WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 524

(o) "Hotel" means an establishment for the accommodation of
the public, equipped with not less than ten bedrooms and a dining
room with facilities for preparing and serving regular meals,
wherein the average daily receipts from the hire of rooms and the
sale of foods exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of
alcoholic beverages; provided that the board of license
commissioners, in any county having such a board or in Baltimore
City, and the mayor, counselor and aldermen of the City of
Annapolis, may by rule or regulation prescribe a different
standard as to what shall constitute a hotel. [Provided further,
that in the City of Cumberland "hotel" means such an
establishment as described in this subsection and having not
fewer than twenty bedrooms.] The requirements of this section
relating to average daily receipts are not applicable to any
licenses issued in Cecil County.

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(a)  A Class B beer, wine and liquor license shall be issued
by the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the
place of business is located, and the license authorizes its
holder to keep for sale and sell all alcoholic beverages at
retail at any hotel or restaurant at the place described, for
consumption on the premises or elsewhere, or as provided in the
following subsections. The annual fee for this license is $750,
except as provided, and is payable to the clerk, before any
license is issued, for distribution as provided in this article.

(b)   [This section does not apply to Allegany County.)

(1)   IN ALLEGANY COUNTY, THE BOARD OF LICENSE
COMMISSIONERS MAY ISSUE CLASS B BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR (ON-SALE)
LICENSES.

(2)  THIS LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE
USE ON THE PREMISES OF A RESTAURANT THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN A
HOTEL OR MOTEL ESTABLISHMENT.

(3)   IN ADDITION TO OTHER COUNTY REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED
FOR IN THIS ARTICLE:

(I)  THE HOTEL OR MOTEL SHALL BE AN
ESTABLISHMENT HAVING AT LEAST 100 BEDROOMS FOR PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATION; AND

(II)  THE RESTAURANT SHALL BE AN ESTABLISHMENT:

1.  LOCATED IN A PERMANENT BUILDING WITH
AMPLE SPACE AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PREPARING, SERVING, AND
SELLING MEALS TO THE PUBLIC DURING BUSINESS HOURS;

2.  THAT 60 PERCENT OF ITS GROSS MONTHLY
REVENUE IS DERIVED FROM THE SALE OF FOOD;

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