§ 20-903. Class B beer, wine, and liquor hotel or motel license

West's Annotated Code of MarylandAlcoholic Beverages and CannabisEffective: July 1, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Provisions Affecting Individual Jurisdictions [Titles 9-33] (Refs & Annos)
Title 20. Frederick County (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 9. Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2019
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 20-903
Formerly cited as MD CODE, Art. 2B, § 6-201
§ 20-903. Class B beer, wine, and liquor hotel or motel license
Established
(a) There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor hotel or motel license.
Authorized holder
(b) The Board may issue the license for use by a hotel or motel that:
(1) is an establishment to accommodate the public by providing services ordinarily found in a hotel or motel;
(2) has at least 15 rooms;
(3) has a dining room with facilities for preparing and serving full-course meals for at least 28 individuals at one seating; and
(4) has a capital investment in the hotel or motel facility of at least $400,000.
Scope of authorization
(c)(1) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the individual drink at any place on the hotel or motel premises.
(2)(i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the bottle:
1. at any place on the premises for a banquet, party, hospitality room, meeting, or a similar function; and
2. for dinner in the restaurant portion of the premises.
(ii) A customer may not remove from the premises any contents of a bottle sold under this paragraph that remains unused.
(3)(i) The license authorizes the sale of beer, wine, and liquor by the bottle through room service to a registered patron in a hotel or motel room.
(ii) Not more than two bottles may be sold through room service to any one customer in a 24-hour period.
(iii) A bottle sold through room service may be removed from the premises by the customer on checking out from the hotel or motel.
Number of licenses limited to 10
(d) The Board may issue not more than 10 licenses to the same license holder.
Hours and days of sale
(e) The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under § 20-2005(b) of this title.
Fee
(f) The annual license fee is $2,000.

Credits

Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2018, c. 91, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 92, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2019, c. 629, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 630, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 20-903, MD AL BEV § 20-903
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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