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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="13-1710" title_number="13" title_name="Baltimore County" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Transfer of Licenses; Substitution of Names on License">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the licenses authorized for issuance in the county, the Board may authorize the transfer to an establishment specified in subsection (c) of this section of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license or a Class D beer, wine, and liquor license that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>was issued on or before December 31, 2016;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>was in existence in the same election district of the county as the proposed licensed premises on December 31, 2016; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is valid on the date of transfer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To be transferred under this section, a license may not be a license that is prohibited from being transferred by statute or regulation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On the date of transfer, a license shall be converted into a Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on–sale) service bar commercial revitalization district license (B–SB–CRD license).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The qualifications for a license holder, the fee, and the hours and days of sale for a service bar license are the same as those for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on–sale) hotel and restaurant license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A B–SB–CRD license may be issued only for a premises that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in a free–standing building with its own parking lot;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>zoned BL–CCC and in compliance with any applicable zoning ordinance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>at least 100 feet from a place of worship.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A B–SB–CRD license shall be used in conjunction with the operation of a restaurant, as defined in this article and in the regulations of the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The hours during which the privileges conferred by the license may be exercised may not exceed the hours during which food is offered for sale.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The B–SB–CRD license shall be used to allow the sale and service of alcoholic beverages to patrons only as part of a meal at a dining table.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The licensed premises may not have a separate bar area for service of alcoholic beverages.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The B–SB–CRD license holder may not sell beer, wine, and liquor for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A B–SB–CRD bar license issued under this section may not be converted into any other class of license.</text>
  </level>
</section>
