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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="31-903" title_number="31" title_name="Washington County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor hotel and restaurant license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to the owner of a hotel or motel that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is in a building at least three stories tall that was originally constructed for hotel or motel 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;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a lobby with a registration and mail desk and seating facilities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a ballroom, conference room, or banquet room.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at a hotel or restaurant at retail at the place described in the license:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>through room service or otherwise to registered guests; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by the glass, bottle, or can to individuals attending an event in a ballroom, conference room, or banquet room.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The privileges of the license may be exercised:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for on– and off–premises consumption, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license was issued on or before June 30, 2016, with an off–sale privilege; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the license holder has operated a retail store on the licensed premises since at least June 30, 2016; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for on–premises consumption only, for all other licenses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license holder shall notify the Board before constructing or altering an area on the premises where beer, wine, and liquor are sold.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Except as provided in regulations adopted by the Board under subsection (h) of this section, the license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on–sale) license under § 31–2004(c) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fee is $1,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee for a Sunday permit is $250.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Board may adopt regulations to carry out this section, including regulations that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide for the manner of dispensing beer, wine, and liquor under the license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide for the hours and days of sale; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>limit the quantity of alcoholic beverages that may be sold to an individual as a single serving or during a 24–hour period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
