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7. The hours during which sales of alcoholic beverages may be made in a restaurant are further limited to the times when the dining room is open and food service is available. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold or served in a restaurant before it is open and food service is available, nor after the restaurant has been closed or food service has ended. Food service is defined as the service of any food, including appetizers, desserts and snacks. 8. Automatic amusement devices in compliance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 140, § 177A may be kept in licensed premises,provided that each such device is properly licensed by the Town of Lexington as an automatic amusement device, and is installed on the premises so as to kept in open view at all times while in operation, and shall at all times be available for inspection. No device designed or intended for gambling, gaming or betting for money or property shall be permitted in a licensed premise, nor shall any other automatic amusement device be permitted to be used for such purpose. The term"automatic amusement device" shall mean any mechanism whereby, upon the deposit therein of a coin or token, any apparatus is released or set in motion or put in a position where it may be set in motion for the purpose of playing any game involving, in whole or in part, the skill of the player, including but not limited to such devices commonly known as pinball machines and video or electronic games. 9. All alcoholic beverages must be bought, served and drunk on the premises. No person shall be allowed to take or consume alcoholic beverages on the sidewall�s of any licensed establishment or on the public sidewalks, unless an application to extend the licensed premises has been approved by the Board of Selectmen. Such extension must meet guidelines for eXtension of premises to patio and outdoor areas established by the ABCC. 10. No license shall be sold, transferred or surrendered without the prior approval of the Board of Selectmen. ll. All alcoholic beverage licenses are conditioned on the compliance with all applicable state and locallaws, including but not limited to M.G.L. Chapters 138 and 140, the state building code, the ABCC Regulations and Lexington's bylaws and regulations. 12. No corporation, organized under the laws of the Commonwealth or any other state or foreign country, shall be issued a license to sell in any manner any alcoholic beverages unless such corporation shall have first appointed, by vote of its Board of Directors or other similar board, as manager or other principal representative, a citizen of the United States, and shall have vested in him by properly authorized and executed written delegation full authoriry and control of the premises described in the license of such corporation and of the conduct of all business therein relative to alcoholic beverages nor unless such manager or representative is, with respect to his character, satisfactory to the licensing authorities.