# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 23. Howard County

### Subtitle 9. Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses

#### Section 23-902

(a) There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.

(b) The Board may issue the license to the owner of a hotel that:

  (1) is in a building at least three stories tall that was originally constructed for hotel purposes;

  (2) has a capital investment of at least $500,000; and

  (3) contains:

    (i) at least one passenger elevator;

    (ii) at least 100 rooms to accommodate the public; and

    (iii) a dining room with facilities for preparing and serving regular meals for at least 125 individuals at one seating.

(c) The license authorizes the license holder to sell at a hotel or restaurant at the place described in the license:

  (1) beer, wine, and liquor at retail for on-premises consumption; and

  (2) beer, wine, and liquor in sealed containers for off-premises consumption only to a person who has purchased prepared food from the licensed premises.

(d)

  (1) The license holder may not display or provide shelving for beer, wine, or liquor for off-premises sales in areas of the establishment that are accessible to the public.

  (2) Off-sale alcoholic beverages receipts collected under the license shall be included in the calculation of average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages in a restaurant under Sec. 1-101 of this article.

  (3) The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor for off-premises consumption only when the licensed premises is open for business as a hotel or restaurant.

(e) The Board may limit the quantity of alcoholic beverages sold in a single transaction for off-premises consumption under the license.

(f) The Executive Director may issue one Class 8 farm brewery license and one Class 7 micro-brewery license to a license holder that holds not more than five Class B and six Class BLX beer, wine, and liquor licenses.

(g) The annual license fee is $1,000.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)