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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-1004.1" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “shopping center” means any combination of privately owned commercial, professional, or retail establishments to which the general public is invited for business purposes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a consumption only marketplace license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue a consumption only marketplace license to the developer or the management company of a commercial shopping center if the commercial shopping center:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>encompasses an area of at least 10 acres;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>includes at least one establishment for which a Class B license, Class BD–BWL license, Class D–BWL license, or Class H license has been issued; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contains a designated outdoor area for the consumption of alcoholic beverages.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to allow the consumption of beer, wine, and liquor in a designated outdoor area located within the commercial shopping center if the beer, wine, or liquor is purchased at an establishment:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>that is located within the commercial shopping center;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for which a Class B license, Class BD–BWL license, or Class H license has been issued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is within 1,000 feet of the designated outdoor area; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>that uses containers branded with an identifying mark of the seller.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>As part of the license application, a developer shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a description of the designated outdoor area and a list of the license holders whose beer, wine, and liquor may be consumed in the designated outdoor area; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a security plan that has been approved by the Montgomery County Department of Police.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license holder may allow the consumption of beer, wine, and liquor in the designated outdoor area on Monday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The annual license fee is $4,000.</text>
  </level>
</section>
