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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-1609" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>subject to subsection (c) of this section, issue an additional Class B (on–sale — hotels and restaurants) beer, wine, and liquor license for premises used as a restaurant that meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section to the holder of a Class B (on–sale — hotels and restaurants) beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>define “restaurant” by regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a restaurant under this section is required to have:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a minimum capital investment of $500,000 for restaurant facilities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a minimum seating capacity of 125 individuals.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The capital investment described in paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection may not include the cost of land or buildings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may not issue more than five licenses under this section to or for the use of the same person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Additional licenses shall be limited to providing alcoholic beverages for on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may waive the minimum capital investment requirement and the minimum seating capacity requirement under subsection (b)(1) of this section for an additional restaurant that a license holder seeks under this section if the Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>holds a public meeting at which the Board reviews the business practice of the license holder; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>determines that the license holder is in good standing and has a reputable business practice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
