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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-805" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B Cafe beer and wine license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a cafe if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Board determines that the cafe has adequate tables, chairs, food, and facilities for preparing and serving meals;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the average gross monthly receipts from the sale of cooked or prepared food served at the cafe and other items approved by the Board exceed 50% of the average monthly receipts from the sale of beer and wine sold for on–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>not more than 10% of the total square footage of the cafe is dedicated to the public display of beer and wine that are offered for sale.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall set a maximum and a minimum seating capacity for the cafe.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The license:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine 7 days a week at a cafe, at retail, at the place described in the license, for on– and off–premises consumption;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a wine tasting privilege for on–premises consumption for every day of the year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may be used for off–premises catering.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall set the maximum number of cafe licenses that it may issue under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fee is $1,575.</text>
  </level>
</section>
