoholic Beverage Control
Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Office of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner
500 - Initial and Temporary Licensure
504 - (Formerly Rule 11) A Providing Specifications for Stores and Off-Premises
Section 504-1.0 - Approval of Conditions of Premises
Universal Citation: 4 DE Admin Code 504-1.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
1.1 Before issuance of a license to sell alcoholic liquors in a store, the premises must be approved as to conditions by the Commissioner through an inspection by the DATE or employees of the Commissioner staff.
1.1.1 All parts of the
premises must be kept clean. Cellars, basements and yards must be neat and free
of rubbish.
1.1.2 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.
1.1.3 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.
1.1.4 Licensee shall operate a minimum of ten
(10) hours per day, except Sundays, unless a variance is granted in writing by
the Commissioner.
1.1.5 The
approved hours and days of operation must be posted in a conspicuous place in
order that all customers may be properly informed.
1.1.6 Decals, purchased through the
Commissioner, stating the legal drinking age in the State and another 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.
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