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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-104" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To be considered a restaurant, an establishment shall meet the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An establishment shall have average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 40% of its total daily receipts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may not consider as food an ingredient or a garnish used with or mixed with an alcoholic beverage that is prepared and served for on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may waive the food requirement specified under subsection (b) of this section for a restaurant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned and operated by a nonprofit organization in the area bounded by South Ellwood Avenue on the west, Bank Street on the north, South Bouldin Street on the east, and Fleet Street on the south; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>operated in the area bounded by South Eden Street on the west, Bank Street on the north, South Spring Street on the east, and Eastern Avenue on the south.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a license that meets the qualifications under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board may approve an expansion of the licensed premises onto a noncontiguous property with a second separate use permit issued by the City, if the second separate use permit specifically refers to the alcoholic beverages license at the primary location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
