(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law in this division including, but not limited to, requirements relating to the issuance or transfer of a license, any licensee whose premises, for which a license, other than an off-sale license, has been issued, have been destroyed as a result of fire or any act of God or other force beyond the control of the licensee may carry on his or her business for a period of not more than 180 days at a location within 500 feet of the premises for which the license was issued and while the premises are being repaired or rebuilt and he or she shall be entitled to carry on his or her business under his or her existing license upon the former premises when they have been repaired or rebuilt.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law in this division, including, but not limited to, requirements relating to the issuance or transfer of a license, any licensee whose premises, for which an off-sale license has been issued, have been destroyed as a result of fire or any act of God or other force beyond the control of the licensee, may carry on his or her business for a period of not more than six months at a location within 500 feet of the premises for which the license was issued and while the premises are being repaired or rebuilt and he or she shall be entitled to carry on his or her business under his or her existing license upon the former premises when they have been repaired or rebuilt.