Ch. 388

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

19.

(h) (1) (I) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN CARROLL COUNTY.

(II) IN THIS SECTION "BOARD" MEANS THE BOARD OF LICENSE
COMMISSIONERS.          

(2) (i) [In Carroll County the] THE annual LICENSE fee for a Class B
license is $1,500 for a restaurant and $1,500 for a hotel.

(ii) This license may be issued [in Carroll County] to a bona fide
hotel which 1. is an establishment for the accommodation of the public providing service
ordinarily found in hotels, 2. is equipped with not fewer than 25 rooms, a lobby with
registration and mail desk, seating facilities and a dining room which serves full-course
meals at least twice daily and which has a regular seating capacity at tables (not including
seats at bars or counters) for 50 or more persons, and 3. is operated in facilities which are
valued for purposes of State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000.

(iii) 1. This license may be issued [in Carroll County] to a
restaurant which meets the following requirements and conditions:

A.      Serves at least 2 full-course meals each clay Monday through
Friday and at least 1 full-course meal each day on Saturday and Sunday;

B.      Has a regular seating capacity at tables (not including seats
at bars or counters) for 50 or more persons; and

C.      Is operated in facilities which are valued for purposes of
State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000.

2. A. In this subparagraph "premises" means an area inside
the restaurant building where meals are prepared and served, and an area on the outside
of the restaurant building that is approved in writing by the Board [of License
Commissioners].

B. This license permits the sale of beer, wine and liquor for
on-premises consumption and the sale of beer for off-premises consumption on any day
of the week.

(iv) Whenever application is made for licensing under this subsection
for any new or improved building, the supervisor of assessments, at the request of the
Board, shall assess the building and advise the Board of the valuation of the building for
assessment and taxation purposes.

(v) The valuation of the building for assessment and taxation purposes
as set out in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) do not affect or prohibit in any manner the renewal
or transfer of any Class B license issued [in Carroll County] prior to May 1, 1979.

[(2)] (3) (i) There is a Class BC license.

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