# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 20. Frederick County

### Subtitle 6. Beer Licenses

#### Section 20-602

(a) There is a Class B beer license.

(b)

  (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail at a hotel or restaurant at the place described in the license for on- and off-premises consumption.

  (2)

    (i) This paragraph does not apply to a license holder that held the license on December 31, 1993, or to a person who has a permit for a building that was under construction on that date.

    (ii) Except for recreational use premises such as bowling alleys and pool halls, the area normally used as a restaurant for the preparation and consumption of food and beverages on the licensed premises may not occupy less than 80% of the total area of the licensed premises.

(c) The annual license fee is $130.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)