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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-902" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" 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 Board may issue the license for use by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a hotel that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>accommodates the public by providing service ordinarily found in hotels;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>at least 25 rooms;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a lobby with registration and mail desk; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a dining room that serves full–course meals at least twice daily and that has regular seating at tables, including not more than 15 seats at bars or counters, for at least 50 individuals; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is operated in facilities that are valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a restaurant that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is open for business at least 5 days a week and serves at least:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>two full–course meals each day it is open from Monday to Friday; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>one full–course meal each day it is open on Saturday and Sunday;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has regular seating at tables, including not more than 15 seats at bars or counters, for at least 50 individuals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is operated in facilities that are valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “premises” means an area:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>inside the restaurant where meals are prepared and served; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>outside the restaurant that is approved in writing by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>beer for off–premises consumption 7 days a week; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>wine for off–premises consumption 7 days a week if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the area used to prepare and consume food and beverages occupies at least 90% of the square footage of the licensed premises; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the license holder does not sell more than six bottles of wine to an individual at one time.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a license application is made for a new or improved building, on request by the Board the supervisor of assessments shall assess the building and advise the Board of the valuation of the building for assessment and taxation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The valuation of the building for assessment and taxation does not affect the renewal or transfer of a Class B license issued before May 1, 1979.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The annual license fee is $1,500.</text>
  </level>
</section>
