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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-1609" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a second license, if the second license is any Class H license, to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a holder of any Class B license that has a restriction prohibiting sales for consumption off the premises; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a holder of any Class H license; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>not more than four additional licenses, if each additional license is a Class H beer and light wine license, to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a holder of a Class B beer and light wine license that has a restriction prohibiting sales for consumption off the premises; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a holder of a Class H beer and light wine license.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least one restaurant for which the Class H license under paragraph (1) of this subsection is sought or to which the original Class B or Class H license applies must be in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a suburban community center designated by the county in accordance with Bill Nos. 36–96 and 70–96 of the county ordinances; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one of the following locations as the location existed on October 1, 1999:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the Glen Burnie Urban Renewal Area;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the Parole Town Center Growth Management Area;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the Odenton Town Center Growth Management Area;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport State Priority Funding Area, as designated by the county in accordance with § 6–301(f)(8) of the Economic Development Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>a shopping center with a gross area of at least 1,000,000 square feet that is zoned C3 General Commercial by the zoning article of the County Code; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>the Route 198 corridor, consisting of properties located within 500 feet of the right–of–way of Maryland Route 198, from Maryland Route 32 on the east to the Prince George’s County–Anne Arundel County line on the west.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may not issue more than 60 Class H licenses under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue a maximum of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two licenses to a person in the county if each license is a Class H beer, wine, and liquor license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>five licenses to a person in the county if each license is a Class H beer and light wine license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least one restaurant for which one of the Class H licenses under paragraph (1) of this subsection is sought must be in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a suburban community center designated by the county in accordance with Bill Nos. 36–96 and 70–96 of the county ordinances; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one of the following locations as the location existed on October 1, 1999:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the Glen Burnie Urban Renewal Area;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the Parole Town Center Growth Management Area;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the Odenton Town Center Growth Management Area;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport State Priority Funding Area, as designated by the county in accordance with § 6–301(f)(8) of the Economic Development Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>a shopping center with a gross area of at least 1,000,000 square feet that is zoned C3 General Commercial by the zoning article of the County Code; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>the Route 198 corridor, consisting of properties located within 500 feet of the right–of–way of Maryland Route 198, from Route 32 on the east to the Prince George’s County–Anne Arundel County line on the west.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A franchisor may not have a direct ownership interest, as defined by the Board, in more than five licenses under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to carry out this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that define “direct ownership interest” for the purposes of subsection (d) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
