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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-902" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to the owner of a hotel that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is in a building at least three stories tall that was originally constructed for hotel purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has a capital investment of at least $500,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>at least one passenger elevator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at least 100 rooms to accommodate the public; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a dining room with facilities for preparing and serving regular meals for at least 125 individuals at one seating.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell at a hotel or restaurant at the place described in the license:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>beer, wine, and liquor at retail for on–premises consumption; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>beer, wine, and liquor in sealed containers for off–premises consumption only to a person who has purchased prepared food from the licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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 § 1–101 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may limit the quantity of alcoholic beverages sold in a single transaction for off–premises consumption under the license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The annual license fee is $1,000.</text>
  </level>
</section>
