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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-902" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class B beer, wine, and liquor 6–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class B beer, wine, and liquor 7–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a license holder for use by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a hotel that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>accommodates the public and provides service ordinarily found in hotels; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>at least 25 rooms;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a lobby with a registration and mail desk; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a dining room that serves full–course meals at least twice daily; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a restaurant that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>serves full–course meals at least twice daily on each day it is open;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has regular seating at tables, not including seats at bars or counters, for at least 60 individuals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has had a greater daily average in receipts from food sales than from beer, wine, and liquor sales during the 6 months immediately before the application for the license was made.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor, including at a bar or counter in a hotel, at retail at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A holder of a license issued before July 1, 1984, also may sell:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>beer and wine for off–premises consumption, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, beer in individual bottles and cans; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>wine in split bottles; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>liquor, if the license holder was granted an off–sale liquor option.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Beer may be sold for off–premises consumption in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>bottles or cans exceeding 12 ounces in weight or size, if the beer is sold in a quantity of less than six; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a containerized package, if the package holds at least six bottles or containers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license holder with an option authorizing the sale of liquor for off–premises consumption may exercise that option in an area that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is described in the license application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not exceed 20% of the area normally used in the operation of the restaurant, not including additions or extensions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>unless sales are conducted only from behind a bar, is separate and distinct from the restaurant seating area.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the license application indicates that sales of beer, wine, and liquor for off–premises consumption will be more extensive than from behind a bar, the applicant shall provide a separate outside entrance for purchasers of alcoholic beverages for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To meet food sale requirements, receipts for sales of liquor for off–premises consumption may not be included in the calculation of sales.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a restaurant holding a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license is located within a freestanding establishment containing bowling lanes associated with the restaurant, the license holder may sell and allow customers to carry or consume alcoholic beverages within any place in the bowling alley or restaurant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The additional privilege under this subsection is available between 6 p.m. and the normal closing time for the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>only confers additional privileges on licenses for restaurants that are associated with bowling alleys; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>does not create a separate class of license for bowling alleys.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A license holder with an off–sale option shall continually maintain a minimum stock of $8,000 wholesale value in beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fees for a 6–day license are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$2,260 for a hotel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$1,720 for a restaurant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual license fees for a 7–day license are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$2,685 for a hotel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$2,145 for a restaurant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The annual license fees for an option to sell liquor for off–premises consumption are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$350 for a 6–day restaurant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$450 for a 7–day restaurant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
