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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-602" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B beer license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The annual license fee is $130.</text>
  </level>
</section>
