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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-904" 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 BR beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a restaurant that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>serves at least one full–course evening dinner meal at least 5 days a week;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is only open during the time meals are served;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has regular seating at tables, including not more than 15 seats at bars and counters, for at least 50 individuals; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>is operated in facilities valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000.</text>
    </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 beer, wine, and liquor 7 days a week at a restaurant for consumption:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>with meals on the licensed premises; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on the licensed premises in accordance with regulations that the Board adopts.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a license application is made for a new or improved building, on request of 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="e">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor 7 days a week at a catered event held off the licensed premises for consumption on the premises of the catered event if the license holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provides food for consumption at the catered event; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pays an annual fee of $250 in addition to the annual license fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The annual license fee is $2,000.</text>
  </level>
</section>
