Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Liquor Control Commission
Licensing Qualifications - SDD License; prohibited issuance or transfer
Section R. 436.1129 - Specially designated merchant license; issuance and transfer; limitation; waiver; applicability
Current through Vol. 24-04, March 15, 2024
Rule 29.
(1) For the issuance of a new, or the transfer of location of an existing, specially designated merchant license, all of the following are approved types of businesses:
(2) The commission shall not issue a new, or transfer location of an existing, specially designated merchant license to an applicant operating an approved type of business who also holds, or a partner or stockholder of an applicant who holds, an interest, directly or indirectly, in a nonapproved type of business on, or contiguous to, the proposed licensed premises, unless 60% or more of the combined monthly gross sales of the approved and nonapproved businesses are of goods and services customarily marketed by the approved type of business. For the purposes of this subrule, combined monthly gross sales are sales exclusive of all taxes collected by a retailer on sales and are computed for an accounting period of not less than 180 consecutive days. The commission may approve an application under this rule subject to the condition that the applicant shall demonstrate compliance with this subrule at the end of the 180-day accounting period. The commission shall cancel the license if the licensee has failed to comply with the provisions of this subrule at the end of the 180-day accounting period.
(3) The commission shall not issue a specially designated merchant license to any of the following entities and shall not allow any of the following entities to change the nature of an existing business that has a specially designated merchant license:
(4) In determining the qualifications of an applicant for or the holder of a specially designated merchant license to own or operate motor vehicle fuel pumps on or adjacent to the licensed premises under the provisions of section 541(1) of 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1541(1), the following shall apply:
(5) In a city, incorporated village, or township that has a population of 3,000 or fewer people, the commission may, in its discretion, waive the provisions of subrules (1), (2), and (3) of this rule if the applicant for a license has and maintains a minimum inventory on the premises, excluding alcoholic liquor, of not less than $10,000.00, at cost, of the goods and services customarily marketed by approved types of businesses. The commission shall accept the means prescribed in R 436.1141(1) as a method for determining the population of a city, incorporated village, or township.
(6) In a township which is comprised of 72 square miles or more and which has a population of 7,500 or fewer people, the commission may, in its discretion, waive the provisions of subrule (3) of this rule if the applicant for a license has and maintains a minimum inventory on the premises, excluding alcoholic liquor, of not less than $10,000.00, at cost, of the goods and services customarily marketed by approved types of businesses.
(7) The commission shall not issue a specially designated merchant license to an applicant who operates a drive-in or drive-through establishment and shall not allow an applicant who operates a drive-in or drive-through establishment to change the nature of an existing business that has a specially designated merchant license.
(8) The commission shall not issue a specially designated merchant license to an applicant who operates a drive-up or walk-up window for the sale of alcoholic liquor at the proposed location and shall not allow a person who holds a specially designated merchant license to change the nature of the existing licensed business to include a drive-up or walk-up window which permits the sale of alcoholic liquor through the drive-up or walk-up window.
(9) This rule does not apply to the renewal of an existing specially designated merchant license that is in operation before the effective date of this rule and does not apply to a new specially designated merchant license or the transfer of location of a specially designated merchant license conditionally approved by the commission before the effective date of this rule.