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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-1005.4" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “resort complex” means a parcel or contiguous parcels of land:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>of at least 10 acres;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>under common ownership; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>with facilities that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>include lodging, conference spaces, meeting spaces, active outdoor open spaces, waterfront beach activities, or a marina;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serve the public; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>resulted in a capital investment of at least $500,000 exclusive of the cost of the land.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a resort complex license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue one resort complex license to the person owning, leasing, or operating a resort complex.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>one or more outlets in the resort complex where the beer, wine, and liquor may be consumed in conjunction with recreation or the playing of music and dancing at designated locations in the resort complex;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>one or more outlets in the resort complex that operate as a restaurant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>bars or counters at one or more locations in the resort complex daily for on–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>one designated outlet in the resort complex for culinary education and entertainment which may include off–premises consumption; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>one designated outlet in the resort complex for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A license holder may serve alcoholic beverages:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at one or more outside outlets in the resort complex on Monday through Sunday, from 6 a.m. to midnight;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at one or more inside outlets in the resort complex:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on Monday through Saturday, from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on Sunday, from 6 a.m. to midnight; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at one designated outlet for off–premises consumption:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on Monday through Saturday, from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on Sunday, from 6 a.m. to midnight.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A resort complex license is exempt from any quota or restriction on off–sale licenses issued for the election district in which the resort complex is located.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Certain areas in a resort complex may be excluded from the portion of the property that is considered to be the licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person other than the resort complex license holder may obtain a different class of license for an area excluded under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a resort complex for which the license is issued is subject to the alcohol awareness training requirements under § 4–505 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may determine the minimum number of employees from each outlet in the resort complex that must complete the alcohol awareness training required under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The initial license fee is $3,500.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning May 1, 2023, the annual license fee is $4,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
