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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 09.12.41.07" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="41" heading="Food and Drink Establishment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>“Annual gross income”:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Means the total of all receipts from all sales made during the preceding four calendar quarters; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is the sole basis for determining the annual gross income for all subsequent quarters.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>“Cafe” means a combination of a restaurant and a tavern.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>“Drive-in” means an establishment:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Which sells prepared food items for consumption on the premises or in the purchaser's car;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Which is characterized by a parking lot adjacent to the establishment; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>To which purchasers generally drive to consummate a purchase.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>“Restaurant” means an establishment which:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is primarily engaged in selling and serving prepared food and beverages for consumption on the premises;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provides characteristic employee services and dining facilities; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Contains physical and functional equipment and facilities required for the consumption of a meal.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>“Similar establishment” means an establishment which has the characteristics of a restaurant, drive-in, tavern, or cafe.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>“Tavern” means an establishment whose primary sales consist of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises on a drink-by-drink basis.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>