§ 8-506. Wicomico County

   (a) Applicability. -- This section applies only in Wicomico County.

(b) License authorized. -- There is a Class B beer, wine and liquor (golf course) license.

(c) Qualifications. -- The license may be issued to a golf course or organization that:

   (1) Is open to the public;

   (2) Is operated for profit;

   (3) Owns real estate in the county; and

   (4) Has a golf course with a minimum of 18 holes.

(d) Fees. -- The annual license fee is $ 2,200.

(e) Location of sales. -- The licensee may sell beer, wine, and liquor for consumption only on the land and in the buildings, including the clubhouse, used for golfing purposes.

(f) Seating of patrons. -- A patron need not be seated to be served.

(g) Source of alcoholic beverages; "on-sale" stamp or designation. -- All alcoholic beverages, other than beer and light wine, sold or offered for sale shall be purchased from the Liquor Control Board, and each bottle shall be stamped or otherwise designated "on-sale only" by the Board.

(h) Hours and days of sale. -- The hours and days for sale are as specified in § 11-523 of this article.

(i) Additional requirements. --

   (1) This license may be issued only for a golf course that has the average daily receipts from the sale of food for each month exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages.

   (2) In calculating average daily receipts from the sale of food, an allocation of foodstuff contained in a mixed drink may not be included in average daily receipts from the sale of food.

HISTORY: 1989, ch. 5, § 15; 1993, ch. 280; 1994, ch. 726; 1997, ch. 427, § 1; ch. 602, § 1; ch. 728, § 1; 1998, ch. 21, § 1; 2006, ch. 137.