§ 17-803. License fees

   (a) In general. --

   (1) An applicant for a garage license shall pay to the clerk a license fee based on the floor area of each garage.

   (2) In a county other than Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is:

      (i) $ 20 for a garage with not more than 2,000 square feet;

      (ii) $ 40 for a garage with more than 2,000 and not more than 3,000 square feet;

      (iii) $ 75 for a garage with more than 3,000 and not more than 5,000 square feet;

      (iv) $ 125 for a garage with more than 5,000 and not more than 7,500 square feet;

      (v) $ 200 for a garage with more than 7,500 and not more than 10,000 square feet; or

      (vi) $ 200 for a garage with more than 10,000 square feet plus $ 50 for each additional 5,000 square feet or part of 5,000 square feet.

   (3) In Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is $ 6 for each 100 square feet of each garage.

(b) Computation of floor area. -- The floor area on which the license fee is based is the total floor area of all floors of the garage, excluding:

   (1) the space occupied by a machine shop that is defined by permanent partitions; and

   (2) the floor area of a space 15 feet wide and extending the entire length or depth of the garage on each floor on which a law requires that a space be kept open.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 160; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 2011, ch. 386.