Annotated Code of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 6-201(d)(1)(viii)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

6-201.

(d) (1) (i) This subsection applies only in Baltimore City.

(vii) In addition to the other requirements provided for in this
subsection, in the 46TH AND 47th Alcoholic Beverages [District] DISTRICTS the
restaurant shall have a minimum:

1. Capital investment of [$250,000] $500,000 for restaurant
facilities not including the cost of the land, [or] THE building, OR IMPROVEMENTS
THAT ARE NOT TO THE INTERIOR OF A BUILDING ON THE LICENSED PREMISES; and

2. Seating capacity of 75 persons, AND A MAXIMUM SEATING
CAPACITY OF 150 PERSONS.

(VIII) 1. NOTWITHSTANDING § 1-102(A)(22)(I)3 OF THIS ARTICLE,
FOR A LICENSEE WHO IS ISSUED A CLASS B BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSE FOR
USE IN A RESTAURANT IN THE 46TH OR 47TH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DISTRICT, THE
AVERAGE DAILY RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF FOOD MUST BE AT LEAST 50% 51% OF
THE TOTAL DAILY RECEIPTS OF THE RESTAURANT.

2. A LICENSEE ANNUALLY, AT THE TIME THE LICENSE IS
RENEWED, SHALL FILE WITH THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR
BALTIMORE CITY. A STATEMENT OF AVERAGE DAILY RECEIPTS AND AN AFFIDAVIT OF
A LICENSED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT THAT VERIFY THAT THE LICENSEE
HAS MET THE REQUIREMENT OF SUB-SUBPARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.

3. A LICENSE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE
LOCATION OF ITS FIRST ISSUANCE.

4. A LICENSE MAY NOT BE ISSUED FOR USE IN AN
ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS A FAST FOOD STYLE RESTAURANT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.