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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-903" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" 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 license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at a hotel or restaurant at the place described in the license, for on– or off–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “46th alcoholic beverages district” means an area that has the same boundaries as the 46th legislative district in the Legislative Districting Plan of 2022.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to meeting all other requirements of this section, a restaurant for which the license is issued in the 46th alcoholic beverages district shall have:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>capital investment of at least $500,000 for restaurant facilities, not including the cost of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the land;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the building; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>improvements other than to the interior of a building on the licensed premises; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in § 12–1604(c) of this title:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 51% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>seating for 75 but not more than 150 individuals.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “47th alcoholic beverages district” means an area with the same boundaries as the 47th alcoholic beverages district as that district existed before the Legislative Districting Plan ordered by the Supreme Court of Maryland on June 21, 2002.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the license issued for use by a restaurant in the 47th alcoholic beverages district may not include an off–sale privilege.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license issued before July 1, 1991, with on– and off–sale privileges may continue to be renewed or transferred in the 47th alcoholic beverages district with both privileges.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The license may include an off–sale privilege for sales of refillable containers under a refillable container permit issued in accordance with § 12–1102 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fee is $2,060.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition, the license holder annually shall pay:</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>
  <level label="f">
    <text>In the 45th legislative district, a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license may be exchanged for a Class B–D–7 beer, wine, and liquor license if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the licensed premises is in an area bounded by the unit block of West Preston Street, the 1200 block of North Charles Street, the 1200 block of Morton Street, and the unit block of West Biddle Street; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the applicant executes a memorandum of understanding with the Mount Vernon–Belvedere Improvement Association.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
