WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 3

members paying such dues as required by its national organization in the year
immediately preceding the year in which the license is issued. The home or clubhouse
shall have facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises to the members and
their guests;

(iii) A bona fide yacht or boat club, regardless of whether the club is
operated for profit, owning real estate in the county and having a dues-paying
membership of not less than 150 persons, not less than 50 of whom own yachts, boats, or
other vessels;

(iv) A country club, regardless of whether the club is operated for
profit, which has 75 or more bona fide members paying dues of not less than $50 per
annum per member, which maintains at the time of the application for license a regular or
championship golf course of 9 holes or more, or, in lieu of the golf course, a swimming
pool at least 20 by 40 feet in size, and at least 6 tennis courts;

(v) A racquet club, regardless of whether the club is operated for
profit, that has 75 or more bona fide members paying dues of not less than $50 each per
year, which has at the time of application and continues to maintain a minimum of 6
playing courts, with facilities for preparing food. No license may be issued if the licensee
is within 300 feet of any existing licensed establishment of any kind;

(vi) A bona fide nonprofit topiary garden that operates a public
museum and garden for its membership and the general public as its guests, and is open
to the general public for at least 6 days a week for at least 6 hours a day during 5 months
a year and that has food preparation facilities on the topiary garden premises for the
convenience of visiting guests; or

(vii) A box lacrosse and indoor soccer ball club, regardless of whether
the club is operated for profit, if the club:

1.       Has at the time of application and continues to maintain
facilities for playing box lacrosse and indoor soccer;

2.       Has 75 or more bona fide members paying dues of not less
than $50 each per year;

3.       Has a facility for preparing food;

4.       Is not located within 300 feet of an existing licensed
establishment; and

5.       Permits the sale of beer, wine, and liquor only from the hours
of 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

(o) (1) This section applies only in Howard County.

(2) (i) There is a country club license.

(ii) The annual license fee is $1,500.

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