Section 04.09.440 - Large resort endorsement(a) A large resort endorsement authorizes the holder of a beverage dispensary license or a beverage dispensary tourism license that is a large resort to sell or serve alcoholic beverages from multiple locations on the resort property to guests for consumption in areas on the site of the large resort, including a dining room, banquet room, guest room, open air venue, and ingress or egress route between those areas.(b) The biennial fee for a large resort endorsement is $200.(c) The holder of a large resort endorsement shall apply for a multiple fixed counter endorsement under AS 04.09.420 to sell or serve alcoholic beverages from multiple locations within the large resort's property. The locations do not need to be located in the same building or on the same parcel, but must be within the boundary of the large resort, as that term is defined in (h) of this section.(d) The holder of a large resort endorsement may sell or serve alcoholic beverages only from locations on the site of the large resort.(e) For federal income tax purposes, the profit and loss from the licensed business conducted at locations on the resort under a large resort endorsement, other than guest rooms, must be combined or consolidated with the profit and loss from the licensed business conducted under the multiple fixed counter endorsement.(f) The holder of a large resort endorsement shall exercise control over conduct of the business in all areas of the licensed premises.(g) A holder of a beverage dispensary license with a large resort endorsement may stock alcoholic beverages in guest rooms, for sale and consumption only in the guest room. Alcoholic beverages stocked under this subsection must be stocked by an employee who is 21 years of age or older, may not be supplied or resupplied during hours that the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited as provided under AS 04.16.010 (a) and (d), and must be stored in a unit using a key or combination lock system within the guest room. A key lock system must be designed to prevent the removal of the key unless the unit is locked. Except for the licensee, or an agent or employee of the licensee, a key or combination enabling a person to obtain alcoholic beverages stocked in a guest room may be provided only to a guest who occupies the room and who is 21 years of age or older.(h) In this section, "large resort" means a resort that offers both outdoor recreational activities and overnight lodging to the public and is located on a site consisting of at least 10 contiguous acres containing one or more parcels of real property owned by the licensee or leased by the licensee, or a combination of parcels owned by the licensee and leased by the licensee.(i) The holder of a beverage dispensary license or a beverage dispensary tourism license who engages in activity for which a large resort endorsement is required under this section without an endorsement under this section commits the offense of unendorsed large resort service.(j) The holder of a large resort endorsement who fails to comply with the requirements of (c) - (g) of this section commits the offense of large resort endorsement noncompliance.(k) Unendorsed large resort service is a violation and is punishable by a fine of $500.(l) Large resort endorsement noncompliance is a violation.Added by SLA 2022, ch. 8,sec. 13, eff. 1/1/2024.