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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-904" 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–3 restaurant/hotel 6–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class B–3 restaurant/hotel 7–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue a Class B–3 license to a person who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has been operating a restaurant or hotel under a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license for 1 year before the application for the Class B–3 license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>accounts for at least 25% of the business at the restaurant or hotel from the sale of food; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in the judgment of the Board, has equipped and stocked the restaurant or hotel for the continued regular sale of food to customers and guests.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue a license under this subsection for use in a restaurant or hotel at retail at the place described in the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license, including at a restaurant and a bar or counter in a hotel, for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A holder of a license issued before July 1, 1984, may sell:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>beer and wine for off–premises consumption, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>subject to paragraph (4) 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="iii">
        <text>liquor, if the license holder has been granted a liquor option.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <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">
    <text>A license holder with an off–sale liquor option shall continually maintain a minimum stock of $8,000 wholesale value in beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out under § 22–2004(c) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fees for a 6–day license are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$2,620 for a hotel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$2,050 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>$3,045 for a hotel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$2,435 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>
