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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="33-1606" title_number="33" title_name="Worcester County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and § 33–1604 of this subtitle, the Board may not issue additional licenses of the same class and type to a holder of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a Class B (on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Class B (on–sale) beer and wine license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license under this subsection shall be issued for premises used and operated as a hotel–restaurant or motel–restaurant complex.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The premises of a license holder under this section shall have:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>50 or more sleeping rooms for rent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a minimum capital investment of $150,000 for restaurant facilities, not including the cost of land or building; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a minimum restaurant seating capacity of 75 individuals.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may only issue an additional license under this section if the restaurant operation is part of the hotel or motel operation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not have a pecuniary interest in the license other than the person’s entity that owns the hotel or motel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may not allow the transfer of a license granted under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license may only be transferred subject to the filing of a new application.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall limit additional licenses to providing alcoholic beverages for on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
</section>
