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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="20" subtitle_number="9" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-901" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license holder shall deliver the beer, wine, or liquor in a sealed package or container that may not be opened or its contents consumed on the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A license may not be issued for a drugstore unless the applicant:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>has been doing business at the location applied for in the license for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>is the assignee of a business established for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license at the location applied for; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>has been engaged in the retail drug business for at least 3 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The annual license fee is $650.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A Sunday permit may be issued for an additional annual fee of $650.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-902" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B license in the Ballenger (23rd) election district.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a luxury–type restaurant that has:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a capital investment of at least $250,000 for dining room facilities and kitchen equipment, not including the cost of land, buildings, or leases; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>seating for at least 28 individuals.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the sale of beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out under § 20–2006(d) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual license fee is $1,500.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The Board shall define “luxury–type restaurant” by regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-903" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor hotel or motel license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a hotel or motel that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>is an establishment to accommodate the public by providing services ordinarily found in a hotel or motel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>has at least 15 rooms;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>has a dining room with facilities for preparing and serving full–course meals for at least 28 individuals at one seating; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>has a capital investment in the hotel or motel facility of at least $400,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the individual drink at any place on the hotel or motel premises.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <level label="i">
          <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the bottle:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>at any place on the premises for a banquet, party, hospitality room, meeting, or a similar function; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>for dinner in the restaurant portion of the premises.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>A customer may not remove from the premises any contents of a bottle sold under this paragraph that remains unused.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <level label="i">
          <text>The license authorizes the sale of beer, wine, and liquor by the bottle through room service to a registered patron in a hotel or motel room.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Not more than two bottles may be sold through room service to any one customer in a 24–hour period.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>A bottle sold through room service may be removed from the premises by the customer on checking out from the hotel or motel.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The Board may issue not more than 10 licenses to the same license holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under § 20–2005(b) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The annual license fee is $2,000.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-904" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor hotel or restaurant license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a hotel that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>is an establishment for the accommodation of the public providing service ordinarily found in hotels;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>contains:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>at least 25 rooms;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>a lobby with a registration and mail desk; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>seating facilities and a dining room that serves full–course meals at least twice daily and that has a regular seating at tables, not including seats at bars or counters, for 28 or more individuals; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>is operated in a facility that:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>is valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $20,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>has personal property valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $3,000.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue the license for use by a restaurant that:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>serves full–course meals at least twice daily;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>has regular seating at tables, not including seats at bars or counters, for 28 or more individuals;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>is operated in a facility valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $40,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>has personal property valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $5,000.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <level label="i">
          <text>This subsection does not apply to or affect any license holder that had 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>The area normally used as a restaurant for the preparation and consumption of food and beverages shall occupy at least 80% of the square foot area of the licensed premises, except for premises used for recreation, such as a bowling alley or pool hall.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <level label="i">
          <text>The license holder may remove tables and chairs to accommodate additional patrons at not more than four special events held in the restaurant in a calendar year.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>A restaurant that removes its tables and chairs for a special event:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>shall give notice to the Board at least 1 week before the event;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>shall store the removed tables and chairs in an appropriate location in the restaurant and in a manner that does not block the exits of the restaurant; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>may not allow into the restaurant more than the maximum number of occupants that the County Fire Marshal allows.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license issued for a hotel or restaurant:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>authorizes the sale of beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption where meals are prepared and served; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>prohibits sales for consumption anywhere else, including at a bar or counter.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license issued for a restaurant authorizes the sale for off–premises consumption of beverages with an alcoholic content of not more than 22%.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The Board may issue not more than 10 licenses to the same license holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under § 20–2005(b) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <text>The annual license fee is:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>$1,500 for a restaurant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>$2,000 for a hotel.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-905" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a nationally chartered fraternal, charitable, or veterans’ organization, regardless of how long the organization has been operating; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>any other club that has been operating for at least 3 years before the application for the license is made.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell at retail:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>for on–premises consumption, beer, wine, and liquor at a club at the place described in the license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>for off–premises consumption, collectible bottles of wine or liquor 30 calendar days before a special anniversary or special event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is $600.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-906" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <text>A Class D beer, wine, and liquor license may not be issued in the county.</text>
  </section>
</subtitle>