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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="33-904" title_number="33" title_name="Worcester County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a 6–day Class D beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a 7–day Class D beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue a license under this section only for premises within:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the corporate limits of Ocean City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the boundary lines of the 10th taxing district;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the area bounded by U.S. Route 50 to the south, Turville Creek and Herring Creek to the east, St. Martin River to the north, and Maryland Route 589 to the west;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the area bounded by Maryland Route 589 to the north and east, U.S. Route 50 to the south, and U.S. Route 113 to the west;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>from the intersection of Maryland Route 589 and U.S. Route 50, an area bounded by a line that extends 1,500 feet south of U.S. Route 50, east to the boundary of the 10th taxing district, north along the 10th taxing district boundary to U.S. Route 50, and west to the intersection of Maryland Route 589 and U.S. Route 50;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the corporate limits of the Town of Berlin; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the corporate limits of the Town of Snow Hill.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A license under this section authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license for on–premises consumption and beer and wine for off–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fees, set by the County Commissioners, may not be less than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$3,000 for a 6–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$3,500 for a 7–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue a temporary to–go event permit under § 33–1105 of this title to a holder of a license under this section if the licensed establishment is located within or immediately adjacent to a special event area identified in a Class C per diem municipal to–go beer, wine, and liquor license issued under § 33–1311 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The temporary to–go permit authorizes the holder to sell at retail beer, wine, and liquor in approved to–go cups that may be carried outside the licensed establishment and into the designated special event area.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
