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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-1001.3" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “marketplace” means premises that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>accommodate the public; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>are equipped with five or more outlets for preparing and serving regular meals that may be consumed by patrons in a common seating area or anywhere else on the premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a marketplace license in the 40th and 43rd alcoholic beverages districts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue a marketplace license only to the person, firm, or corporation that owns or leases the marketplace.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor from one or more outlets within the marketplace by the drink or by the bottle for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license holder may obtain a refillable container permit under § 12–1102 of this title to sell draft beer for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The marketplace shall have:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a minimum capital investment, not including the cost of land and buildings, of $1,000,000 for marketplace facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a minimum seating capacity of 75 individuals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a minimum capacity of 200 individuals and a maximum capacity of 500 individuals, as determined by the City Fire Department; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 51% of the total daily receipts of the marketplace.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The hours for sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages under the license are the same as the hours of operation for Class B beer, wine, and liquor license holders under § 12–2004 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fee is $8,580.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the annual license fee, the license holder shall pay annually:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$500, if the license holder provides live entertainment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$200, if the license holder provides outdoor table service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
