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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-1005" 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, “guest” means an individual whose name and address appear on the registry that the inn maintains.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Class B (inn) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a license holder who is approved by the appropriate local governmental unit to operate an inn that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has at least 11 rooms or suites, each with sleeping accommodations, excluding resident management quarters, that the public for consideration may use for a specified time;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has a seated dining capacity of a sufficient size to accommodate overnight guests and dinner patrons who participate in regular meals and special dinner events on the premises of the establishment as authorized under subsection (d) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has a kitchen facility that has been approved by the local governmental unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>sell beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption by a guest in conjunction with a meal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>with the prior approval of the Board, serve beer, wine, and liquor to guests and dinner patrons on a patio, a deck, a terrace, the grounds, or any other outdoor area that is an integral part of the premises;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>allow a guest to have beer, wine, and liquor delivered to the guest in a sealed package by the inn, if the guest is in a building that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>considered part of the inn operation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>located in the same mail unit number as the inn or is not more than one–eighth of a mile from the inn;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>hold a special dinner event on the premises of the establishment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>allow an individual who is not a guest to patronize the establishment for a regular or special dinner meal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption during catered events at the inn if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the license holder is under contract to cater the event;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the license holder caters the event; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>food is served at the catered event.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A holder of a Class B (inn) license that was issued after March 6, 2006, may sell beer and wine from the dining room to guests for off–premises consumption if the holder previously held a Class B (restaurant) license allowing sales of beer and wine for off–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor to guests for on–premises consumption during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under § 22–2004 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The license does not authorize the sale of beer, wine, and liquor to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is not a guest or a patron of the dining facility of the inn; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is registered as a guest at the inn only to obtain beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An inn may not be operated only to sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an inn ends operations as an inn:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license is void; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the license holder shall return the license to the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Beer, wine, and liquor in open containers may not be transferred, carried, taken, or delivered to, from, or between the inn and other buildings that are considered part of the inn.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>carry out this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ensure that the primary purpose of the license is to allow the license holder to operate an inn.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The annual license fee is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$2,500 for an inn that has at least 11 but not more than 24 rooms or suites; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$3,295 for an inn that has at least 25 rooms or suites.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
