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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="11" subtitle_number="9" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-901" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license holder shall deliver the beer, wine, or liquor in a sealed package or container that may not be opened or its contents consumed on the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A license may not be issued for a drugstore unless the applicant:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>has been doing business at the location applied for in the license for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>is the assignee of a business established for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license at the location applied for; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>has been engaged in the retail drug business for at least 3 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is $720.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-902" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a restaurant that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>has ample space and accommodations for regularly preparing, selling, and serving hot meals to the public at least twice daily;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>is equipped with a public dining room with sufficient tables, chairs, cutlery, and glassware to serve the meals prepared in the restaurant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>is equipped with a kitchen that has complete facilities and utensils for preparing and serving hot and cold meals to the public; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>employs a sufficient number of cooks and wait staff to serve the number of customers accommodated in the dining room.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license, for on– or off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>Before each renewal of the license, the license holder shall attest in a sworn statement that the gross receipts from food sales for the 12–month period immediately preceding the application for renewal were at least equal to 51% of the gross receipts from the sale of food and alcoholic beverages sold for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual fee for the license is $1,080.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-903" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail, at a club at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption, including:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>during an event held on the licensed premises; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>to a member of the club or a guest of the member.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>If the license holder hosts an event for an outside group, the outside group shall obtain a Class C per diem beer, wine, and liquor license from the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $480.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-904" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There are:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a Class D beer, wine, and liquor license for on– and off–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>a limited Class D beer, wine, and liquor license for on–premises consumption only.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>When an application for a new Class D beer, wine, and liquor license is filed, the Board may limit the sale of beer, wine, and liquor to allow on–premises consumption only.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>$1,200 for a Class D license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>$1,080 for a limited Class D license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-905" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class H beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out under § 11–2004(e) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>Before each renewal of the license, the license holder shall attest in a sworn statement that the gross receipts from food sales for the 12–month period immediately preceding the application for renewal were at least equal to 51% of the gross receipts from the sale of food and alcoholic beverages.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual license fee is $960.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-906" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a beer, wine, and liquor (hotel–limited service) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue a license to a person who owns or leases a hotel that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>has at least 50 rooms; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>operates a kitchen licensed at least as a food service facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor every day at one or more locations in the hotel for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is $2,800.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-907" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a motel/hotel–restaurant license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board may issue the license to the person owning or leasing a motel–restaurant complex or hotel–restaurant complex that has:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, at least $500,000 in capital investment;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>at least 100 rooms; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>an enclosed dining room in which, at least twice a day, full–course meals are served with patrons ordering from menus.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A concessionaire to whom the food concession of the complex is leased is exempt from the requirement of having at least $500,000 in capital investment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor to a person at one or more locations, including bars or counters, in the licensed motel–restaurant complex or hotel–restaurant complex for on–premises consumption, including bars and counters; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the playing of music and dancing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is $3,600 for each separate establishment.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>