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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-903" 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–Plus beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license may be issued 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>is equipped with 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">
    <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 for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on–premises consumption; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>off–premises consumption by maintaining “off–sale” shelves or counters that shall be in an area that is partitioned or otherwise partly separated from the main bar and the usual serving area for on–premises consumption.</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 establishment for which a license is sought to be issued or transferred meets the standards set out in this section, the Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue a new license under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>approve a transfer of a license under this section by the same license holder to a new location; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>approve a transfer of a license under this section from one license holder to another at the same or different location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out under § 26–2004(b) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The annual license fee is $3,270.</text>
  </level>
</section>
