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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="15-902" title_number="15" title_name="Caroline County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a 6–day Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a 7–day Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to the owner of a hotel that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is in a building at least three stories tall that was originally constructed for hotel purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has a capital investment of at least $500,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>at least one passenger elevator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at least 100 rooms for the accommodation of the public; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a dining room with facilities for preparing and serving regular meals for at least 125 individuals at one seating.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the drink at a hotel or restaurant as defined by the Board at the place described in the license for on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fee is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$1,000 for a 6–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$1,250 for a 7–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
