3VAC5-50-180. Volunteer fire departments or volunteer rescue squads; banquet facility licenses; restrictions and conditions.
A. Pursuant to § 4.1-206.3 D 2 b of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (authority) may grant banquet facility licenses to volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads:
1. Providing volunteer fire or rescue squad services;
2. Having as its premises a fire or rescue squad station regularly occupied by such fire department or rescue squad; and
3. Being duly recognized by the governing body of the city, county, or town in which it is located.
B. In addition to other applicable statutes and regulations of the authority, the following restrictions and conditions apply to persons holding such banquet facility licenses:
1. The volunteer fire department or rescue squad shall notify the authority in writing at least two calendar days in advance of any affair or event at which the license will be used away from the fire department or rescue squad station. The notice shall include the date, time, location, and address of the event and the identity of the group and the affair or event. Such records of off-site affairs and events should be maintained at the fire department or rescue squad station for a period of two years;
2. A photocopy of the banquet facility license shall be present at all affairs or events at which the privileges of the license are exercised away from the fire or rescue squad station; and
3. The fire department or rescue squad shall comply with the requirements of the local governing body concerning sanitation, health, construction, or equipment and shall obtain all local permits or licenses that may be required to exercise the privileges of its license.
Statutory Authority
§ 4.1-111 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR125-01-5 § 18, eff. December 12, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 6, January 21, 1988; Volume 5, Issue 2, eff. November 24, 1988; Volume 7, Issue 4, eff. December 19, 1990; Volume 8, Issue 6, eff. January 15, 1992; Volume 9, Issue 6, eff. January 13, 1993; Volume 10, Issue 11, eff. March 23, 1994; Volume 38, Issue 1, eff. January 1, 2022; Volume 41, Issue 11, eff. February 12, 2025.