What are the requirements for a restaurant seeking to permit BYOB on its premises?

Pursuant to the BYOB ordinance, only those restaurants that meet the following definition are allowed to permit BYOB on their premises:

RESTAURANT – BYOB – an establishment in which cooking facilities are maintained and which shall not include a “Restaurant-Carry-Out/Fast Food” as defined herein where no alcoholic beverages are sold and where food and beverages are prepared and sold primarily for consumption on the premises and within a building or similar structure by customers who are served at tables by staff serving them and in which no drive-through facilities are provided at this establishment and which also meets the requirements of Section 181-34 of the Camden Code.

As noted in this ordinance, the BYOB ordinance requires an establishment:

1.            To have “cooking facilities” which are maintained on-site;

2.            To be an establishment where food and beverages are prepared and sold primarily for consumption on the premises;

3.            To serve customers who are seated at tables and served by staff in the establishment;

4.            To not have a drive-through facility; and

5.            To meet all of the other requirements of the BYOB ordinance.