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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-803" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B beer and wine license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine at a hotel or restaurant, at retail, at the place described in the license, for on– and off–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a license holder licensed on or before December 31, 1993;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a person who had a permit for a building under construction on December 31, 1993; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a recreational establishment, such as a bowling alley or pool hall.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The area of the licensed premises normally used as a restaurant for the preparation and consumption of food and beverages may not occupy less than 80% of the square footage of the premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fee is $160.</text>
  </level>
</section>
