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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Henry
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for State Legislation - Operation of Bottle Clubs and the Transfer of Bottle Club Registrations
FOR the purpose of requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2010 Maryland General Assembly to introduce legislation governing the operation of Bottle Clubs and the transfer of Bottle Club Registrations.
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State law authorizes the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue Bottle Club Registrations governing any establishment that serves, gives, or allows alcoholic beverages to be consumed by patrons from supplies that the patrons previously purchased or reserved.
While many registrants may be upstanding corporate citizens, trying hard to be good neighbors to their surrounding residents, the potential for a clash between community residents and registrants who see their business as nothing more than an opportunity to make money without regard to their disruptive patrons, is real.
Since bottle club registrants are not permitted to sell alcohol, but simply allow patrons to consume alcohol that they have previously purchased or reserved, the need for stricter provisions regulating where these registrations may be placed, who shall be permitted to receive such a registration and the regulation of alcohol consumpti...
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