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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-1604" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to Kensington.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Board may issue, renew, approve the transfer of, and otherwise provide for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a 2–day on–sale beer and wine license or a 2–day on–sale beer, wine, and liquor license to a person holding an event between the hours of 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. for which the town has issued a permit on property owned or controlled by the town or on private commercially zoned property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>beer and wine tasting (BWT) licenses, as provided in § 25–1306 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, a Class A–K beer and wine license that authorizes the license holder to sell beer or wine for off–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a Class B–K beer and wine license that authorizes the license holder to sell beer or wine at a hotel or restaurant, at the place described in the license, for on– and off–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a Class B–K beer, wine, and liquor license that authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at a hotel or restaurant, at the place described in the license for on– and off–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–903 of this title, a Class BD–BWL beer, wine, and liquor license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a Class C beer and wine license that authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine, at the place described in the license, to members of a private social club and guests of members, for on–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a Class D–K beer license that authorizes the license holder to sell beer, at the place described in the license, for on– and off–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>a Class D–K beer and wine license that authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine, at the place described in the license, for on– and off–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>a Class H beer and wine license that authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine at a hotel or restaurant, at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>in accordance with § 4–1102 of this article, the consumption of wine not purchased from the license holder on a licensed premises;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>in accordance with § 4–1103 of this article, the removal of a partially consumed bottle of wine from a licensed premises;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–1002 of this title, a beauty salon license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–1005 of this title, a continuing care retirement community license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–1007 of this title, a country club license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–1009 of this title, a fraternal/sororal/service organization license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–1014 of this title, a veterans’ organization or club license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–1103 of this title, a refillable container permit for draft beer for a Class D–K license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="19">
      <text>in accordance with § 25–1104 of this title, a refillable container permit for wine for a Class D–K license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue, in aggregate, not more than 20 Class A–K (off–sale) beer and wine licenses.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board, by majority vote, may issue one additional Class A–K beer and wine license if there is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a public hearing before the town council; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a subsequent request made by the town council.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A Class A–K beer and wine license holder may sell beer and wine for off–premises consumption Monday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A Class 9 limited distillery license may be issued to a Class B–K beer, wine, and liquor license holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Not more than four Class 9 limited distillery licenses, in aggregate, may be issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The annual license fee for each class of license is equal to the fee required by the county for a comparable license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The holder of a Class B–K beer and wine license, a Class B–K beer, wine, and liquor license, or a Class H beer and wine license shall maintain average daily receipts from the sale of food, not including carryout food, of at least 40% of the overall average daily receipts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Board may issue, in aggregate, not more than 20 licenses from among the following types:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class B–K beer and wine license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class B–K beer, wine, and liquor license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a Class BD–BWL license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a Class C beer and wine license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a Class D–K beer license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a Class D–K beer and wine license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a Class H beer and wine license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A license holder whose licensed premises is located in the Town of Kensington may not, on a front, rear, side, door, or window of the building of the licensed premises, place a sign or other display that advertises alcoholic beverages in a publicly visible location.</text>
  </level>
</section>
