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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-902" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a restaurant that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is located in a permanent building with sufficient space and accommodations for preparing, serving, and selling hot meals to the public during the restaurant’s hours of operation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has the minimum sanitary facilities required by the county health department regulations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>meets the minimum health requirements adopted by the county health department regulations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>has a dining area with sufficient tables, chairs, or booths to comfortably seat and accommodate the public;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>has a kitchen that has complete facilities and utensils for preparing hot and cold meals for the public;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>employs a sufficient number of cooks and wait staff to serve the public using the dining area;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>maintains and displays a menu that advertises the serving of a variety of hot meals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>maintains sufficient food on the premises at all times to fill an order made from the menu.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A drug, candy, or confectionery store is not a restaurant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder, at a hotel or restaurant at retail at the place described in the license, to sell beer, wine, and liquor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by the glass or by the bottle for on–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, for off–premises consumption only:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>from the main bar; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>in the main portion of the dining room facilities.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The off–sale privilege set out in paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection is limited to those license holders who had the privilege on July 1, 1970.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license holder shall report promptly to the Board when the restaurant operations are interrupted.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If the new licensed establishment meets the standards set out in this section, the Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue a new Class B beer, wine, and liquor license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>approve a transfer of the license by the same license holder to a new location; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>approve a transfer of the license from one license holder to another at the same or different location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The annual license fee is $2,305.</text>
  </level>
</section>
