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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="9-1603" title_number="9" title_name="Allegany County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Class A beer licenses, beer and light wine licenses, and beer, wine, and liquor licenses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Class B beer licenses, beer and light wine licenses, and beer, wine, and liquor licenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Class D beer, wine, and liquor licenses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Board may not issue a license specified in subsection (a) of this section to a person whose establishment is outside:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a municipality; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a community with at least 500 residents in a 1–mile radius.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the prohibition against issuing a license in subsection (b) of this section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a restaurant that derives more than 50% of its average monthly gross receipts from sales other than alcoholic beverages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a hotel or motel that has at least 20 rooms regularly for hire and that offers meals for sale as a regular and substantial part of its business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license issued under subsection (c) of this section may not be reissued, renewed, or transferred if the license holder fails to continue to comply with the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
