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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="18-1605" title_number="18" title_name="Charles County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B–BLX (luxury restaurant) on–sale beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a luxury–type restaurant that has:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a capital investment of at least $550,000 for dining room facilities and kitchen equipment, not including the cost of land, buildings, or leases; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>seating for at least 150 individuals.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license authorizes the on–premises consumption of beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not have a direct or indirect interest in any combination in more than six Class B–BLX licenses.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An indirect interest is presumed to exist between any combination of persons if any of the following conditions exist between them:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a common parent company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a franchise agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a licensing agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a concession agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>dual membership in a chain of businesses commonly owned and operated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members, or a sharing of directors, stockholders, partners, or members of parents or subsidiaries;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>common direct or indirect sharing of profit from the sale of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a sharing of a common trade name, trademark, logo, or theme, or mode of operation identifiable by the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, the Board shall define “luxury–type restaurant” by regulation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The annual license fee is $2,400.</text>
  </level>
</section>
