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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="21-902" title_number="21" title_name="Garrett County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall deny an application for a license under this section if the Board determines that the business to be operated under this license will not enhance recreational, business, and economic development in the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <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 customary hotel or motel services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has at least 10 rooms; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has a lobby with a registration and mail desk and seating facilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a restaurant that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has seating at tables, not including seats at bars or counters, for at least 20 individuals; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>can prepare and serve full–course meals for at least 20 individuals at one seating.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell at a hotel, motel, or restaurant at retail at the place described in the license:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>beer for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The catering option authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for consumption at events catered by the license holder off the licensed premises anywhere in the county to a person of legal drinking age on premises that either do not have a license or have a temporary license issued by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license holder providing alcoholic beverages at a catered event off the licensed premises shall also provide food.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The license holder may exercise catering privileges only during hours and days that are authorized under the Class B license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At each catered event where alcoholic beverages are served, the holder of the catering option shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>supply service personnel, including bartenders and wait staff;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>ensure that the service personnel are present at all times during the catered event; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>have at least one person at the catered event who is certified by an alcohol awareness program under § 4–505 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$1,500 for a 6–day license without the catering option;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$2,000 for a 6–day license with the catering option;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>$1,750 for a 7–day license without the catering option; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>$2,250 for a 7–day license with the catering option.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Board shall charge a one–time issuing fee for a new license in an amount equal to the annual license fee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
