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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 17-402 Alcoholic beverage and cigarette advertising signs.">
  <section prefix="§" num="17-402" heading="Alcoholic beverage and cigarette advertising signs.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="General prohibition.">No person may place any sign, poster, placard, device, graphic display, or other item that advertises alcoholic beverages or cigarettes in any publicly visible location, including any outdoor billboard, side of a building, or freestanding sign.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exceptions.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="“Licensed premises” defined.">In this subsection, “licensed premises” means:<para num="(i)">as to alcoholic beverage signs, a premises that operates under an alcoholic beverages license or permit issued under the State Alcoholic Beverages Article; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">as to the cigarette signs, a premises that operates under a cigarette business license issued under Title 16 of the State Business Regulation Article.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Permitted placements – General.">This section does not apply to the placement of signs:<para num="(i)">inside a licensed premises;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">in conjunction with a temporary or 1-day alcoholic beverages license granted by the Board of License Commissioners;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">in an Area of Special Signage Control advertising for a business located within the Area of Special Signage Control that holds a manufacturer’s license issued under &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gab"&gt;Title 2, Subtitle 2 of the Alcoholic Beverages Article of the Maryland Code&lt;/cite&gt;; or</para>
        <para num="(iv)">on property owned, leased, or operated by the Maryland Stadium Authority.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Permitted placements – Identification of licensed premises.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">This section does not apply to any window or exterior wall sign of a licensed premises that meets all of the following criteria:<para num="(A)">the sign is intended to identify the licensed premises, by containing its name, slogan, or logo;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the sign covers no more than 15% of the window or exterior wall area on which it is displayed; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">the licensed premises has no other window or exterior wall sign along the same street frontage.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Measurement methodology.">For purposes of this paragraph (3):<para num="(A)">a “window” comprises all the glass panes within the main frame of the window area; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">the maximum 15% coverage is calculated based on the total area within the external window frame.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Permitted placements – Billboards.">Notwithstanding the foregoing, any billboard that advertises alcoholic beverages shall be located at least 500 linear feet from established and conspicuously identified elementary or secondary schools, places of worship, or public playgrounds.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.18-216</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
